Social Media Marketing Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Social Media Marketing
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Social Media Marketing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - 126
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Social Media Marketing 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% - 0.084%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £275
75th Percentile £325 - £288
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £300 - £275

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Social Media Marketing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,679 1,706 2,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.98% 91.67% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,164 1,021 1,526
10th Percentile £351 £363 £350
25th Percentile £426 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% +1.05% -4.77%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £780 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -6.09% +2.22% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 14
10th Percentile £20.02 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.86% +28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £42.65 £64.56 £45.06
90th Percentile £49.36 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -14.43%

Social Media Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Media Marketing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Social Media Marketing job vacancy trend in the City of London

Social Media Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Social Media Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Social Media Marketing

Social Media Marketing
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 (50.00%) Sprinklr
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing Executive
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media Executive
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
2 1 (50.00%) Media Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Ad Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Paid Search
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Pinterest
1 1 (50.00%) Snapchat
1 1 (50.00%) TikTok