Social Media Job Trends in the East of England

Social Media
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 155 143
Rank change year-on-year +24 -12 +60
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 45 19 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.33% 0.43% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.55% 1.45% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 25 13 5
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,450 £26,650
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,500 £47,710
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -31.88% +67.40%
75th Percentile £33,250 £68,750 £49,239
90th Percentile £44,500 £201,750 £54,946
England median annual salary £38,325 £36,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -14.12% -27.98%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,268 1,309 1,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 37.40% 29.44% 48.19%
Number of salaries quoted 534 705 621
10th Percentile £27,325 £25,885 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £64,811
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.42% +3.70%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Social Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in the East of England

Social Media
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Social Media.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Social Media

Social Media
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Media in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Media in the East of England

Social Media
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire +30 14 - - 8
Norfolk - 9 £32,533 - 7
Hertfordshire +14 8 £30,000 -47.83% 8
Essex -5 8 £25,000 -9.09% 11
Suffolk -21 6 £31,500 - 5
Social Media
England

Social Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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 5 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.89%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 8 (17.78%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (17.78%) InDesign
1 8 (17.78%) Photoshop
2 6 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Magento
1 2 (4.44%) Shopify
2 1 (2.22%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.22%) Canva
2 9 (20.00%) SaaS
3 6 (13.33%) Figma
4 5 (11.11%) Azure
4 5 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 5 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (8.89%) ChatGPT
6 3 (6.67%) Google Ads
6 3 (6.67%) Google Analytics
6 3 (6.67%) Google Data Studio
6 3 (6.67%) Google Docs
6 3 (6.67%) Google Sheets
7 2 (4.44%) BigCommerce
7 2 (4.44%) PaaS
8 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.11%) LAN
1 5 (11.11%) VoIP
1 5 (11.11%) WAN
2 1 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Power BI
General
1 23 (51.11%) Marketing
2 17 (37.78%) Social Skills
3 10 (22.22%) Advertising
3 10 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (17.78%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Finance
5 5 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 4 (8.89%) Brand Awareness
6 4 (8.89%) Czech Language
6 4 (8.89%) Law
7 2 (4.44%) Retail
8 1 (2.22%) Back Office
8 1 (2.22%) Legal
8 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (13.33%) Designer
1 6 (13.33%) Graphic Designer
2 5 (11.11%) Business Development Executive
2 5 (11.11%) IT Engineer
2 5 (11.11%) IT Support
2 5 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (11.11%) Social Media Executive
2 5 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 4 (8.89%) Campaign Executive
3 4 (8.89%) Digital Executive
3 4 (8.89%) Enterprise Sales Executive
3 4 (8.89%) Sales Executive
4 3 (6.67%) Consultant
4 3 (6.67%) Marketing Manager
4 3 (6.67%) PPC Executive
4 3 (6.67%) Recruitment Consultant
4 3 (6.67%) Senior
4 3 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
4 3 (6.67%) Senior Recruitment Consultant
5 2 (4.44%) Campaign Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Graphic Design
1 6 (13.33%) Motion Graphics
2 4 (8.89%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.67%) Blog
4 2 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.44%) Video Editing
5 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.22%) IoT
5 1 (2.22%) Life Science
5 1 (2.22%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.89%) Business Development
1 13 (28.89%) Digital Marketing
2 8 (17.78%) Email Marketing
2 8 (17.78%) User Experience
3 6 (13.33%) Commercial Awareness
3 6 (13.33%) CRM
3 6 (13.33%) Market Research
4 5 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
4 5 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 5 (11.11%) ITIL
4 5 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (11.11%) Network Management
4 5 (11.11%) Pay per click
4 5 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (11.11%) Time Management
4 5 (11.11%) Web Filtering
5 4 (8.89%) Analytics
5 4 (8.89%) Data Privacy
5 4 (8.89%) Portfolio Management
5 4 (8.89%) Storyboarding
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) Degree
2 5 (11.11%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (11.11%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.78%) Adobe
2 8 (17.78%) Instagram
3 5 (11.11%) Cisco
3 5 (11.11%) Meraki
4 4 (8.89%) HubSpot
5 3 (6.67%) Facebook
5 3 (6.67%) Google
5 3 (6.67%) Spotify
5 3 (6.67%) YouTube
6 2 (4.44%) WooCommerce
7 1 (2.22%) Twitter