Social Media Contracts with Work from Home Options

Social Media
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Social Media over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 395 488
Rank change year-on-year +92 +93 -118
Contract jobs citing Social Media 40 71 141
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.29% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.94% 0.91% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 46 98
10th Percentile £121 £216 £204
25th Percentile £181 £263 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £386 £400
Median % change year-on-year -41.63% -3.63% +9.59%
75th Percentile £462 £559 £519
90th Percentile £584 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £278 £375 £385
% change year-on-year -26.00% -2.53% +3.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £19.74 - £22.28
25th Percentile £26.48 £21.00 £22.74
Median hourly rate £38.93 £27.50 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +41.55% -31.68% +73.60%
75th Percentile £52.34 £30.00 £58.26
90th Percentile £59.65 - £62.76
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £48.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -38.14% +32.88%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Social Media is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,242 7,767 13,904
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.68% 31.56% 31.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 5,492 9,944
10th Percentile £325 £364 £361
25th Percentile £438 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year - +1.38% +9.05%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £825 £795 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 149 225
10th Percentile £15.95 £19.00 £13.66
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.71 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +30.88%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.90
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +5.33%

Social Media
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Social Media trend for jobs with a WFH option

Social Media
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Media.

Social Media daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Social Media
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Media over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Social Media daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Media
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Social Media.

Social Media hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Social Media
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Social Media over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Social Media hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Social Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (7.50%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 3 (7.50%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (7.50%) Photoshop
2 2 (5.00%) InDesign
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.50%) Fivetran
1 3 (7.50%) GitHub
1 3 (7.50%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (2.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (2.50%) AWS
2 1 (2.50%) Azure
2 1 (2.50%) Canva
2 1 (2.50%) GCP
2 1 (2.50%) Google Data Studio
2 1 (2.50%) Google Sheets
2 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Internet
1 1 (2.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Tableau
2 2 (5.00%) Big Data
2 2 (5.00%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.50%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.50%) Power BI
General
1 8 (20.00%) Marketing
1 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.00%) Finance
5 2 (5.00%) Advertising
5 2 (5.00%) Banking
5 2 (5.00%) German Language
5 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 7 (17.50%) Designer
2 5 (12.50%) Account Executive
3 3 (7.50%) Analyst
3 3 (7.50%) Communications Manager
3 3 (7.50%) Data Analyst
3 3 (7.50%) Digital Designer
3 3 (7.50%) Social Media Analyst
3 3 (7.50%) Software Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Business Change Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Business Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Change Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Copywriter
4 2 (5.00%) Insight Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Marketing Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Web Designer
4 2 (5.00%) Web Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Web Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Website Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 3 (7.50%) Algorithms
2 3 (7.50%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (7.50%) Data Structures
2 3 (7.50%) Video Editing
3 2 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.00%) NHS
3 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.50%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (2.50%) Blog
4 1 (2.50%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.50%) IVR
4 1 (2.50%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.50%) PMI
4 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Android
1 3 (7.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) Analytics
2 8 (20.00%) B2B
3 6 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (12.50%) Business Development
4 5 (12.50%) Lead Generation
5 4 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (7.50%) Android Development
6 3 (7.50%) Change Management
6 3 (7.50%) Data Analysis
6 3 (7.50%) Data Modelling
6 3 (7.50%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (7.50%) Infographics
6 3 (7.50%) iOS Development
6 3 (7.50%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (7.50%) Project Management
6 3 (7.50%) Prototyping
6 3 (7.50%) Social Media Analytics
6 3 (7.50%) Software Engineering
6 3 (7.50%) TDD
6 3 (7.50%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) Python
2 5 (12.50%) SQL
3 4 (10.00%) Java
4 3 (7.50%) PHP
5 2 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Instagram
1 7 (17.50%) Twitter
2 5 (12.50%) Facebook
3 4 (10.00%) Adobe
3 4 (10.00%) YouTube
4 3 (7.50%) Brandwatch
5 2 (5.00%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.50%) Google
6 1 (2.50%) Hootsuite
6 1 (2.50%) Microsoft