Social Listening Contracts in England

Social Listening
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Social Listening skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Listening over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 468 536 661
Rank change year-on-year +68 +125 +107
Contract jobs citing Social Listening 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.020% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.003% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £200 - -
25th Percentile £206 - £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £290 £263
Median % change year-on-year +5.52% +10.48% -47.50%
75th Percentile £422 - £269
90th Percentile £455 - -
UK median daily rate £306 £290 £263
% change year-on-year +5.52% +10.48% -46.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Social Listening 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,235 32,086 45,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.15% 86.56% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,554 21,040 31,727
10th Percentile £309 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 931 2,256 1,594
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.96 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.33 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year -19.99% -1.19% +51.01%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

Social Listening
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Social Listening as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Listening in England

Social Listening
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Listening in England.

Daily rate trend for Social Listening in England

Social Listening
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Listening in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Listening in England

Social Listening
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Listening within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +48 3 £434 +49.48% 12
North West - 1 £200 -
North of England - 1 £200 -
Social Listening
UK

Social Listening
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Google Ads
1 2 (40.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 3 (60.00%) Legal
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Multimedia
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Brand Awareness
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Social Media Manager
2 2 (40.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Social Media
2 2 (40.00%) Graphic Design
2 2 (40.00%) Photography
3 1 (20.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Insight
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Ethnographic Research
1 2 (40.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (40.00%) Focus Group
1 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Research
1 2 (40.00%) User Research
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Geofencing
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Facebook
2 2 (40.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Twitter
2 2 (40.00%) YouTube
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) Instagram