Social Media Contracts in England

Social Media
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 427 496 541
Rank change year-on-year +69 +45 -169
Contract jobs citing Social Media 123 140 255
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.30% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.08% 0.89% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 89 149
10th Percentile £121 £198 £198
25th Percentile £200 £280 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - +1.35%
75th Percentile £493 £499 £475
90th Percentile £588 £630 £589
UK median daily rate £275 £375 £382
% change year-on-year -26.67% -1.83% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 14 44
10th Percentile £15.15 £21.00 £21.00
25th Percentile £17.72 £22.94 £30.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £30.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% -39.39% +35.62%
75th Percentile £42.75 £46.58 £58.91
90th Percentile £63.75 £52.38 £64.96
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £30.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year +21.67% -39.39% +38.46%

All Generic Skills
England

Social Media falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,349 15,786 23,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.26% 33.56% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,319 11,005 17,096
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 549 600
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.04
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in England

Social Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Social Media in England

Social Media
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Media in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Media in England

Social Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Media in England

Social Media
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Media in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Media in England

Social Media
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +60 72 £275 -21.43% 208
North of England +23 13 £255 -32.00% 161
South East +7 12 £123 -71.18% 93
North West +22 9 £255 +12.09% 100
West Midlands +18 8 £600 +60.00% 36
Midlands +17 8 £600 +60.00% 82
East of England +8 8 £350 -21.35% 41
Yorkshire +14 2 £223 -40.67% 47
North East +8 2 - - 15
Social Media
UK

Social Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (11.38%) CMS
2 5 (4.07%) WordPress
3 4 (3.25%) Drupal
4 3 (2.44%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.63%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (1.63%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.81%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (6.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 8 (6.50%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (6.50%) Photoshop
2 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.25%) InDesign
3 4 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.81%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.81%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.81%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.63%) Shopify
2 1 (0.81%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.50%) Google Analytics
2 5 (4.07%) Canva
3 2 (1.63%) AWS
3 2 (1.63%) Azure
3 2 (1.63%) BigCommerce
3 2 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.63%) Figma
3 2 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.63%) Squarespace
3 2 (1.63%) WhatsApp
3 2 (1.63%) Yammer
4 1 (0.81%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.81%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.81%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.81%) Smartsheet
4 1 (0.81%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.88%) Internet
2 5 (4.07%) Network Security
3 4 (3.25%) Intranet
4 2 (1.63%) VPN
5 1 (0.81%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.63%) Big Data
1 2 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.63%) Tableau
2 1 (0.81%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.81%) Looker
Development Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Git
2 4 (3.25%) Mercurial
3 2 (1.63%) JIRA
4 1 (0.81%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (52.03%) Marketing
2 36 (29.27%) Social Skills
3 17 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.94%) Finance
5 8 (6.50%) Advertising
6 7 (5.69%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.25%) Fire and Rescue
8 4 (3.25%) Games
8 4 (3.25%) German Language
8 4 (3.25%) Legal
8 4 (3.25%) Multimedia
8 4 (3.25%) Retail
9 3 (2.44%) Banking
9 3 (2.44%) Brand Awareness
9 3 (2.44%) French Language
9 3 (2.44%) Publishing
9 3 (2.44%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.81%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 12 (9.76%) Communications Manager
1 12 (9.76%) Designer
2 9 (7.32%) Marketing Manager
3 6 (4.88%) Consultant
4 5 (4.07%) Account Executive
4 5 (4.07%) Data Engineer
4 5 (4.07%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 5 (4.07%) Network Engineer
4 5 (4.07%) Senior
4 5 (4.07%) Social Media Manager
5 4 (3.25%) Copywriter
5 4 (3.25%) Data Scientist
5 4 (3.25%) Digital Designer
5 4 (3.25%) Software Engineer
5 4 (3.25%) Web Designer
6 3 (2.44%) Analyst
6 3 (2.44%) Developer
6 3 (2.44%) Graphic Designer
6 3 (2.44%) Project Manager
6 3 (2.44%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.07%) HTML
1 5 (4.07%) React
2 4 (3.25%) NumPy
2 4 (3.25%) Pandas
2 4 (3.25%) SciPy
3 3 (2.44%) .NET
4 2 (1.63%) Flash
4 2 (1.63%) Next.js
4 2 (1.63%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.63%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.63%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.63%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (1.63%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.81%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.81%) Node.js
5 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.13%) Graphic Design
2 7 (5.69%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.88%) Blog
4 5 (4.07%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.07%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (4.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (3.25%) CCTV
5 4 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.25%) Video Editing
6 3 (2.44%) Digital Media
6 3 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.44%) Photography
6 3 (2.44%) Tandem
7 2 (1.63%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.63%) Life Science
7 2 (1.63%) Podcast
8 1 (0.81%) Media Streaming
8 1 (0.81%) Motion Graphics
8 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.50%) Android
2 7 (5.69%) Apple iOS
2 7 (5.69%) Windows
3 4 (3.25%) VMS
4 3 (2.44%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (21.14%) Analytics
2 18 (14.63%) Computer Science
3 17 (13.82%) Customer Service
3 17 (13.82%) Project Management
4 16 (13.01%) SEO
5 14 (11.38%) Digital Marketing
5 14 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (10.57%) B2B
7 11 (8.94%) Copywriting
7 11 (8.94%) Marketing Strategy
8 10 (8.13%) Software Engineering
8 10 (8.13%) Thought Leadership
9 9 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (7.32%) CRM
9 9 (7.32%) Customer Experience
10 8 (6.50%) Content Management
10 8 (6.50%) Data Analysis
10 8 (6.50%) Lead Generation
11 7 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (5.69%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.01%) Python
2 9 (7.32%) JavaScript
3 7 (5.69%) Java
4 6 (4.88%) C#
5 5 (4.07%) R
5 5 (4.07%) SQL
6 4 (3.25%) PHP
7 3 (2.44%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.81%) Go
8 1 (0.81%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.81%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (26.83%) Degree
2 9 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.88%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.07%) CCIE
4 5 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.25%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.25%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.63%) PhD
7 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.44%) QA
1 3 (2.44%) SLA
2 2 (1.63%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.81%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.81%) SCCM
2 1 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (11.38%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.76%) Adobe
3 11 (8.94%) Google
4 6 (4.88%) Facebook
4 6 (4.88%) Instagram
5 5 (4.07%) Arista
5 5 (4.07%) Cisco
5 5 (4.07%) Juniper
5 5 (4.07%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.07%) Twitter
6 4 (3.25%) Brandwatch
7 2 (1.63%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.63%) TikTok
7 2 (1.63%) YouTube
8 1 (0.81%) Apple
8 1 (0.81%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.81%) Tealium