Social Media Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Social Media
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in permanent job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 10 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 1.30% - 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.32% - 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £25,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -46.55%
75th Percentile - - £26,750
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £34,000 £31,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +7.94% +14.55% -

All Generic Skills
Bedfordshire

Social Media falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 188 373 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 24.51% 71.87% 26.36%
Number of salaries quoted 122 44 71
10th Percentile £27,050 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £40,313 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £47,500 £48,585
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -2.23% -19.03%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,625 £61,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,000 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Social Media relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Social Media job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Social Media
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Social Media.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Social Media

Social Media
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 August 2026. 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
Luton - 5 £50,000 -
Shefford - 1 - -
Dunstable - 1 - -
Henlow - 1 - -
Social Media
East of England

Social Media
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (20.00%) Contentsquare
3 1 (10.00%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Broadband
2 1 (10.00%) IPsec
2 1 (10.00%) SSL
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 8 (80.00%) Games
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Lead
1 3 (30.00%) Systems Manager
2 2 (20.00%) User Experience Researcher
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Executive
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing Executive
3 1 (10.00%) IT Security Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing Executive
3 1 (10.00%) Product Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Digital Marketing Executive
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Marketing Executive
3 1 (10.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) AI
1 9 (90.00%) Analytics
2 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 8 (80.00%) Customer Experience
2 8 (80.00%) Digital Customer Experience
2 8 (80.00%) Product Roadmap
2 8 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 8 (80.00%) Storytelling
2 8 (80.00%) User Research
2 8 (80.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 6 (60.00%) DesignOps
4 5 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
4 5 (50.00%) Product Strategy
4 5 (50.00%) Prototyping
5 3 (30.00%) User Experience
6 2 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (20.00%) Behavioural Analytics
6 2 (20.00%) Ethnography
6 2 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
6 2 (20.00%) Quantitative Research
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) Accessibility
2 5 (50.00%) WCAG
3 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (10.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) Facebook
2 1 (10.00%) Forcepoint
2 1 (10.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) Instagram
2 1 (10.00%) McAfee
2 1 (10.00%) Zscaler