Social Media Marketing Contracts in the UK excluding London

Social Media Marketing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Social Media Marketing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Media Marketing over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 382 438
Rank change year-on-year +40 +56 +68
Contract jobs citing Social Media Marketing 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.015% 0.009% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% 0.011% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £150
Median % change year-on-year - +133.33% -21.05%
UK median daily rate - £275 £150
% change year-on-year - +83.33% -26.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Social Media Marketing 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 11,943 17,522 20,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.46% 82.98% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,364 10,323 13,884
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £370 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 2,171 1,255
10th Percentile £13.81 £12.50 £10.68
25th Percentile £16.94 £15.43 £15.21
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.80
% change year-on-year -24.66% +1.96% +39.41%

Social Media Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Social Media Marketing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Media Marketing in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Social Media Marketing in the UK excluding London

Social Media Marketing
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 Marketing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Social Media Marketing
UK

Social Media Marketing
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 2 (100.00%) CMS
1 2 (100.00%) EPiServer
1 2 (100.00%) Umbraco
1 2 (100.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Intranet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Content Editor
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Content Editor
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Editor
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ideation Sessions
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Facebook
1 2 (100.00%) Instagram
1 2 (100.00%) Twitter