Social Media Marketing Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Social Media Marketing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Social Media Marketing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 338 401
Rank change year-on-year -79 +63 -
Contract jobs citing Social Media Marketing 1 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.044% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% 0.050% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £306 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - £350
75th Percentile £319 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £306 - £275

All Process & 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 16,480 12,066 18,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.33% 88.82% 86.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,081 7,132 11,314
10th Percentile £238 £231 £250
25th Percentile £381 £380 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £497 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% -0.55% -
75th Percentile £575 £590 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,781 657 1,710
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.44 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.17 £20.12 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.88 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% -13.03% +18.89%
75th Percentile £58.75 £64.10 £62.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.56 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +9.38%

Social Media Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Social Media Marketing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Social Media Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Social Media Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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 6 February 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
North West - 1 £313 -
North of England - 1 £313 -
Social Media Marketing
UK

Social Media Marketing
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Instructor
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Instructor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media