Facebook Contract Job Trends

Facebook
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Facebook products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Facebook over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026, 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 Facebook, Inc.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 659 527 526
Rank change year-on-year -132 -1 +84
Contract jobs citing Facebook 26 18 34
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.054% 0.089%
As % of the Vendors category 0.11% 0.11% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 17
10th Percentile - £224 £253
25th Percentile - £259 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £280 £350
Median % change year-on-year +10.84% -20.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £438 £388
90th Percentile - £485 £514
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 £450 £294
% change year-on-year -31.03% +53.19% -24.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 2
10th Percentile £13.34 £16.75 £15.15
25th Percentile £13.50 £18.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% -21.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £22.76 £24.75 £36.00
90th Percentile £41.13 £26.25 £40.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year -30.23% +72.00% -

All Vendors
UK

Facebook 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 22,710 15,814 16,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.57% 47.65% 44.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,738 9,719 9,989
10th Percentile £310 £278 £285
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £619 £613 £625
90th Percentile £710 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,370 820 620
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.79 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.34 £25.15 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% -22.62% -25.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £40.88 £64.63
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.19 £21.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.33% -28.85% -29.41%

Facebook
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Facebook job vacancy trend in the UK

Facebook
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Facebook
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Facebook
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Facebook over the 6 months to 4 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Facebook in the UK

Facebook
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Facebook within the UK over the 6 months to 4 October 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
England -115 25 £310 +10.84% 488
UK excluding London -88 24 £310 -31.03% 152
South West - 9 £310 - 25
North of England - 7 - - 34
South East -56 5 - - 33
Midlands -41 4 - - 17
North West - 4 - - 22
West Midlands - 4 - - 9
Work from Home -75 3 - - 153
Yorkshire - 3 - - 10
East of England -20 2 - - 21
London -92 2 - - 350
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Facebook
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 (3.85%) CMS
1 1 (3.85%) Drupal
1 1 (3.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.69%) Simulink
2 2 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) NEC Housing
2 1 (3.85%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 1 (3.85%) Canva
General
1 7 (26.92%) Finance
2 6 (23.08%) Manufacturing
2 6 (23.08%) Marketing
2 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Electronics
3 3 (11.54%) Legal
3 3 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Banking
4 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Support Officer
2 4 (15.38%) Coordinator
2 4 (15.38%) Service Desk Coordinator
3 3 (11.54%) Applications Support
3 3 (11.54%) Senior
3 3 (11.54%) Senior Applications Support
4 2 (7.69%) Administrator
4 2 (7.69%) Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Electrical Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Buyer
5 1 (3.85%) Communications Officer
5 1 (3.85%) Customer Service Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) Data Administrator
5 1 (3.85%) Social Media Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) Robotics
3 3 (11.54%) Social Media
4 1 (3.85%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.85%) Podcast
4 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.85%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Customer Service
2 5 (19.23%) Decision-Making
3 4 (15.38%) Logistics
3 4 (15.38%) Performance Monitoring
4 3 (11.54%) Analytics
4 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (11.54%) CRM
4 3 (11.54%) Data Entry
4 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
5 2 (7.69%) Data Collection
5 2 (7.69%) Fault Analysis
5 2 (7.69%) Inventory Control
5 2 (7.69%) Inventory Management
5 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.69%) Time Management
5 2 (7.69%) Validation
6 1 (3.85%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (3.85%) Digital Analytics
6 1 (3.85%) Order Management
6 1 (3.85%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.69%) SLA
3 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.85%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) ISO 13485
3 1 (3.85%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Instagram
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) NEC
4 2 (7.69%) Sage
4 2 (7.69%) TikTok
4 2 (7.69%) YouTube
5 1 (3.85%) Adobe
5 1 (3.85%) SAP