Social Media Manager Jobs in England

Social Media Manager
UK > England

The median Social Media Manager salary in England is £39,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 805 905 1112
Rank change year-on-year +100 +207 -277
Permanent jobs requiring a Social Media Manager 9 41 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.011% 0.043% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.047% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 18
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £39,925
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £40,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% -7.51% +8.13%
75th Percentile £54,375 £45,000 £50,625
90th Percentile £57,375 £52,000 £64,625
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £43,250
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.51% +8.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 79,522 86,974 124,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 59,823 54,838 76,240
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,386
25th Percentile £38,087 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Social Media Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Social Media Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Media Manager in England

Social Media Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Media Manager in England.

Salary trend for Social Media Manager in England

Social Media Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Media Manager in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Media Manager in England

Social Media Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +149 5 £45,000 +12.50% 6
South East +5 2 £32,500 +8.33% 7
North of England +25 1 - - 6
North West - 1 - - 6
Social Media Manager
UK

Social Media Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Social Media Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Social Media Manager in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Social Media
2 8 (88.89%) Marketing
3 5 (55.56%) Analytics
3 5 (55.56%) Instagram
3 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
4 4 (44.44%) TikTok
4 4 (44.44%) YouTube
4 4 (44.44%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (33.33%) Facebook
5 3 (33.33%) Brand Awareness
5 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) Finance
5 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (33.33%) Canva
6 2 (22.22%) Digital Strategy
6 2 (22.22%) Pinterest
6 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (22.22%) Legal
6 2 (22.22%) B2B
6 2 (22.22%) French Language
6 2 (22.22%) Spanish Language
6 2 (22.22%) Taxonomies
6 2 (22.22%) SEO
6 2 (22.22%) Social Media Management
6 2 (22.22%) Hootsuite
6 2 (22.22%) User Experience
6 2 (22.22%) Apache Spark
6 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
6 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning

Social Media Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (22.22%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Canva
2 1 (11.11%) MailChimp
General
1 8 (88.89%) Marketing
2 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Brand Awareness
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (22.22%) French Language
4 2 (22.22%) Legal
4 2 (22.22%) Spanish Language
5 1 (11.11%) Publishing
5 1 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Social Media
2 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
2 2 (22.22%) Blog
2 2 (22.22%) Taxonomies
3 1 (11.11%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Analytics
2 4 (44.44%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) B2B
3 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
3 2 (22.22%) SEO
3 2 (22.22%) Social Media Management
3 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) User Experience
4 1 (11.11%) Content Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Copywriting
4 1 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) Crowdfunding
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Email Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
4 1 (11.11%) Pay per click
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Measurement
4 1 (11.11%) Social Media Analytics
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Instagram
2 4 (44.44%) TikTok
2 4 (44.44%) YouTube
3 3 (33.33%) Facebook
4 2 (22.22%) Hootsuite
4 2 (22.22%) Pinterest
5 1 (11.11%) Snapchat
5 1 (11.11%) Twitter