Social Media Contract Job Trends in East London

Social Media
London > East London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies in East London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Social Media 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.85% 3.13% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.79% 8.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £468 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% - -
London median daily rate £393 £535 £275
% change year-on-year -26.64% +94.55% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.00 -
London median hourly rate £22.64 £55.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -59.40% +39.38% +33.33%

All Generic Skills
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 56 35 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 47.86% 36.46% 42.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 32 80
10th Percentile £180 £357 £357
25th Percentile £190 £495 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £585 £539
Median % change year-on-year -27.52% +8.58% +0.89%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £628
90th Percentile £671 £686 £725
London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £11.33 -
25th Percentile - £16.33 -
Median hourly rate £29.04 £24.66 £11.95
Median % change year-on-year +17.76% +106.36% -46.85%
75th Percentile - £30.83 -
90th Percentile - £34.53 £19.03
London median hourly rate £34.62 £35.20 £26.00
% change year-on-year -1.65% +35.37% -25.71%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Social Media job vacancy trend in East London

Social Media
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

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

Social Media
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

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

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

Social Media
Contract Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 13 May 2026. 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
Tower Hamlets - 1 £220 - 1
Social Media
London

Social Media
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Brand Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) B2B Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Demand Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Email Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Global Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Integrated Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce