Social Media Contracts

Social Media
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Media over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 428 538 557
Rank change year-on-year +110 +19 -164
Contract jobs citing Social Media 146 163 308
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.29% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.13% 0.86% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 104 177
10th Percentile £145 £211 £191
25th Percentile £200 £280 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £378 £382
Median % change year-on-year -27.15% -1.18% +3.95%
75th Percentile £497 £488 £488
90th Percentile £591 £634 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £283 £400 £313
% change year-on-year -29.38% +28.00% -15.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 15 43
10th Percentile £15.18 £19.05 £22.18
25th Percentile £21.49 £21.75 £36.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -36.84% +30.14%
75th Percentile £47.00 £41.31 £59.06
90th Percentile £65.56 £52.25 £64.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.25 £22.00 £21.97
% change year-on-year +14.77% +0.14% -13.84%

All Generic Skills
UK

Social Media is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,885 18,988 28,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.28% 33.25% 33.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,301 13,052 20,257
10th Percentile £269 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £674 £676 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 890 627 724
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.14 £10.63 £17.23
Median hourly rate £31.25 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.98% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.04
% change year-on-year +29.55% +4.56% -12.33%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Social Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in the UK

Social Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Media.

Daily rate trend for Social Media in the UK

Social Media
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Media over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Media in the UK

Social Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Media.

Hourly rate trend for Social Media in the UK

Social Media
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Media over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Media in the UK

Social Media
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +82 128 £275 -26.67% 567
London +85 79 £275 -23.08% 203
UK excluding London +52 50 £283 -29.38% 390
Work from Home +92 40 £225 -41.63% 259
South East +17 15 £200 -52.94% 80
North of England +25 11 £160 -33.33% 152
Midlands +33 9 £600 +50.00% 82
West Midlands +20 9 £600 +50.00% 47
East of England +14 8 £350 -26.32% 26
Scotland +49 7 £225 -33.33% 19
North West +24 7 £160 -29.67% 95
Yorkshire +19 2 £223 -40.67% 49
North East +12 2 - - 9

