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 21 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 417 516
Rank change year-on-year +58 +99 -23
Contract jobs citing Social Media Management 6 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.023% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.026% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £414 -
25th Percentile - £419 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £435 £160
Median % change year-on-year -35.63% +171.88% -70.23%
75th Percentile - £449 £168
90th Percentile - £453 -
UK median daily rate £420 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -1.18% +6.25% -25.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £52.50

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 14,677 19,109 27,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.17% 88.23% 89.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,413 12,594 19,203
10th Percentile £243 £262 £258
25th Percentile £387 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £595
90th Percentile £688 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,177 1,276 1,333
10th Percentile £14.70 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.72 £15.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £42.50 £23.39
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +81.70% +27.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £74.60 £77.50 £69.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £28.90
% change year-on-year -1.16% +48.79% +34.42%

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 21 September 2024. 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
South East +35 3 - - 5
Scotland - 3 £280 -
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 5 (83.33%) CMS
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Intranet
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Communications Officer
2 2 (33.33%) Communications Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Communications Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Communications Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Social Media
2 4 (66.67%) Blog
3 3 (50.00%) Graphic Design
3 3 (50.00%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Content Management
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) SEO
4 1 (16.67%) Infographics
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Facebook
2 1 (16.67%) Instagram
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft