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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 413 514 527
Rank change year-on-year +101 +13 -166
Contract jobs citing Social Media 138 151 265
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.30% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.20% 0.88% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 101 159
10th Percentile £153 £208 £189
25th Percentile £200 £280 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £541 £488 £491
90th Percentile £600 £625 £589
UK median daily rate £300 £375 £385
% change year-on-year -20.00% -2.53% +9.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 17 38
10th Percentile £15.33 £19.70 £22.69
25th Percentile £20.92 £22.50 £37.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £30.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% -39.39% +55.91%
75th Percentile £45.81 £48.00 £59.22
90th Percentile £65.73 £53.15 £63.69
UK median hourly rate £37.63 £30.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year +25.42% -37.50% +57.38%

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 11,505 17,152 24,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.91% 33.67% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,517 11,896 17,190
10th Percentile £263 £312 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £697 £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 819 615 646
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £13.89
25th Percentile £15.14 £10.75 £16.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -15.09% +1.92%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £22.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +24.44% -16.67% +3.85%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +79 88 £283 -18.12% 220
South East +22 15 £200 -55.56% 93
West Midlands +38 9 £600 +50.00% 38
Midlands +35 9 £600 +50.00% 69
North of England +34 9 £160 -29.67% 151
East of England +19 9 £350 -26.32% 41
North West +21 6 £160 -29.67% 103
Yorkshire +21 2 £223 -15.24% 44
North East +21 1 - - 6
South West +19 1 - - 48
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 17 (12.32%) CMS
2 6 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.35%) WordPress
3 5 (3.62%) Drupal
4 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.45%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.72%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (7.97%) Photoshop
2 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (6.52%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (5.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (3.62%) InDesign
6 3 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (1.45%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (1.45%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (0.72%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.72%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.72%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Shopify
2 2 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.72%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.72%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.35%) Google Analytics
2 5 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (3.62%) Yammer
3 4 (2.90%) BigCommerce
4 3 (2.17%) Figma
5 2 (1.45%) AWS
5 2 (1.45%) Azure
5 2 (1.45%) Canva
5 2 (1.45%) ChatGPT
5 2 (1.45%) Discord
5 2 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.72%) Asana
6 1 (0.72%) GitHub
6 1 (0.72%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.72%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.72%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.72%) Squarespace
6 1 (0.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.07%) Internet
2 5 (3.62%) Intranet
2 5 (3.62%) Network Security
3 2 (1.45%) Firewall
4 1 (0.72%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.90%) Big Data
2 3 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.17%) Hadoop
2 3 (2.17%) Tableau
3 1 (0.72%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (3.62%) Git
1 5 (3.62%) Mercurial
2 2 (1.45%) JIRA
3 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (49.28%) Marketing
2 46 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 20 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.87%) Finance
5 14 (10.14%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.52%) Retail
6 9 (6.52%) Telecoms
7 7 (5.07%) Advertising
8 6 (4.35%) Multimedia
9 5 (3.62%) Fire and Rescue
9 5 (3.62%) Games
9 5 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.90%) Electronics
10 4 (2.90%) German Language
10 4 (2.90%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.90%) Publishing
11 3 (2.17%) Legal
11 3 (2.17%) Local Government
12 2 (1.45%) Brand Awareness
13 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (8.70%) Designer
1 12 (8.70%) Marketing Manager
2 11 (7.97%) Senior
3 10 (7.25%) Communications Manager
4 7 (5.07%) Social Media Manager
5 6 (4.35%) Data Engineer
5 6 (4.35%) Senior Manager
6 5 (3.62%) Account Executive
6 5 (3.62%) Consultant
6 5 (3.62%) Insight Manager
6 5 (3.62%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 5 (3.62%) Network Engineer
7 4 (2.90%) Copywriter
7 4 (2.90%) Digital Designer
7 4 (2.90%) Project Manager
8 3 (2.17%) Architect
8 3 (2.17%) Data Scientist
8 3 (2.17%) Developer
8 3 (2.17%) Internal Communications Manager
8 3 (2.17%) Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.07%) HTML
1 7 (5.07%) React
2 5 (3.62%) NumPy
2 5 (3.62%) Pandas
2 5 (3.62%) SciPy
3 3 (2.17%) Web Services
4 2 (1.45%) .NET
4 2 (1.45%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.45%) CSS
4 2 (1.45%) Flash
4 2 (1.45%) Next.js
4 2 (1.45%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.45%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.45%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.72%) ATL
5 1 (0.72%) Flutter
5 1 (0.72%) Kafka
5 1 (0.72%) Node.js
5 1 (0.72%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.52%) Blog
1 9 (6.52%) Graphic Design
2 6 (4.35%) Video Editing
3 5 (3.62%) Algorithms
3 5 (3.62%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 5 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.90%) CCTV
4 4 (2.90%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.90%) Photography
5 3 (2.17%) Digital Media
5 3 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.17%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.45%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.45%) Motion Graphics
6 2 (1.45%) NHS
6 2 (1.45%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.25%) Windows
2 4 (2.90%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.90%) VMS
2 4 (2.90%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.17%) Android
4 2 (1.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (21.01%) Analytics
2 21 (15.22%) Customer Service
2 21 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (15.22%) SEO
3 19 (13.77%) Digital Marketing
3 19 (13.77%) Project Management
4 14 (10.14%) Marketing Strategy
5 13 (9.42%) Computer Science
5 13 (9.42%) Content Management
6 12 (8.70%) B2B
6 12 (8.70%) Copywriting
7 11 (7.97%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (7.25%) CRM
8 10 (7.25%) Machine Learning
8 10 (7.25%) Thought Leadership
9 9 (6.52%) Content Strategy
9 9 (6.52%) Lead Generation
10 8 (5.80%) Customer Experience
10 8 (5.80%) Data Modelling
10 8 (5.80%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.49%) Python
2 10 (7.25%) JavaScript
3 8 (5.80%) C#
4 6 (4.35%) Java
4 6 (4.35%) SQL
5 5 (3.62%) R
6 4 (2.90%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.17%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.45%) Go
8 2 (1.45%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.45%) Ruby
9 1 (0.72%) Bash
9 1 (0.72%) Dart
Qualifications
1 28 (20.29%) Degree
2 11 (7.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (5.07%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.62%) CCIE
5 5 (3.62%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.72%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.17%) GDPR
1 3 (2.17%) SLA
2 2 (1.45%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.45%) QA
3 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.72%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (1.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.72%) Consul
3 1 (0.72%) Grafana
3 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.72%) SCCM
3 1 (0.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (15.94%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.70%) Adobe
2 12 (8.70%) Instagram
3 11 (7.97%) Facebook
3 11 (7.97%) Salesforce
4 10 (7.25%) Google
5 7 (5.07%) Twitter
5 7 (5.07%) YouTube
6 6 (4.35%) Brandwatch
6 6 (4.35%) TikTok
7 5 (3.62%) Arista
7 5 (3.62%) Cisco
7 5 (3.62%) Juniper
8 4 (2.90%) SAP
9 3 (2.17%) Marketo
10 2 (1.45%) Pardot
11 1 (0.72%) Pinterest
11 1 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 1 (0.72%) SaltStack
11 1 (0.72%) Snapchat