Brandwatch Contract Job Trends

Brandwatch
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Brandwatch products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Brandwatch over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Brandwatch.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 589 - 585
Rank change year-on-year - - +208
Contract jobs citing Brandwatch 2 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% - 0.016%
As % of the Vendors category 0.012% - 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £233
25th Percentile - - £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.05%
75th Percentile - - £444
90th Percentile - - £478
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - -
Median hourly rate £40.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Vendors
UK

Brandwatch falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17,381 15,312 19,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 46.93% 45.86% 44.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,108 9,124 12,146
10th Percentile £300 £284 £252
25th Percentile £409 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £703 £717 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.58% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 450 657
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.60 £14.26
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.51 £19.76
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.43 £46.06
Median % change year-on-year -13.13% -40.45% +77.13%
75th Percentile £44.94 £61.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.38 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.48 £25.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -14.08% -45.86% +101.48%

Brandwatch
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Brandwatch relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Brandwatch job vacancy trend in the UK

Brandwatch
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Brandwatch.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Brandwatch

Brandwatch
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Brandwatch.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Brandwatch

Brandwatch
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Brandwatch within the UK over the 6 months to 31 December 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
London - 2 - - 2
England - 2 - - 2

Brandwatch
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (50.00%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Discord
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Support Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience