Social Media Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Social Media Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 387 441
Rank change year-on-year +52 +54 +63
Contract jobs citing Social Media Management 5 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.024% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.029% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £438 - £414
25th Percentile £456 - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £280 £435
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% -35.63% +171.88%
75th Percentile £531 - £449
90th Percentile £543 - £453
UK median daily rate £500 £280 £425
% change year-on-year +78.57% -34.12% +41.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,716 17,285 20,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 83.51% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,290 10,280 13,964
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.87%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 847 2,123 1,246
10th Percentile £13.83 £12.40 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.06 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.35% +44.08%

Social Media Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Social Media Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Social Media Management in the UK excluding London

Social Media Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Media Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Social Media Management in the UK excluding London

Social Media Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Midlands +17 2 £500 - 19
East Midlands - 2 £500 - 10
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1
Scotland +4 1 - - 4
Social Media Management
UK

Social Media Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (60.00%) CMS
2 2 (40.00%) EPiServer
2 2 (40.00%) Umbraco
2 2 (40.00%) WordPress
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (20.00%) InDesign
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Canva
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dreamweaver
General
1 5 (100.00%) Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) Publishing
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Content Editor
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Content Editor
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Editor
1 2 (40.00%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Communications Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Social Media
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (40.00%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (20.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
1 4 (80.00%) Content Management
2 2 (40.00%) Ideation Sessions
2 2 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Social Media Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (40.00%) Web Usability
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) API Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) RBAC
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Facebook
1 4 (80.00%) Instagram
1 4 (80.00%) Twitter
2 2 (40.00%) YouTube
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) Avaya
3 1 (20.00%) Genesys
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft