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 21 March 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
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 488 530
Rank change year-on-year -114 +42 +164
Contract jobs citing Facebook 17 30 53
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.039% 0.10% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.089% 0.22% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 28
10th Percentile £231 £250 £284
25th Percentile £319 £322 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £432 £425
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +1.65% +51.79%
75th Percentile £550 £506 £475
90th Percentile £589 £588 £549
UK excluding London median daily rate £238 £316 £438
% change year-on-year -24.85% -27.76% +75.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 17
10th Percentile £12.85 - £11.00
25th Percentile £13.28 £12.25 £14.13
Median hourly rate £15.25 £12.50 £16.74
Median % change year-on-year +22.00% -25.33% -60.61%
75th Percentile £25.88 £36.38 £36.75
90th Percentile £39.89 £50.55 £39.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £12.50 £15.13
% change year-on-year +12.00% -17.40% -64.39%

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 19,154 13,835 18,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 43.69% 47.17% 42.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,269 8,665 11,836
10th Percentile £310 £291 £257
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.84%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £625
90th Percentile £700 £710 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 462 1,028
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.62 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.01 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £24.47
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% +18.54% -32.04%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.06 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.71 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -13.36% +22.22% -31.82%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Facebook over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Facebook in the UK

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 21 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Facebook in the UK

Facebook
Top 10 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 21 March 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 -118 15 £414 +1.41% 80
London -65 8 £435 -3.33% 23
UK excluding London -85 8 £238 -24.85% 62
South East -47 4 £234 -45.89% 11
North West -28 2 £575 +187.40% 19
Work from Home -36 2 £491 +27.40% 43
North of England -68 2 £575 +187.40% 21
East of England -24 1 - - 5
Scotland - 1 - - 2
South West - 1 £575 - 12

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 2 (11.76%) CMS
2 1 (5.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Chatbot
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) CapCut
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Shopify
1 1 (5.88%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Google Analytics
2 3 (17.65%) Canva
2 3 (17.65%) GCP
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) WhatsApp
3 2 (11.76%) Google Tag Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Salesforce Einstein
3 2 (11.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (5.88%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (5.88%) Facebook Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) BigQuery
1 3 (17.65%) Looker
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
1 3 (17.65%) Tableau
General
1 8 (47.06%) Marketing
2 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Advertising
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 3 (17.65%) Publishing
5 2 (11.76%) Legal
5 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.88%) Law
6 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Senior
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Performance Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Performance Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) Migration Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) Salesforce Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Content Coordinator
4 1 (5.88%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Migration Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Solution Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Social Media Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Social Media Strategist
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Producer
4 1 (5.88%) Web Content Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Social Media
2 2 (11.76%) Digital Media
2 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.88%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.88%) Graphic Design
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (5.88%) New Media
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Social Network
3 1 (5.88%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Analytics
2 4 (23.53%) Agile
2 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
2 4 (23.53%) Storytelling
3 3 (17.65%) AI
3 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
3 3 (17.65%) SEO
3 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (17.65%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (11.76%) Conversational UI
4 2 (11.76%) Copywriting
4 2 (11.76%) Cost Optimisation
4 2 (11.76%) Data Privacy
4 2 (11.76%) Digital Analytics
4 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 2 (11.76%) Time Management
4 2 (11.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GDPR
1 3 (17.65%) PERC
2 2 (11.76%) QA
3 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Google
2 5 (29.41%) Instagram
3 3 (17.65%) TikTok
4 2 (11.76%) Adobe
4 2 (11.76%) Salesforce
5 1 (5.88%) Brandwatch
5 1 (5.88%) Hootsuite
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft
5 1 (5.88%) NetBase
5 1 (5.88%) YouTube