Social Media Contract Job Trends 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 3 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 113 132
Rank change year-on-year -34 +19 +22
Contract jobs citing Social Media 7 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.19% 0.20% 0.078%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.70% 0.62% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £372 - -
25th Percentile £387 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £413 £463 £350
% change year-on-year -10.81% +32.14% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.50 - -
Median hourly rate £15.00 £12.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £15.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £14.59 £27.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -45.96% -16.92% +18.18%

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 1,000 644 709
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 26.81% 32.62% 27.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 546 384 386
10th Percentile £313 £225 £213
25th Percentile £419 £363 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £667 £638 £656
90th Percentile £750 £715 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 74 97
10th Percentile £14.00 £6.00 £21.43
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.51 £66.25
Median hourly rate £25.75 £19.62 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.28% -71.98% -10.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.61 £72.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.25 £75.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +16.67% -47.69% +24.19%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Social Media job vacancy trend in the South West

Social Media
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Social Media
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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 3 October 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
Wiltshire -14 6 £425 - 4
Bristol -17 1 - - 13
Social Media
England

Social Media
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (85.71%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Figma
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Back Office
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Designer
1 6 (85.71%) Digital Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Digital UX Designer
2 1 (14.29%) UI Designer
2 1 (14.29%) UI/UX Designer
2 1 (14.29%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Digital Strategy
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (85.71%) User Experience
1 6 (85.71%) UX Design
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media Monitoring
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Adobe