Social Media Monitoring Contracts

Social Media Monitoring/Measurement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Social Media Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Media Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 594 703
Rank change year-on-year +77 +109 +148
Contract jobs citing Social Media Monitoring 3 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.009% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.011% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £205 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.57%
75th Percentile £320 - £338
90th Percentile £383 - £420
UK excluding London median daily rate £210 - £250
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Social Media Monitoring 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 26,648 37,562 53,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.33% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,170 24,188 37,115
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,066 2,451 1,742
10th Percentile £14.35 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.26 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%
75th Percentile £61.50 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%

Social Media Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Media Monitoring in the UK

Social Media Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Social Media Monitoring in the UK

Social Media Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Social Media Monitoring over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Social Media Monitoring in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Social Media Monitoring.

Hourly rate trend for Social Media Monitoring in the UK

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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 Media Monitoring within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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
UK excluding London - 3 £210 -
Work from Home +46 2 £210 - 1
Scotland - 2 £210 -
England +52 1 £400 - 2
North West - 1 £400 -
North of England - 1 £400 -

Social Media Monitoring
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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Military
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Graduate
1 1 (33.33%) Graduate Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) BCP
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 2 (66.67%) Operational Stability
2 2 (66.67%) OSINT
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Sun