Social Media Contracts in Scotland

Social Media
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 128 162
Rank change year-on-year +17 +34 -3
Contract jobs citing Social Media 6 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.37% 0.090% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.96% 0.27% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £205 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £400 - £463
90th Percentile - - £478
UK median daily rate £400 £288 £375
% change year-on-year +39.13% -23.33% -3.85%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 622 733 1,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.07% 33.08% 36.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 427 710
10th Percentile £227 £200 £250
25th Percentile £400 £394 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £559
90th Percentile £600 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 37 24
10th Percentile - £13.40 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £10.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.00 £13.40
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +34.33% -68.84%
75th Percentile £24.66 £35.00 £25.72
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.30 £51.94
UK median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in Scotland

Social Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Social Media in Scotland

Social Media
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Media in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Media in Scotland

Social Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Media in Scotland

Social Media
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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 +6 3 £400 - 11
Glasgow - 2 £210 - 11
Dundee - 1 - -
Social Media
UK

Social Media
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 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) CMS
2 1 (16.67%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Intranet
General
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Communications Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Communications Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Communications Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) BCP
1 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
1 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 2 (33.33%) Open Source
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Stability
1 2 (33.33%) OSINT
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Social Media Management
1 2 (33.33%) Social Media Monitoring
2 1 (16.67%) Content Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Sun
1 2 (33.33%) Twitter
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft