Social Media Contract Job Trends in the North West

Social Media
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 112 132
Rank change year-on-year -31 +20 +41
Contract jobs citing Social Media 2 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.080% 0.34% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 1.10% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £285 -
25th Percentile £306 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% - -
75th Percentile £319 - -
90th Percentile - £495 -
England median daily rate £338 £477 £410
% change year-on-year -29.25% +16.34% -3.53%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 884 639 773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.19% 31.06% 28.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 597 348 541
10th Percentile £200 £203 £255
25th Percentile £355 £331 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -6.86% +3.03%
75th Percentile £550 £566 £588
90th Percentile £625 £675 £650
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 35 43
10th Percentile £16.93 £19.63 £13.83
25th Percentile £25.15 £21.98 £17.57
Median hourly rate £45.46 £25.43 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +78.77% -36.94% +15.21%
75th Percentile £56.69 £33.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.63 £53.27 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.56 £37.00 £37.95
% change year-on-year -22.80% -2.51% +51.81%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Social Media job vacancy trend in the North West

Social Media
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Social Media.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Social Media

Social Media
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Social Media.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Social Media

Social Media
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Manchester -9 2 £313 -28.57% 23
Social Media
England

Social Media
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Instructor
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Instructor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (50.00%) WFM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya
1 1 (50.00%) Genesys
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce