Social Commerce Contract Job Trends

Social Commerce (s-Commerce)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Social Commerce skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 - 606
Rank change year-on-year - - +135
Contract jobs citing Social Commerce 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.003% - 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £445 - £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 - £285
Median % change year-on-year - - +37.35%
75th Percentile £495 - £293
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £285

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Social Commerce falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,632 26,629 38,749
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.08% 90.34% 86.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,216 16,983 25,185
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -1.84% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,179 898 2,347
10th Percentile £14.64 £15.57 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.68 £76.53 £71.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.55 £32.00 £31.80
% change year-on-year -17.02% +0.63% -9.14%

Social Commerce
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Social Commerce job vacancy trend in the UK

Social Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Social Commerce

Social Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Social Commerce

Social Commerce
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Commerce within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
London - 1 £470 - 2
England - 1 £470 - 2

Social Commerce
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) TikTok