Social Media Contracts in the City of London

Social Media
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Media over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 160 144
Rank change year-on-year +45 -16 -8
Contract jobs citing Social Media 10 12 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.45% 0.33% 1.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.47% 0.92% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 26
10th Percentile £193 £204 £250
25th Percentile - £217 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £394 £513
Median % change year-on-year -49.21% -23.17% +13.89%
75th Percentile £266 £572 £573
90th Percentile £288 £716 £597
Central London median daily rate £200 £379 £525
% change year-on-year -47.19% -27.86% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 20
10th Percentile - - £34.48
25th Percentile - £50.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate - £51.50 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year - +7.29% +31.51%
75th Percentile - £52.75 £59.50
90th Percentile - - £62.83
Central London median hourly rate - £51.50 £48.00
% change year-on-year - +7.29% +31.51%

All Generic Skills
City of London

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 advertised in the City of London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 682 1,305 1,509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 30.97% 35.88% 35.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 891 1,104
10th Percentile £279 £350 £410
25th Percentile £425 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £700
90th Percentile £845 £860 £805
Central London median daily rate £575 £603 £575
% change year-on-year -4.56% +4.78% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 24
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.97 £20.53
25th Percentile £16.00 £31.31 £38.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £43.25 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.82% -9.90% +167.04%
75th Percentile £27.50 £88.30 £61.75
90th Percentile £54.95 - £64.78
Central London median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -34.29% -27.08% +140.00%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Social Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in the City of London

Social Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Media in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Social Media in the City of London

Social Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Media in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Social Media in the City of London

Social Media
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

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 City of London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Moorgate - 3 £200 -
Social Media
Central London

Social Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 6 (60.00%) Marketing
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Insight Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Marketing Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Senior
1 3 (30.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (10.00%) Creative Director
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Executive
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing Executive
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (30.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (10.00%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Customer Experience
2 3 (30.00%) Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) CRM
2 3 (30.00%) Digital Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) Fintech
2 3 (30.00%) Lead Generation
2 3 (30.00%) Logistics
2 3 (30.00%) Market Segmentation
2 3 (30.00%) Marketing Automation
2 3 (30.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) SEO
2 3 (30.00%) Social Media Monitoring
2 3 (30.00%) Thought Leadership
3 2 (20.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (20.00%) Social Media Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Web Development
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Iconography
4 1 (10.00%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Brandwatch
2 3 (30.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (10.00%) Adobe
3 1 (10.00%) Sitecore