Social Media Contracts in Manchester

Social Media
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 91 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Contract jobs citing Social Media 6 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.65% 0.33% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.26% 1.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £267 - -
25th Percentile £375 £155 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £160 -
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% - -
75th Percentile £425 £165 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £400 £160 £228
% change year-on-year +150.00% -29.67% -41.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £25.25 -
North West median hourly rate - £25.25 -

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 266 419 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 28.73% 27.62% 33.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 283 435
10th Percentile £203 £300 £320
25th Percentile £382 £404 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +5.13%
75th Percentile £602 £588 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £686
North West median daily rate £473 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 32 31
10th Percentile £20.75 £13.08 £16.85
25th Percentile £24.25 £15.82 £20.74
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.71% -27.86% +141.38%
75th Percentile £56.25 £57.50 £65.50
90th Percentile £76.00 £62.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £29.52 £25.25 £27.98
% change year-on-year +16.89% -9.76% +51.24%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Social Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in Manchester

Social Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Media in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Social Media in Manchester

Social Media
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Media in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Media in Manchester

Social Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Media in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Social Media in Manchester

Social Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (16.67%) Google Ads
2 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
General
1 5 (83.33%) Marketing
2 4 (66.67%) Legal
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
4 1 (16.67%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Content Designer
1 3 (50.00%) Designer
1 3 (50.00%) UX Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Social Media Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Blog
2 1 (16.67%) Graphic Design
2 1 (16.67%) Photography
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) User Experience
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Content Marketing
2 3 (50.00%) Conversational UI
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Insight
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Product Marketing
2 3 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (50.00%) UX Design
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Social Listening
4 1 (16.67%) Social Media Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe
1 1 (16.67%) Facebook
1 1 (16.67%) Google
1 1 (16.67%) Twitter
1 1 (16.67%) YouTube