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 advertised in England. 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 404 510 523
Rank change year-on-year +106 +13 -152
Contract jobs citing Social Media 131 153 261
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.30% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.15% 0.90% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 100 156
10th Percentile £138 £208 £188
25th Percentile £200 £280 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% - +6.01%
75th Percentile £537 £488 £495
90th Percentile £594 £651 £591
UK median daily rate £290 £375 £379
% change year-on-year -22.67% -0.92% +5.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 16 38
10th Percentile £15.16 £19.38 £22.69
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.13 £37.75
Median hourly rate £38.25 £29.75 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -39.90% +52.31%
75th Percentile £45.81 £37.97 £59.22
90th Percentile £65.73 £52.13 £63.69
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £29.75 £48.00
% change year-on-year +34.45% -38.02% +54.84%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,373 17,010 24,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.77% 33.65% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,425 11,824 17,120
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £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 818 598 643
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.15 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 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
London +76 81 £275 -18.82% 218
South East +24 15 £200 -56.76% 88
North of England +37 10 £160 -29.67% 141
West Midlands +31 9 £600 +50.00% 44
Midlands +22 9 £600 +50.00% 76
East of England +20 9 £350 -26.32% 37
North West +20 6 £160 -29.67% 89
Yorkshire +20 2 £223 -15.24% 43
North East +20 2 - - 10
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 15 (11.45%) CMS
2 6 (4.58%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.82%) Drupal
3 5 (3.82%) WordPress
4 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.53%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.76%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (7.63%) Photoshop
2 9 (6.87%) Adobe Illustrator
2 9 (6.87%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (3.82%) InDesign
5 3 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (1.53%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (1.53%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.76%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.76%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.76%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.76%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Shopify
2 2 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.76%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.76%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.58%) Google Analytics
2 5 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (3.82%) Yammer
3 4 (3.05%) BigCommerce
4 3 (2.29%) Figma
5 2 (1.53%) AWS
5 2 (1.53%) Azure
5 2 (1.53%) Canva
5 2 (1.53%) ChatGPT
5 2 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.76%) Discord
6 1 (0.76%) GitHub
6 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.76%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.76%) Squarespace
6 1 (0.76%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.34%) Internet
2 5 (3.82%) Network Security
3 4 (3.05%) Intranet
4 2 (1.53%) Firewall
5 1 (0.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.05%) Big Data
2 3 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.29%) Hadoop
2 3 (2.29%) Tableau
3 1 (0.76%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Git
1 5 (3.82%) Mercurial
2 1 (0.76%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (51.91%) Marketing
2 46 (35.11%) Social Skills
3 21 (16.03%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.45%) Finance
5 12 (9.16%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.87%) Telecoms
7 8 (6.11%) Retail
8 7 (5.34%) Advertising
9 6 (4.58%) Games
9 6 (4.58%) Multimedia
10 5 (3.82%) Fire and Rescue
10 5 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (3.05%) Electronics
11 4 (3.05%) German Language
11 4 (3.05%) Manufacturing
12 3 (2.29%) Legal
13 2 (1.53%) Brand Awareness
13 2 (1.53%) Publishing
14 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (9.16%) Marketing Manager
2 11 (8.40%) Designer
3 10 (7.63%) Communications Manager
4 8 (6.11%) Senior
5 7 (5.34%) Social Media Manager
6 6 (4.58%) Data Engineer
7 5 (3.82%) Account Executive
7 5 (3.82%) Consultant
7 5 (3.82%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 5 (3.82%) Network Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) Copywriter
8 4 (3.05%) Digital Designer
8 4 (3.05%) Senior Manager
9 3 (2.29%) Architect
9 3 (2.29%) Data Scientist
9 3 (2.29%) Developer
9 3 (2.29%) Digital Marketing Manager
9 3 (2.29%) Insight Manager
9 3 (2.29%) Internal Communications Manager
9 3 (2.29%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.34%) React
2 6 (4.58%) HTML
3 5 (3.82%) NumPy
3 5 (3.82%) Pandas
3 5 (3.82%) SciPy
4 3 (2.29%) Web Services
5 2 (1.53%) .NET
5 2 (1.53%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.53%) Flash
5 2 (1.53%) Next.js
5 2 (1.53%) OpenCV
5 2 (1.53%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.53%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.76%) ATL
6 1 (0.76%) CSS
6 1 (0.76%) Flutter
6 1 (0.76%) Node.js
6 1 (0.76%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (0.76%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.87%) Graphic Design
2 8 (6.11%) Blog
3 6 (4.58%) Video Editing
4 5 (3.82%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.82%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (3.05%) CCTV
5 4 (3.05%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.05%) Photography
5 4 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.29%) Digital Media
6 3 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.29%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.53%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.53%) NHS
7 2 (1.53%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.76%) Biopharmaceutical
8 1 (0.76%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.63%) Windows
2 4 (3.05%) Android
2 4 (3.05%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.05%) VMS
2 4 (3.05%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.53%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.61%) Analytics
2 21 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (15.27%) Customer Service
3 20 (15.27%) SEO
4 19 (14.50%) Project Management
5 18 (13.74%) Digital Marketing
6 14 (10.69%) Computer Science
7 13 (9.92%) Marketing Strategy
8 12 (9.16%) B2B
9 11 (8.40%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (8.40%) Content Management
9 11 (8.40%) Copywriting
10 10 (7.63%) CRM
10 10 (7.63%) Machine Learning
10 10 (7.63%) Thought Leadership
11 9 (6.87%) Lead Generation
12 8 (6.11%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (6.11%) Content Strategy
12 8 (6.11%) Data Modelling
12 8 (6.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.50%) Python
2 10 (7.63%) JavaScript
3 8 (6.11%) C#
4 6 (4.58%) SQL
5 5 (3.82%) Java
5 5 (3.82%) R
6 4 (3.05%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.29%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.53%) Go
8 2 (1.53%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.53%) Ruby
9 1 (0.76%) Dart
Qualifications
1 28 (21.37%) Degree
2 11 (8.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.82%) CCIE
3 5 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.82%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.76%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.29%) SLA
2 2 (1.53%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.53%) QA
3 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.76%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (3.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.76%) SCCM
3 1 (0.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (16.03%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.16%) Adobe
2 12 (9.16%) Instagram
3 10 (7.63%) Facebook
3 10 (7.63%) Google
3 10 (7.63%) Salesforce
4 8 (6.11%) Twitter
5 6 (4.58%) YouTube
6 5 (3.82%) Arista
6 5 (3.82%) Brandwatch
6 5 (3.82%) Cisco
6 5 (3.82%) Juniper
6 5 (3.82%) TikTok
7 4 (3.05%) SAP
8 3 (2.29%) Marketo
9 2 (1.53%) Pardot
10 1 (0.76%) Apple
10 1 (0.76%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.76%) Sitecore