Social Media Management Contracts in Scotland

Social Media Management
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 124 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs citing Social Media Management 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.092% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £280 -
UK median daily rate - £280 £425
% change year-on-year - -34.12% +41.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Social Media Management 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,514 1,924 2,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.34% 88.58% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 911 1,158 1,869
10th Percentile £263 £225 £260
25th Percentile £375 £389 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +1.06%
75th Percentile £550 £587 £558
90th Percentile £606 £663 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 94 56
10th Percentile £16.22 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.75 £12.04
Median hourly rate £21.59 £18.79 £16.86
Median % change year-on-year +14.90% +11.48% -57.86%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £49.24
90th Percentile £48.64 £60.75 £65.78
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Social Media Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Media Management in Scotland

Social Media Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Social Media Management in Scotland

Social Media Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 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
Edinburgh +2 1 - -
Dundee - 1 - -
Social Media Management
UK

Social Media Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Intranet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Communications Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Communications Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Communications Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft