Social Media Contracts in Northern Ireland

Social Media
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Social Media 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.19% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £400 £278 £375
% change year-on-year +44.14% -26.00% -1.83%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 70 33 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 41.67% 22.60% 28.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 5 29
10th Percentile £150 £160 £164
25th Percentile £283 £185 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +5.88% +14.86%
75th Percentile £547 £500 £579
90th Percentile £607 £523 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 2
10th Percentile - - £13.33
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £13.46
Median hourly rate £15.05 £12.62 £13.84
Median % change year-on-year +19.26% -8.83% -27.14%
75th Percentile £78.47 £23.54 £14.15
90th Percentile - £31.88 £14.22
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £31.50 £22.26
% change year-on-year +0.83% +41.54% -19.07%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in Northern Ireland

Social Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Social Media in Northern Ireland

Social Media
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 22 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
County Antrim - 2 - - 23
Social Media
UK

Social Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) CMS
1 2 (100.00%) EPiServer
1 2 (100.00%) Umbraco
1 2 (100.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Intranet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Content Editor
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Content Editor
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Editor
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ideation Sessions
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media Management
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media Marketing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Facebook
1 2 (100.00%) Instagram
1 2 (100.00%) Twitter