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 16 October 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 Facebook, Inc.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 545 528 616
Rank change year-on-year -17 +88 +168
Contract jobs citing Facebook 20 35 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.060% 0.093% 0.055%
As % of the Vendors category 0.13% 0.21% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 17
10th Percentile £224 £246 £179
25th Percentile £234 £314 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -12.50% +18.52%
75th Percentile £438 £403 £525
90th Percentile £483 £526 £580
UK excluding London median daily rate £238 £280 £388
% change year-on-year -15.18% -27.74% +29.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £16.75 £15.15 -
25th Percentile £18.25 £19.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% -8.33% +178.68%
75th Percentile £24.75 £36.00 £40.13
90th Percentile £26.25 £40.65 £42.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £12.50 -
% change year-on-year +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 15,872 16,792 21,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.71% 44.64% 44.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,786 9,890 13,830
10th Percentile £275 £288 £263
25th Percentile £404 £413 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 816 574 673
10th Percentile £14.99 £15.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.44 £19.76
Median hourly rate £24.81 £32.75 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% -25.40% +83.61%
75th Percentile £38.29 £64.40 £63.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.43 £30.21 £43.75
% change year-on-year -29.07% -30.96% +113.41%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Facebook over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

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
Top 9 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 16 October 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
England +13 18 £280 -20.00% 167
London +21 10 £280 -19.08% 72
UK excluding London -28 10 £238 -15.18% 115
South East - 4 £234 - 51
Work from Home +12 2 £224 -44.41% 91
Scotland -3 2 - - 2
East of England -5 2 £175 -56.25% 7
East Midlands - 2 £500 - 3
Midlands - 2 £500 - 14

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 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (5.00%) Apache
2 1 (5.00%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (10.00%) InDesign
1 2 (10.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (5.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (5.00%) CapCut
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Facebook Ads
2 4 (20.00%) Google Ads
3 3 (15.00%) WhatsApp
4 2 (10.00%) Canva
4 2 (10.00%) GCP
4 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (5.00%) AWS
5 1 (5.00%) Azure
5 1 (5.00%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (5.00%) dbt
5 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.00%) Figma
5 1 (5.00%) Google Data Studio
5 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.00%) Metadata
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
1 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 17 (85.00%) Marketing
2 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (30.00%) Advertising
4 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Finance
5 3 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Retail
6 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (10.00%) Social Science
7 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (5.00%) Legal
7 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (5.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Social Media Specialist
2 3 (15.00%) Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Implementation Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Marketing Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Content Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Customer Service Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Data Analytics Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Designer
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Marketing Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Junior Designer
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Video Content Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) CSS
1 2 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (5.00%) EDI
2 1 (5.00%) Flash
2 1 (5.00%) OAuth
2 1 (5.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (5.00%) OpenID
2 1 (5.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (65.00%) Social Media
2 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) Blog
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.00%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.00%) iPad
3 1 (5.00%) IVR
3 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (5.00%) Photography
3 1 (5.00%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Analytics
2 6 (30.00%) Digital Marketing
2 6 (30.00%) Marketing Strategy
3 5 (25.00%) CRM
3 5 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 4 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (20.00%) Agile
4 4 (20.00%) B2B
4 4 (20.00%) Logistics
5 3 (15.00%) A/B Testing
5 3 (15.00%) Content Management
5 3 (15.00%) Customer Acquisition
5 3 (15.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (15.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) Data Analytics
5 3 (15.00%) Economics
5 3 (15.00%) Project Management
5 3 (15.00%) Recruitment Marketing
5 3 (15.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.00%) Java
3 1 (5.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Instagram
2 7 (35.00%) Twitter
3 6 (30.00%) TikTok
4 5 (25.00%) Google
5 4 (20.00%) Salesforce
6 3 (15.00%) YouTube
7 2 (10.00%) Adobe
8 1 (5.00%) Apple
8 1 (5.00%) Avaya
8 1 (5.00%) Genesys
8 1 (5.00%) HubSpot
8 1 (5.00%) Microsoft