The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Media over the 6 months to 23 May 2022 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 the City of London with a requirement for generic IT skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills
1,386
1,106
1,012
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
33.42%
38.90%
31.92%
Number of daily rates quoted
998
755
728
10th Percentile
£413
£350
£305
25th Percentile
£495
£450
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£575
£558
£523
Median % change year-on-year
+3.14%
+6.70%
-0.48%
75th Percentile
£700
£658
£625
90th Percentile
£813
£738
£688
Central London median daily rate
£575
£550
£500
% change year-on-year
+4.55%
+10.00%
-4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted
26
15
38
10th Percentile
£18.50
£8.00
£12.42
25th Percentile
£39.25
£9.75
£15.00
Median hourly rate
£48.00
£17.98
£27.34
Median % change year-on-year
+167.04%
-34.25%
+41.10%
75th Percentile
£61.00
£35.13
£42.59
90th Percentile
£64.13
£40.70
£52.48
Central London median hourly rate
£48.00
£18.99
£29.88
% change year-on-year
+152.80%
-36.44%
+53.21%
Social Media Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Social Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Social Media Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Media in the City of London.
Social Media Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Media in the City of London over the 6 months to 23 May 2022.
Social Media Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Media in the City of London.
Social Media Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Media in the City of London over the 6 months to 23 May 2022.
Social Media Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 23 May 2022, IT contractor jobs citing Social Media also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Social Media.
Social Media Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