Social Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (10.27%) CMS
2 6 (4.11%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.74%) WordPress
4 3 (2.05%) Drupal
5 2 (1.37%) Confluence
5 2 (1.37%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (1.37%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (6.16%) Photoshop
2 8 (5.48%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (4.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (2.74%) InDesign
5 4 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (1.37%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (1.37%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (1.37%) Trello
7 1 (0.68%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.68%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.68%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.68%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Shopify
2 2 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.68%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.48%) Google Analytics
2 5 (3.42%) Azure
2 5 (3.42%) GitHub
2 5 (3.42%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.74%) BigCommerce
3 4 (2.74%) Canva
3 4 (2.74%) GCP
3 4 (2.74%) Google Data Studio
3 4 (2.74%) Google Sheets
3 4 (2.74%) Yammer
4 3 (2.05%) AWS
4 3 (2.05%) Fivetran
4 3 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (1.37%) ChatGPT
5 2 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.37%) Figma
5 2 (1.37%) Google Tag Manager
5 2 (1.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.79%) Internet
2 6 (4.11%) Intranet
3 5 (3.42%) Network Security
4 1 (0.68%) Firewall
4 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.74%) Power BI
1 4 (2.74%) Tableau
2 3 (2.05%) Big Data
2 3 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.37%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.37%) Hadoop
3 2 (1.37%) Power Query
4 1 (0.68%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Git
1 4 (2.74%) Mercurial
2 3 (2.05%) JIRA
2 3 (2.05%) Visual Studio
General
1 70 (47.95%) Marketing
2 48 (32.88%) Social Skills
3 20 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.53%) Finance
6 8 (5.48%) Advertising
6 8 (5.48%) Retail
7 7 (4.79%) Games
8 6 (4.11%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.42%) Legal
9 5 (3.42%) Multimedia
10 4 (2.74%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (2.74%) German Language
10 4 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.05%) Banking
11 3 (2.05%) Brand Awareness
11 3 (2.05%) Publishing
12 2 (1.37%) French Language
12 2 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (10.27%) Communications Manager
2 13 (8.90%) Designer
3 11 (7.53%) Marketing Manager
4 9 (6.16%) Senior
5 8 (5.48%) Analyst
6 7 (4.79%) Data Engineer
7 6 (4.11%) Social Media Manager
8 5 (3.42%) Account Executive
8 5 (3.42%) Consultant
8 5 (3.42%) Internal Communications Manager
8 5 (3.42%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 5 (3.42%) Network Engineer
8 5 (3.42%) Senior Manager
8 5 (3.42%) Social Media Analyst
9 4 (2.74%) Copywriter
9 4 (2.74%) Developer
9 4 (2.74%) Digital Designer
9 4 (2.74%) Web Designer
10 3 (2.05%) Business Manager
10 3 (2.05%) Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.42%) HTML
1 5 (3.42%) React
2 4 (2.74%) NumPy
2 4 (2.74%) Pandas
2 4 (2.74%) SciPy
3 2 (1.37%) .NET
3 2 (1.37%) Flash
3 2 (1.37%) JSON
3 2 (1.37%) Next.js
3 2 (1.37%) OpenCV
3 2 (1.37%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.37%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.37%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (1.37%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (1.37%) Web Services
4 1 (0.68%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.68%) ATL
4 1 (0.68%) Flutter
4 1 (0.68%) Node.js
4 1 (0.68%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.85%) Graphic Design
2 9 (6.16%) Blog
3 8 (5.48%) Video Editing
4 6 (4.11%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.42%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.74%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.74%) CCTV
6 4 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.05%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.05%) Digital Media
7 3 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.05%) Motion Graphics
7 3 (2.05%) Photography
7 3 (2.05%) Podcast
7 3 (2.05%) Tandem
8 2 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.37%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.79%) Android
1 7 (4.79%) Windows
2 6 (4.11%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.74%) VMS
4 2 (1.37%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (23.29%) Analytics
2 22 (15.07%) Project Management
3 20 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (12.33%) SEO
5 17 (11.64%) Computer Science
5 17 (11.64%) Customer Service
6 15 (10.27%) Digital Marketing
7 12 (8.22%) B2B
7 12 (8.22%) Marketing Strategy
8 11 (7.53%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (6.85%) Machine Learning
9 10 (6.85%) Thought Leadership
10 9 (6.16%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (6.16%) Content Management
10 9 (6.16%) Copywriting
10 9 (6.16%) CRM
10 9 (6.16%) Data Collection
10 9 (6.16%) Software Engineering
10 9 (6.16%) User Experience
11 8 (5.48%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.70%) Python
2 11 (7.53%) SQL
3 8 (5.48%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.79%) Java
5 6 (4.11%) C#
6 3 (2.05%) PHP
6 3 (2.05%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.37%) R
8 1 (0.68%) Dart
8 1 (0.68%) Go
8 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.68%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 30 (20.55%) Degree
2 10 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.42%) CCIE
3 5 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.74%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.74%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.05%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.37%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.05%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (2.05%) SLA
2 2 (1.37%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.37%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.37%) QA
3 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.68%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.68%) SCCM
2 1 (0.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.96%) Instagram
3 15 (10.27%) Facebook
4 14 (9.59%) Adobe
5 13 (8.90%) Google
5 13 (8.90%) Twitter
6 9 (6.16%) YouTube
7 7 (4.79%) Brandwatch
7 7 (4.79%) Salesforce
8 5 (3.42%) Arista
8 5 (3.42%) Cisco
8 5 (3.42%) Juniper
9 3 (2.05%) TikTok
10 2 (1.37%) Hootsuite
10 2 (1.37%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.68%) Apple
11 1 (0.68%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.68%) SAP
11 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow