Social Media Management Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Social Media Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Social Media Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 361 419
Rank change year-on-year -11 +58 +95
Contract jobs citing Social Media Management 5 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.032% 0.035% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.036% 0.041% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £438 - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £280 -
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% - -
75th Percentile £531 - -
90th Percentile £543 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £420 -
% change year-on-year +19.05% - -

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 14,020 14,491 18,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.17% 83.43% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,432 8,180 12,443
10th Percentile £225 £240 £256
25th Percentile £367 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £669 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,523 1,069 1,298
10th Percentile £14.13 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.14 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.32 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.10% +1.18% +71.89%
75th Percentile £40.46 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.40 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.75
% change year-on-year -39.40% -2.92% +43.84%

Social Media Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Social Media Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Social Media Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Social Media Management
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Social Media Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Social Media Management

Social Media Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Social Media Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Social Media Management

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 7 October 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
South East +7 2 - - 4
East Midlands - 2 £500 -
Midlands - 2 £500 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 3
Social Media Management
UK

Social Media Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (20.00%) CMS
1 1 (20.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Notion
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (20.00%) InDesign
2 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Canva
1 2 (40.00%) ChatGPT
1 2 (40.00%) Zapier
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dreamweaver
General
1 5 (100.00%) Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Publishing
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Executive
1 2 (40.00%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing Executive
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 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (40.00%) Midjourney
3 1 (20.00%) Blog
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Content Development
2 2 (40.00%) Content Management
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (40.00%) Web Usability
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Email Management
3 1 (20.00%) Email Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Presales
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) YouTube
2 2 (40.00%) Facebook
2 2 (40.00%) Instagram
2 2 (40.00%) Twitter
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) Avaya
3 1 (20.00%) Genesys