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 1 August 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
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 650 536 526
Rank change year-on-year -114 -10 +131
Contract jobs citing Facebook 18 23 41
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.034% 0.070% 0.10%
As % of the Vendors category 0.082% 0.15% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 19
10th Percentile - £199 £213
25th Percentile - £220 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £350 £333
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% +5.26% -16.88%
75th Percentile £389 £438 £425
90th Percentile £436 £535 £578
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 £325 £308
% change year-on-year -4.51% +5.70% -20.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 10
10th Percentile £19.91 £32.60 £11.00
25th Percentile - £42.88 £13.19
Median hourly rate £21.14 £60.00 £22.11
Median % change year-on-year -64.77% +171.34% -1.72%
75th Percentile £27.86 - £35.31
90th Percentile £28.04 - £39.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.14 £60.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -64.77% +275.00% -

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 22,051 15,518 17,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.36% 47.18% 43.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,688 9,504 10,753
10th Percentile £313 £280 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £601 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £706 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.52% -4.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,117 782 883
10th Percentile £15.81 £14.55 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.17% -8.55% -34.21%
75th Percentile £65.25 £50.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £22.32 £25.60
% change year-on-year +52.32% -12.83% -26.33%

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
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 1 August 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 -117 17 £310 -11.33% 129
UK excluding London -96 11 £310 -4.51% 87
North of England -66 7 - - 21
London -72 7 £435 +24.29% 53
North West -49 4 - - 16
Yorkshire - 3 - - 4
South West - 2 £310 - 20
Northern Ireland -1 1 - - 2
Work from Home -63 1 - - 60
South East -64 1 - - 18

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 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (5.56%) Drupal
2 1 (5.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) NEC Housing
1 2 (11.11%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Google Analytics
2 3 (16.67%) Facebook Ads
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe Analytics
3 2 (11.11%) Canva
4 1 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) Google Ads
4 1 (5.56%) Google Sheets
4 1 (5.56%) WhatsApp
General
1 6 (33.33%) Marketing
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Advertising
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Legal
4 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.56%) Law
6 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Support Officer
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Applications Support
3 2 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Applications Support
3 2 (11.11%) Social Media Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Social Media Strategist
4 1 (5.56%) Administrator
4 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Communications Officer
4 1 (5.56%) Customer Service Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Data Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Social Media
2 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Media
4 1 (5.56%) Graphic Design
4 1 (5.56%) New Media
4 1 (5.56%) Podcast
4 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.56%) Social Network
4 1 (5.56%) Video Editing
4 1 (5.56%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Analytics
2 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
3 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (22.22%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (22.22%) SEO
3 4 (22.22%) Time Management
4 3 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (16.67%) CRM
5 2 (11.11%) A/B Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (11.11%) Content Strategy
5 2 (11.11%) Data Collection
5 2 (11.11%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Social Commerce
5 2 (11.11%) Social Listening
5 2 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.11%) SLA
3 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Instagram
2 4 (22.22%) Adobe
2 4 (22.22%) Google
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (16.67%) TikTok
3 3 (16.67%) YouTube
4 2 (11.11%) Brandwatch
4 2 (11.11%) NEC
4 2 (11.11%) NetBase
5 1 (5.56%) Hootsuite