Social Media Contracts in the South West

Social Media
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 - 163
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Social Media 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% - 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% - 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £209 - £258
25th Percentile £268 - £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 - £338
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.30%
75th Percentile £483 - £409
90th Percentile £546 - £426
England median daily rate £475 £275 £375
% change year-on-year +72.73% -26.67% -

All Generic Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 488 1,040 982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 29.08% 32.67% 27.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 640 689
10th Percentile £250 £300 £275
25th Percentile £379 £457 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £666
90th Percentile £676 £695 £738
England median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 172 133
10th Percentile £18.51 £13.69 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.75 -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £46.95 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year -23.31% +379.03% -80.30%
75th Percentile £65.88 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.31
England median hourly rate £34.50 £32.31 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.79% +43.68% -16.69%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Social Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in the South West

Social Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Media in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Social Media in the South West

Social Media
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Media in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Media in the South West

Social Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Media in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Social Media in the South West

Social Media
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bristol - 4 £373 - 20
Social Media
England

Social Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (25.00%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (25.00%) Final Cut Pro
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Figma
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Italian Language
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Communications Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Motion Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Motion Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Animation
1 1 (25.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (25.00%) Motion Graphics
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (25.00%) Product Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (25.00%) Typography
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) YouTube