Social Media Contracts in the UK excluding London

Social Media
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Media over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 401 447
Rank change year-on-year +67 +46 -75
Contract jobs citing Social Media 51 45 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% 0.60% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 33 42
10th Percentile £121 £161 £156
25th Percentile £155 £256 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £375 £313
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +20.00% -15.54%
75th Percentile £450 £463 £419
90th Percentile £590 £722 £498
UK median daily rate £278 £375 £385
% change year-on-year -26.00% -2.53% +3.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 1
10th Percentile £11.75 - -
25th Percentile £15.13 £21.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.25 £22.00 £21.97
Median % change year-on-year +14.77% +0.14% -13.84%
75th Percentile - £64.13 -
90th Percentile £66.25 £88.80 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £48.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -38.14% +32.88%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Social Media is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,875 7,451 9,714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.91% 32.43% 31.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,530 5,010 6,751
10th Percentile £210 £220 £205
25th Percentile £378 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £595 £613 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £670
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 719 422 451
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.38
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.62
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -11.81%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £46.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.90 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +5.33%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in the UK excluding London

Social Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Social Media in the UK excluding London

Social Media
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Media in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Social Media in the UK excluding London

Social Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Social Media in the UK excluding London

Social Media
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Social Media in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Social Media in the UK excluding London

Social Media
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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 +12 16 £200 -52.94% 83
North of England +31 11 £160 -33.33% 166
Scotland +49 8 £225 -47.06% 16
Midlands +32 8 £600 +60.00% 80
West Midlands +27 8 £600 +60.00% 40
East of England +14 8 £350 -21.35% 24
North West +22 7 £160 -29.67% 110
North East +15 2 - - 9
Yorkshire +12 2 £223 -40.67% 48
Social Media
UK

Social Media
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 12 (23.53%) CMS
2 3 (5.88%) Drupal
2 3 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.92%) Umbraco
3 2 (3.92%) WordPress
4 1 (1.96%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Adobe Illustrator
1 7 (13.73%) Photoshop
2 4 (7.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.88%) InDesign
4 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (1.96%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.96%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.96%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.84%) BigCommerce
1 4 (7.84%) Canva
2 3 (5.88%) Google Analytics
3 2 (3.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (3.92%) ChatGPT
3 2 (3.92%) GCP
3 2 (3.92%) Google Data Studio
3 2 (3.92%) Google Sheets
3 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.96%) Figma
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.96%) Squarespace
4 1 (1.96%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.84%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) Tableau
2 2 (3.92%) BigQuery
2 2 (3.92%) Power BI
3 1 (1.96%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Git
1 4 (7.84%) Mercurial
General
1 24 (47.06%) Marketing
2 16 (31.37%) Social Skills
3 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.80%) Retail
6 4 (7.84%) Fire and Rescue
6 4 (7.84%) Multimedia
6 4 (7.84%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.92%) Advertising
8 1 (1.96%) Games
8 1 (1.96%) Local Government
8 1 (1.96%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (1.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (13.73%) Designer
2 5 (9.80%) Account Executive
2 5 (9.80%) Communications Manager
3 4 (7.84%) Consultant
3 4 (7.84%) Digital Designer
3 4 (7.84%) Marketing Manager
3 4 (7.84%) Senior
4 3 (5.88%) Analyst
4 3 (5.88%) Data Engineer
4 3 (5.88%) Graphic Designer
4 3 (5.88%) Internal Communications Manager
4 3 (5.88%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 2 (3.92%) Coordinator
5 2 (3.92%) Data Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) Digital Marketing Consultant
5 2 (3.92%) Marketing Consultant
5 2 (3.92%) Senior Communications Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (3.92%) Senior Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) HTML
2 4 (7.84%) NumPy
2 4 (7.84%) Pandas
2 4 (7.84%) React
2 4 (7.84%) SciPy
3 2 (3.92%) Flash
4 1 (1.96%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Graphic Design
2 5 (9.80%) Video Editing
3 4 (7.84%) CCTV
4 3 (5.88%) Motion Graphics
5 2 (3.92%) Blog
5 2 (3.92%) Photography
6 1 (1.96%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.96%) Life Science
6 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.96%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.80%) Windows
2 4 (7.84%) VMS
3 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.96%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (33.33%) Analytics
2 10 (19.61%) SEO
3 9 (17.65%) Content Management
3 9 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (15.69%) Digital Marketing
5 7 (13.73%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (13.73%) B2B
5 7 (13.73%) Data Collection
6 6 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (9.80%) Business Development
7 5 (9.80%) Computer Science
7 5 (9.80%) Infographics
7 5 (9.80%) Lead Generation
7 5 (9.80%) Typography
8 4 (7.84%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (7.84%) Copywriting
8 4 (7.84%) Machine Learning
8 4 (7.84%) Signal Processing
8 4 (7.84%) Test Automation
8 4 (7.84%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.76%) JavaScript
1 6 (11.76%) Python
2 4 (7.84%) C#
3 2 (3.92%) SQL
4 1 (1.96%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.96%) GDPR
3 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.96%) SCCM
1 1 (1.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 12 (23.53%) Adobe
2 10 (19.61%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.80%) Facebook
3 5 (9.80%) Google
3 5 (9.80%) Instagram
4 4 (7.84%) Twitter
5 3 (5.88%) YouTube
6 2 (3.92%) Brandwatch
6 2 (3.92%) Hootsuite
7 1 (1.96%) Apple
7 1 (1.96%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.96%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow