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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 404 498 524
Rank change year-on-year +94 +26 -162
Contract jobs citing Social Media 127 142 255
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.29% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.14% 0.88% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 90 151
10th Percentile £125 £207 £190
25th Percentile £200 £280 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -25.33% - +2.74%
75th Percentile £516 £498 £481
90th Percentile £588 £650 £588
UK median daily rate £278 £375 £385
% change year-on-year -26.00% -2.53% +3.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 43
10th Percentile £15.15 £19.05 £22.18
25th Percentile £17.72 £21.75 £36.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -38.14% +32.88%
75th Percentile £43.75 £45.16 £59.06
90th Percentile £65.91 £52.25 £64.63
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £48.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -38.14% +32.88%

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 11,144 16,209 23,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.60% 33.64% 33.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,307 11,283 17,040
10th Percentile £266 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £697 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 814 571 628
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.16
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -16.66% +3.77%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.60
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.26 £27.50
% change year-on-year +40.98% -19.07% +4.90%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 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
London +80 78 £275 -23.08% 278
South East +29 16 £200 -52.94% 116
North of England +37 11 £160 -33.33% 171
West Midlands +25 8 £600 +60.00% 39
Midlands +25 8 £600 +60.00% 81
East of England +7 8 £350 -21.35% 28
North West +26 7 £160 -29.67% 108
Yorkshire +14 2 £223 -40.67% 54
North East +13 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 13 (10.24%) CMS
2 3 (2.36%) Drupal
2 3 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.36%) WordPress
3 2 (1.57%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (1.57%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.79%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (6.30%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (6.30%) Photoshop
2 7 (5.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.15%) InDesign
4 4 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.57%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.79%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.79%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.79%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.79%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.79%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Shopify
2 2 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.79%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.94%) Google Analytics
2 4 (3.15%) BigCommerce
3 2 (1.57%) AWS
3 2 (1.57%) Azure
3 2 (1.57%) Canva
3 2 (1.57%) ChatGPT
3 2 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.57%) Figma
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.57%) Yammer
4 1 (0.79%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.79%) Smartsheet
4 1 (0.79%) Squarespace
4 1 (0.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.51%) Internet
2 5 (3.94%) Network Security
3 4 (3.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.36%) Big Data
1 3 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (2.36%) Tableau
2 2 (1.57%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.79%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.79%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Git
1 4 (3.15%) Mercurial
2 1 (0.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (50.39%) Marketing
2 36 (28.35%) Social Skills
3 17 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.87%) Finance
5 9 (7.09%) Advertising
6 8 (6.30%) Retail
7 7 (5.51%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.94%) Multimedia
8 5 (3.94%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.15%) Fire and Rescue
9 4 (3.15%) Games
9 4 (3.15%) German Language
9 4 (3.15%) Legal
9 4 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.36%) Banking
10 3 (2.36%) Publishing
11 2 (1.57%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (1.57%) French Language
12 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (9.45%) Designer
2 11 (8.66%) Communications Manager
2 11 (8.66%) Marketing Manager
3 6 (4.72%) Data Engineer
3 6 (4.72%) Senior
4 5 (3.94%) Account Executive
4 5 (3.94%) Consultant
4 5 (3.94%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 5 (3.94%) Network Engineer
5 4 (3.15%) Copywriter
5 4 (3.15%) Developer
5 4 (3.15%) Digital Designer
5 4 (3.15%) Social Media Manager
5 4 (3.15%) Software Engineer
5 4 (3.15%) Web Designer
6 3 (2.36%) Business Manager
6 3 (2.36%) Digital Marketing Manager
6 3 (2.36%) Internal Communications Manager
6 3 (2.36%) Marketing Executive
6 3 (2.36%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.94%) HTML
1 5 (3.94%) React
2 4 (3.15%) NumPy
2 4 (3.15%) Pandas
2 4 (3.15%) SciPy
3 2 (1.57%) .NET
3 2 (1.57%) Flash
3 2 (1.57%) Next.js
3 2 (1.57%) OpenCV
3 2 (1.57%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.57%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (1.57%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.79%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.79%) ATL
4 1 (0.79%) Flutter
4 1 (0.79%) Node.js
4 1 (0.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.09%) Graphic Design
2 8 (6.30%) Blog
3 7 (5.51%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.94%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.94%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (3.94%) Video Editing
5 4 (3.15%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.15%) CCTV
5 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.36%) Digital Media
6 3 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.36%) Photography
6 3 (2.36%) Podcast
6 3 (2.36%) Tandem
7 2 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.57%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.57%) NHS
7 2 (1.57%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.30%) Android
2 7 (5.51%) Apple iOS
3 6 (4.72%) Windows
4 4 (3.15%) VMS
5 2 (1.57%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (18.90%) Analytics
2 21 (16.54%) Project Management
3 18 (14.17%) SEO
4 17 (13.39%) Customer Service
4 17 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (12.60%) Computer Science
6 14 (11.02%) Digital Marketing
7 12 (9.45%) B2B
7 12 (9.45%) Marketing Strategy
8 10 (7.87%) CRM
8 10 (7.87%) Software Engineering
8 10 (7.87%) Thought Leadership
9 9 (7.09%) Copywriting
10 8 (6.30%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (6.30%) Customer Experience
10 8 (6.30%) Lead Generation
10 8 (6.30%) Machine Learning
11 7 (5.51%) Content Strategy
11 7 (5.51%) Mentoring
11 7 (5.51%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.81%) Python
2 8 (6.30%) Java
2 8 (6.30%) JavaScript
3 6 (4.72%) C#
3 6 (4.72%) SQL
4 4 (3.15%) PHP
5 3 (2.36%) R
5 3 (2.36%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.79%) Dart
6 1 (0.79%) Go
6 1 (0.79%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.79%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 30 (23.62%) Degree
2 10 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.94%) CCIE
3 5 (3.94%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (3.15%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.15%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.36%) SLA
2 2 (1.57%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.57%) QA
3 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.79%) SCCM
2 1 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.45%) Adobe
3 8 (6.30%) Google
4 7 (5.51%) Instagram
4 7 (5.51%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.72%) Facebook
5 6 (4.72%) Twitter
6 5 (3.94%) Arista
6 5 (3.94%) Brandwatch
6 5 (3.94%) Cisco
6 5 (3.94%) Juniper
7 2 (1.57%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.57%) TikTok
7 2 (1.57%) YouTube
8 1 (0.79%) Apple
8 1 (0.79%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow