Upwork jobs by skill · October 2026
Social Media Management jobs on Upwork: 113 a day at a median $14 an hour
Clients posted 3,397 new Social Media Management jobs on Upwork in the 30 days to 21 October 2026, about 113 a day. 69% of them are hourly, the rest fixed-price. Hourly Social Media Management jobs offer a median $14 an hour; the middle half of jobs sits between $8 and $19. Free alerts for these jobs in Telegram, AI filter included.
A new Social Media Management job about every 13 minutes
113 a day on average · busiest Tuesday, 4–5 pm US Eastern
Free forever · AI filter included · No card, no API keys
See the latest Social Media Management jobs in the live demo →
On this page
- 113/daynew Social Media Management jobs, 3,397 in 30 days
- $14median hourly rate clients offer
- $100median fixed-price budget
- 46%of jobs from US clients
How many Social Media Management jobs are on Upwork?
Clients posted 3,397 new Social Media Management jobs on Upwork in the 30 days to 21 October 2026, about 113 a day. 69% of them are hourly, the rest fixed-price.
Social Media Management: about 113 new jobs a day.
Source: new Upwork jobs flconsole tracked in the 30 days to 21 October 2026. A job counts for every skill it is tagged with. Average new jobs a day.
Show data
| Skill | New jobs a day | Jobs in 30 days |
|---|---|---|
| Social Media Management | 113 | 3,397 |
| Social Media Marketing | 258 | 7,732 |
| 100 | 2,987 | |
| 123 | 3,683 | |
| Social Media Content Creation | 65 | 1,963 |
How much do Social Media Management jobs on Upwork pay?
Hourly Social Media Management jobs offer a median $14 an hour; the middle half of jobs sits between $8 and $19. Fixed-price jobs have a median budget of $100 (middle half $15–$300).
- Middle half of jobs
- Median
Source: new Upwork jobs flconsole tracked in the 30 days to 21 October 2026. A job counts for every skill it is tagged with. Hourly rate = middle of the client's range. Box = middle half of hourly jobs, mark = median.
Show data
| Skill | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | Hourly jobs with a rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Media Management | $8 | $14 | $19 | 1,388 |
| Social Media Marketing | $10 | $16 | $23 | 3,463 |
| $10 | $16 | $22 | 1,277 | |
| $10 | $16 | $22 | 1,732 | |
| Social Media Content Creation | $9 | $15 | $20 | 715 |
Who hires for Social Media Management on Upwork?
46% of Social Media Management jobs come from US clients and 72% from clients with verified payment. Clients who have hired before spent a median $3,290 on Upwork; 18% spent over $10k.
- 72%from clients with verified payment
- $3,290median past spend of clients who have hired
- 18%from clients who spent over $10k
When is the best time to apply for Social Media Management jobs on Upwork?
The best time to apply for Social Media Management jobs on Upwork is right after they are posted, and the most new ones go live on Tuesdays and in the 4–5 pm hour, US Eastern. Tuesdays took 17.2% of the 4,549 new Social Media Management jobs posted in the 42 days from 14 September to 25 October 2026. The busiest part of the day is 12–4 pm ET, with 22.2% of them.
- Tuesdaybusiest day, 17.2% of the week's jobs
- 4–5 pmbusiest hour, US Eastern
- 22.2%of jobs posted 12–4 pm ET
- 20.4%posted on weekends (all Upwork jobs: 19.3%)
Tuesday: 17.2% of the week's Social Media Management jobs; Saturday: 10.1%.
Source: Upwork jobs data by flconsole, 42 days, 14 September to 25 October 2026. Share of all new Social Media Management jobs; open data, CC BY 4.0.
Show data
| Day (US Eastern) | Share of Social Media Management jobs |
|---|---|
| Monday | 16.5% |
| Tuesday | 17.2% |
| Wednesday | 17.2% |
| Thursday | 15.1% |
| Friday | 13.6% |
| Saturday | 10.1% |
| Sunday | 10.3% |
12–4 pm US Eastern: 22.2% of Social Media Management jobs.
Source: Upwork jobs data by flconsole, 42 days, 14 September to 25 October 2026. Share of all new Social Media Management jobs; open data, CC BY 4.0.
Show data
| Time of day (US Eastern) | Share of Social Media Management jobs |
|---|---|
| 12–4 am ET | 11.7% |
| 4–8 am ET | 14.3% |
| 8 am–12 pm ET | 20.4% |
| 12–4 pm ET | 22.2% |
| 4–8 pm ET | 18.2% |
| 8 pm–12 am ET | 13.2% |
What it means for you: check Upwork for Social Media Management jobs at the busy times above, and let alerts cover the rest. New Social Media Management jobs keep arriving every day of the week, and flconsole sends them to Telegram within a minute of posting, so you can apply first even outside the peak. See any skill hour by hour in your own time zone in Best time to apply on Upwork.
Source: Upwork jobs data by flconsole v2026.10 (CSV, CC BY 4.0): 4,549 new Social Media Management jobs, 14 September to 25 October 2026, US Eastern time. A job counts for every skill it is tagged with.
Skills often hired with Social Media Management
Clients who post Social Media Management jobs also tag these skills most often.
- Social Media Marketing: about 258 jobs a day, median $16/hr
- Instagram: about 100 jobs a day, median $16/hr
- Facebook: about 123 jobs a day, median $16/hr
- Social Media Content Creation: about 65 jobs a day, median $15/hr
- Social Media Content: about 48 jobs a day, median $14/hr
Embed these numbers
Writing about Social Media Management on Upwork? Paste this card into your page or course. It updates every month with new data.
<a href="https://flconsole.com/upwork-jobs/social-media-management"><img src="https://flconsole.com/embed/social-media-management.svg" width="320" height="120" alt="Social Media Management jobs on Upwork: 113 a day, median $14/hr (flconsole)"></a>Questions
Clients posted 3,397 new Social Media Management jobs on Upwork in the 30 days to 21 October 2026, about 113 a day. 69% of them are hourly, the rest fixed-price.
Hourly Social Media Management jobs offer a median $14 an hour; the middle half of jobs sits between $8 and $19. Fixed-price jobs have a median budget of $100 (middle half $15–$300).
The best time to apply for Social Media Management jobs on Upwork is right after they are posted, and the most new ones go live on Tuesdays and in the 4–5 pm hour, US Eastern. Tuesdays took 17.2% of the 4,549 new Social Media Management jobs posted in the 42 days from 14 September to 25 October 2026. The busiest part of the day is 12–4 pm ET, with 22.2% of them. Source: Upwork jobs data by flconsole (https://github.com/droopboop/upwork-jobs-data).
Set up a free flconsole feed for Social Media Management: it sends new matching Upwork jobs to Telegram within a minute of posting, with client filters and an AI filter included. No Upwork login needed.
Source: new Upwork jobs flconsole tracked in the 30 days to 21 October 2026. A job counts for every skill it is tagged with. Rates and budgets are what clients offer in job posts, not what freelancers earn.
Get new Social Media Management jobs in Telegram
flconsole sends new Social Media Management jobs on Upwork to Telegram within a minute of posting, with client filters and an AI filter included. Free, forever, no Upwork login.
Free forever · AI filter included · No card, no API keys