Social Listening Contracts

Social Listening
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Social Listening skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Listening over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 599 712
Rank change year-on-year +85 +113 +134
Contract jobs citing Social Listening 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.003% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £200 - -
25th Percentile £206 - £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £290 £263
Median % change year-on-year +5.52% +10.48% -46.15%
75th Percentile £422 - £269
90th Percentile £455 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Social Listening 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 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Social Listening
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Social Listening as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Social Listening in the UK

Social Listening
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Listening.

Daily rate trend for Social Listening in the UK

Social Listening
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Listening over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Listening in the UK

Social Listening
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Listening within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +67 5 £306 +5.52% 12
London +37 3 £434 +49.48% 12
Work from Home - 3 £402 - 3
UK excluding London - 1 £200 -
North of England - 1 £200 -
North West - 1 £200 -

Social Listening
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Google Ads
1 2 (40.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 3 (60.00%) Legal
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Multimedia
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Brand Awareness
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Social Media Manager
2 2 (40.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Social Media
2 2 (40.00%) Graphic Design
2 2 (40.00%) Photography
3 1 (20.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Insight
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Ethnographic Research
1 2 (40.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (40.00%) Focus Group
1 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Research
1 2 (40.00%) User Research
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Geofencing
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Facebook
2 2 (40.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Twitter
2 2 (40.00%) YouTube
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) Instagram