Social Media Contracts in Central London

Social Media
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 121 158
Rank change year-on-year -5 +37 +6
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Social Media 4 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.20% 0.35% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% 1.11% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 8
10th Percentile £251 £181 £215
25th Percentile £387 £193 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £225 £379
Median % change year-on-year +156.78% -40.59% -22.31%
75th Percentile £696 £316 £552
90th Percentile - £433 £716
London median daily rate £380 £350 £353
% change year-on-year +8.57% -0.71% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £27.36
25th Percentile - - £29.02
Median hourly rate - - £33.67
75th Percentile - - £38.93
90th Percentile - - £40.96
London median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% +36.36% -45.54%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Social Media falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 751 718 1,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 37.10% 31.16% 34.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 473 794
10th Percentile £359 £361 £311
25th Percentile £456 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £589 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% -1.92% +4.35%
75th Percentile £700 £713 £738
90th Percentile £808 £838 £838
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 9
10th Percentile £17.35 £19.60 £24.32
25th Percentile £21.45 £22.90 -
Median hourly rate £26.98 £25.79 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.59% -26.31% -28.57%
75th Percentile £43.39 £27.00 £42.32
90th Percentile £86.43 £53.20 £56.15
London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.31 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.17% -10.54% +7.69%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in Central London

Social Media
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Social Media.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Social Media

Social Media
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Media in Central London over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Media in Central London

Social Media
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Social Media.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Social Media

Social Media
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 24 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -1 4 £578 +188.88% 40
Social Media
London

Social Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 (25.00%) CMS
1 1 (25.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Brand Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) French Language
2 1 (25.00%) German Language
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Content Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Site Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Kafka
1 2 (50.00%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) B2B
2 1 (25.00%) B2C
2 1 (25.00%) Content Management
2 1 (25.00%) Content Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Demand Generation
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Integrated Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Personalization
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) SEO
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) Google