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 12 September 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
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 541 536
Rank change year-on-year -107 -5 +86
Contract jobs citing Facebook 23 21 31
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.064% 0.080%
As % of the Vendors category 0.10% 0.13% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 17
10th Percentile - £224 £253
25th Percentile - £259 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £280 £333
Median % change year-on-year +10.84% -15.79% -16.88%
75th Percentile - £438 £375
90th Percentile - £468 £418
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 £450 £308
% change year-on-year -31.03% +46.34% -20.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 2
10th Percentile - £32.60 £15.15
25th Percentile £13.50 £42.88 £19.50
Median hourly rate £18.57 £60.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.05% +118.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £21.14 - £36.00
90th Percentile £26.82 - £40.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £60.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year -73.33% +380.00% -

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 22,867 15,556 17,055
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.91% 47.12% 44.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,033 9,517 10,292
10th Percentile £313 £276 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £613 £626
90th Percentile £700 £700 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,255 792 694
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.42 £15.62
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% -18.33% -27.54%
75th Percentile £62.25 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.95 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.19 £21.24 £30.00
% change year-on-year +23.31% -29.20% -25.00%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -125 22 £310 +10.84% 361
UK excluding London -99 18 £310 -31.03% 137
North of England -67 7 - - 27
South West - 7 £310 - 35
London -80 5 - - 265
Midlands -48 4 - - 17
North West - 4 - - 20
West Midlands - 4 - - 9
Yorkshire - 3 - - 7
South East -57 2 - - 25
East of England -24 1 - - 19
Work from Home -68 1 - - 184
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

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 (4.35%) CMS
1 1 (4.35%) Drupal
1 1 (4.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.70%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) NEC Housing
2 2 (8.70%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Facebook Ads
1 3 (13.04%) Google Analytics
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (4.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Canva
3 1 (4.35%) Google Ads
3 1 (4.35%) Google Sheets
General
1 9 (39.13%) Marketing
2 7 (30.43%) Finance
3 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Legal
4 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.70%) Advertising
5 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Banking
6 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Support Officer
2 5 (21.74%) Senior
3 4 (17.39%) Coordinator
3 4 (17.39%) Service Desk Coordinator
4 3 (13.04%) Applications Support
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Applications Support
5 2 (8.70%) Administrator
5 2 (8.70%) Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Data Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Social Media Strategist
6 1 (4.35%) Communications Officer
6 1 (4.35%) Customer Service Specialist
6 1 (4.35%) Data Administrator
6 1 (4.35%) Social Media Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Management Information System
1 5 (21.74%) Social Media
2 1 (4.35%) Digital Media
2 1 (4.35%) Podcast
2 1 (4.35%) Robotics
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Analytics
1 6 (26.09%) Customer Service
2 5 (21.74%) Decision-Making
3 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (17.39%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (17.39%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (17.39%) Time Management
4 3 (13.04%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (13.04%) CRM
4 3 (13.04%) SEO
4 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) A/B Testing
5 2 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (8.70%) Content Strategy
5 2 (8.70%) Logistics
5 2 (8.70%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.70%) Social Listening
5 2 (8.70%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (8.70%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.70%) SLA
3 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.35%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Instagram
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.04%) Adobe
3 3 (13.04%) Google
3 3 (13.04%) NEC
4 2 (8.70%) Brandwatch
4 2 (8.70%) NetBase
4 2 (8.70%) TikTok
4 2 (8.70%) YouTube
5 1 (4.35%) Sage