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 28 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 128 143
Rank change year-on-year +17 +15 +5
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 92 47 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.21% 1.35% 0.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.75% 3.54% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 33 25 25
10th Percentile £27,200 £25,000 £22,800
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £31,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.35% +21.15% -45.50%
75th Percentile £38,750 £33,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £44,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £38,500 £38,325 £36,770
% change year-on-year +0.46% +4.23% -13.88%

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 1,938 1,328 1,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.56% 38.13% 27.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,326 571 832
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £25,809
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,750 £79,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Social Media job vacancy trend 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 28 August 2026.

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 28 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
Hertfordshire +3 39 £30,000 - 2
Essex -9 19 £31,250 +25.00% 6
Suffolk +22 11 £42,000 +33.33%
Cambridgeshire -28 10 £28,000 - 4
Bedfordshire - 8 £50,000 - 3
Norfolk -31 5 £37,500 +15.27% 2
Social Media
England

Social Media
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 9 (9.78%) CMS
2 1 (1.09%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (10.87%) UserZoom
2 2 (2.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.09%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (6.52%) Shopify
2 5 (5.43%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (4.35%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 36 (39.13%) Adobe Analytics
2 14 (15.22%) Figma
3 10 (10.87%) Contentsquare
3 10 (10.87%) Google Analytics
4 5 (5.43%) Azure
4 5 (5.43%) Azure AI
4 5 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.26%) Canva
5 3 (3.26%) Google Ads
6 2 (2.17%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.09%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (1.09%) AWS
7 1 (1.09%) GCP
7 1 (1.09%) MailChimp
7 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 45 (48.91%) Broadband
2 1 (1.09%) IPsec
2 1 (1.09%) SSL
2 1 (1.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.43%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (5.43%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.09%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.09%) Metadata
2 1 (1.09%) Power BI
2 1 (1.09%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Git
General
1 37 (40.22%) Games
2 30 (32.61%) Marketing
3 20 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 12 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.35%) Legal
6 3 (3.26%) Advertising
6 3 (3.26%) Finance
6 3 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.26%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.17%) Local Government
8 1 (1.09%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.09%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (23.91%) Lead
2 16 (17.39%) Designer
3 10 (10.87%) Senior
4 9 (9.78%) Campaign Manager
4 9 (9.78%) Lead Designer
4 9 (9.78%) Product Manager
5 7 (7.61%) Digital Designer
6 6 (6.52%) Developer
6 6 (6.52%) Graphic Designer
6 6 (6.52%) Marketing Executive
7 5 (5.43%) .NET Developer
7 5 (5.43%) Digital Executive
7 5 (5.43%) Senior Campaign Manager
7 5 (5.43%) Senior Manager
7 5 (5.43%) Systems Manager
8 4 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
8 4 (4.35%) B2B Sales Executive
8 4 (4.35%) Sales Executive
8 4 (4.35%) Senior Designer
8 4 (4.35%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.43%) .NET
1 5 (5.43%) .NET Core
1 5 (5.43%) ASP.NET
1 5 (5.43%) ASP.NET Core
1 5 (5.43%) Blazor
1 5 (5.43%) ML.NET
1 5 (5.43%) React
1 5 (5.43%) RESTful
2 1 (1.09%) CSS
2 1 (1.09%) GreenSock GSAP
2 1 (1.09%) HTML
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.78%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (7.61%) Marketing Technology
3 6 (6.52%) Over-the-Top Content
3 6 (6.52%) Product Ownership
4 5 (5.43%) BBC
5 4 (4.35%) Driving Licence
6 3 (3.26%) Podcast
7 1 (1.09%) Animation
7 1 (1.09%) Blog
7 1 (1.09%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.09%) FMCG
7 1 (1.09%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.09%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.09%) Midjourney
7 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.09%) Photography
7 1 (1.09%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.09%) Video Editing
7 1 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (56.52%) Analytics
2 49 (53.26%) AI
3 48 (52.17%) Customer Experience
4 47 (51.09%) Agile
5 44 (47.83%) Storytelling
6 42 (45.65%) Roadmaps
7 36 (39.13%) Digital Customer Experience
7 36 (39.13%) Product Roadmap
7 36 (39.13%) User Research
7 36 (39.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 21 (22.83%) Prototyping
9 19 (20.65%) Digital Marketing
10 18 (19.57%) CRM
10 18 (19.57%) Workshop Facilitation
11 16 (17.39%) Decision-Making
11 16 (17.39%) SEO
12 13 (14.13%) Customer Insight
12 13 (14.13%) DesignOps
13 12 (13.04%) User Experience
14 10 (10.87%) Qualitative Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.52%) JavaScript
2 5 (5.43%) C#
2 5 (5.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.09%) A+ Certification
1 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
1 1 (1.09%) Degree
1 1 (1.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (40.22%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.70%) WCAG
3 2 (2.17%) GDPR
4 1 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.09%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.09%) PERC
4 1 (1.09%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.09%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (1.09%) Nagios
Vendors
1 44 (47.83%) Adobe
2 16 (17.39%) Google
3 10 (10.87%) Facebook
4 7 (7.61%) Microsoft
5 5 (5.43%) Apple
5 5 (5.43%) Sony
5 5 (5.43%) Yahoo!
6 4 (4.35%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.17%) HubSpot
7 2 (2.17%) Instagram
8 1 (1.09%) DoubleClick
8 1 (1.09%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.09%) McAfee
8 1 (1.09%) Oracle
8 1 (1.09%) SAP
8 1 (1.09%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (1.09%) Zscaler