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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 431 523 550
Rank change year-on-year +92 +27 -150
Contract jobs citing Social Media 144 160 306
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.29% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.11% 0.86% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 102 178
10th Percentile £127 £209 £197
25th Percentile £200 £285 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - +1.35%
75th Percentile £485 £492 £488
90th Percentile £588 £622 £615
UK excluding London median daily rate £285 £375 £338
% change year-on-year -24.00% +11.11% -8.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 15 44
10th Percentile £15.18 £19.05 £21.00
25th Percentile £19.49 £21.75 £32.19
Median hourly rate £36.50 £30.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% -39.39% +38.46%
75th Percentile £43.75 £45.16 £59.38
90th Percentile £61.25 £52.25 £64.44
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 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +67 122 £275 -26.67% 629
London +69 70 £275 -22.26% 223
UK excluding London +47 55 £285 -24.00% 395
Work from Home +78 34 £225 -44.85% 256
South East +5 15 £161 -61.83% 88
Scotland +46 12 £225 -50.00% 10
North of England +28 12 £255 -32.00% 156
North West +27 8 £255 +12.09% 98
Midlands +25 8 £600 +60.00% 82
West Midlands +16 8 £600 +60.00% 29
East of England +8 8 £350 -21.35% 33
Yorkshire +18 2 £223 -40.67% 47
North East +11 2 - - 12

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 (10.42%) CMS
2 6 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.78%) WordPress
4 3 (2.08%) Drupal
5 2 (1.39%) Confluence
5 2 (1.39%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (1.39%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.69%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (5.56%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (5.56%) Photoshop
2 7 (4.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.78%) InDesign
4 4 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.39%) Trello
6 1 (0.69%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.69%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.69%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (2.08%) Shopify
2 2 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.69%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.56%) Google Analytics
2 6 (4.17%) Canva
2 6 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 5 (3.47%) GCP
3 5 (3.47%) GitHub
3 5 (3.47%) Google Data Studio
3 5 (3.47%) Google Sheets
4 4 (2.78%) Azure
5 3 (2.08%) Adverity
5 3 (2.08%) BigCommerce
5 3 (2.08%) Fivetran
5 3 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.08%) Sprout Social
5 3 (2.08%) Yammer
6 2 (1.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (1.39%) ChatGPT
6 2 (1.39%) Figma
6 2 (1.39%) Google Tag Manager
6 2 (1.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.86%) Intranet
2 6 (4.17%) Internet
3 5 (3.47%) Network Security
4 2 (1.39%) VPN
5 1 (0.69%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.47%) Power BI
1 5 (3.47%) Tableau
2 3 (2.08%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.39%) Big Data
3 2 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.39%) Power Query
4 1 (0.69%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.69%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.69%) Looker
Development Applications
1 7 (4.86%) Git
2 4 (2.78%) JIRA
2 4 (2.78%) Mercurial
3 3 (2.08%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.69%) Charles Proxy
General
1 72 (50.00%) Marketing
2 49 (34.03%) Social Skills
3 22 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.64%) Finance
6 9 (6.25%) Advertising
7 6 (4.17%) Games
7 6 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.47%) Legal
8 5 (3.47%) Multimedia
8 5 (3.47%) Retail
8 5 (3.47%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.78%) Fire and Rescue
9 4 (2.78%) German Language
10 3 (2.08%) Banking
10 3 (2.08%) Brand Awareness
10 3 (2.08%) French Language
10 3 (2.08%) Publishing
11 2 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (9.72%) Communications Manager
2 13 (9.03%) Designer
3 10 (6.94%) Analyst
3 10 (6.94%) Marketing Manager
4 8 (5.56%) Senior
5 6 (4.17%) Data Engineer
5 6 (4.17%) Social Media Analyst
5 6 (4.17%) Social Media Manager
6 5 (3.47%) Account Executive
6 5 (3.47%) Consultant
6 5 (3.47%) Internal Communications Manager
6 5 (3.47%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 5 (3.47%) Network Engineer
7 4 (2.78%) Copywriter
7 4 (2.78%) Data Scientist
7 4 (2.78%) Developer
7 4 (2.78%) Digital Designer
7 4 (2.78%) Graphic Designer
7 4 (2.78%) Senior Manager
7 4 (2.78%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.47%) HTML
1 5 (3.47%) React
2 4 (2.78%) NumPy
2 4 (2.78%) Pandas
2 4 (2.78%) SciPy
3 3 (2.08%) .NET
4 2 (1.39%) Flash
4 2 (1.39%) JSON
4 2 (1.39%) Next.js
4 2 (1.39%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.39%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.39%) Regular Expression
4 2 (1.39%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.39%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (1.39%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.69%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.69%) ATL
5 1 (0.69%) Flutter
5 1 (0.69%) Node.js
5 1 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.64%) Graphic Design
2 9 (6.25%) Blog
3 8 (5.56%) Video Editing
4 7 (4.86%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.47%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.47%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.78%) CCTV
6 4 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.08%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.08%) Motion Graphics
7 3 (2.08%) Photography
7 3 (2.08%) Podcast
7 3 (2.08%) Tandem
8 2 (1.39%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.39%) Digital Media
8 2 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.39%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.69%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.25%) Android
2 8 (5.56%) Apple iOS
3 7 (4.86%) Windows
4 4 (2.78%) VMS
5 3 (2.08%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (25.69%) Analytics
2 20 (13.89%) Computer Science
3 19 (13.19%) Project Management
4 18 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (12.50%) SEO
5 17 (11.81%) Customer Service
6 13 (9.03%) Digital Marketing
7 12 (8.33%) B2B
8 11 (7.64%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (7.64%) Data Collection
8 11 (7.64%) Marketing Strategy
9 10 (6.94%) Data Analysis
9 10 (6.94%) Software Engineering
9 10 (6.94%) Thought Leadership
10 9 (6.25%) Content Management
10 9 (6.25%) Copywriting
10 9 (6.25%) CRM
10 9 (6.25%) Machine Learning
11 8 (5.56%) Mathematics
11 8 (5.56%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.97%) Python
2 12 (8.33%) SQL
3 9 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.86%) Java
5 6 (4.17%) C#
6 5 (3.47%) R
7 4 (2.78%) PHP
8 3 (2.08%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.69%) Dart
9 1 (0.69%) Go
9 1 (0.69%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 32 (22.22%) Degree
2 9 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.47%) CCIE
3 5 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.78%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.78%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.08%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.08%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.39%) PhD
6 2 (1.39%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.08%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (2.08%) QA
1 3 (2.08%) SLA
2 2 (1.39%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.39%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.69%) SCCM
2 1 (0.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.81%) Instagram
3 16 (11.11%) Adobe
3 16 (11.11%) Facebook
4 15 (10.42%) Twitter
5 14 (9.72%) Google
6 10 (6.94%) YouTube
7 7 (4.86%) Brandwatch
8 5 (3.47%) Arista
8 5 (3.47%) Cisco
8 5 (3.47%) Juniper
8 5 (3.47%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.08%) Hootsuite
10 2 (1.39%) Sitecore
10 2 (1.39%) TikTok
11 1 (0.69%) Apple
11 1 (0.69%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.69%) Tealium