Social Media Executive Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Social Media Executive
Central London > City of London

The median Social Media Executive daily rate in the City of London is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Social Media Executive 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.053% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
75th Percentile £325 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £300 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,775 1,731 2,248
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 93.01% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 1,046 1,614
10th Percentile £349 £354 £340
25th Percentile £429 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £564
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.00% -2.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £536 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.74% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 22
10th Percentile £20.02 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.77 £26.63 £19.18
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +60.42% -5.88%
75th Percentile £42.65 £80.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £52.80 £112.00 £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
% change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +6.55%

Social Media Executive
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Social Media Executive' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Social Media Executive job vacancy trend in the City of London

Social Media Executive Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, Social Media Executive contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Social Media Executive in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ad Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Paid Search
1 1 (100.00%) Pinterest
1 1 (100.00%) Snapchat
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media Management
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprinklr
1 1 (100.00%) TikTok

Social Media Executive Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Sprinklr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Ad Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Paid Search
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media Management
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media Marketing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Pinterest
1 1 (100.00%) Snapchat
1 1 (100.00%) TikTok