Social Media Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Social Media Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Social Media Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Media Management over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 438 512
Rank change year-on-year +49 +74 -67
Contract jobs citing Social Media Management 5 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.017% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.029% 0.020% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £414 -
25th Percentile - £419 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £435 £160
Median % change year-on-year -35.63% +171.88% -
75th Percentile - £449 £168
90th Percentile - £453 -
UK median daily rate £280 £425 £300
% change year-on-year -34.12% +41.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Social Media Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,263 20,432 27,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.19% 89.17% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,230 14,021 19,224
10th Percentile £246 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £580
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 1,241 1,350
10th Percentile £12.41 £10.63 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £62.28
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%

Social Media Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Media Management in the UK excluding London

Social Media Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Media Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Social Media Management in the UK excluding London

Social Media Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Scotland - 3 £280 -
Midlands +24 2 - - 6
West Midlands +16 2 - - 1
Social Media Management
UK

Social Media Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 4 (80.00%) CMS
2 2 (40.00%) Drupal
2 2 (40.00%) Umbraco
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Communications Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Communications Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Communications Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Social Media
2 2 (40.00%) Graphic Design
3 1 (20.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Content Management
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Copywriting
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Deadline-Driven
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) SEO
3 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
3 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (20.00%) Infographics
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Facebook
1 1 (20.00%) Instagram
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft