Social Media Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Social Media Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Social Media Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Media Management over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 396 425 503
Rank change year-on-year +29 +78 -55
Contract jobs citing Social Media Management 5 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.022% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.025% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £414 -
25th Percentile - £419 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £435 £160
Median % change year-on-year -35.63% +171.88% -
75th Percentile - £449 £168
90th Percentile - £453 -
UK median daily rate £280 £425 £300
% change year-on-year -34.12% +41.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Social Media Management 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 in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Social Media Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Social Media Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Social Media Management in the UK excluding London

Social Media Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Social Media Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Social Media Management in the UK excluding London

Social Media Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Scotland - 3 £280 -
West Midlands +17 2 - - 2
Midlands +16 2 - - 4
Social Media Management
UK

Social Media Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) CMS
2 2 (40.00%) Drupal
2 2 (40.00%) Umbraco
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Communications Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Communications Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Communications Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Social Media
2 2 (40.00%) Graphic Design
3 1 (20.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Content Management
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Copywriting
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Deadline-Driven
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) SEO
3 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
3 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (20.00%) Infographics
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Facebook
1 1 (20.00%) Instagram
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft