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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 134 143
Rank change year-on-year +36 +9 +4
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 104 43 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.43% 1.25% 0.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.56% 3.21% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 30 25 32
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £22,575
25th Percentile £29,500 £29,500 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,750 £31,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.49% +14.55% -
75th Percentile £46,250 £33,250 £37,188
90th Percentile £96,250 £37,500 £68,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £38,325 £37,500
% change year-on-year +4.37% +2.20% -11.76%

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 1,870 1,339 1,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.72% 38.85% 28.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,246 565 890
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,100 £25,809
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,533 £31,250
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 £88,000 £78,250 £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 14 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 14 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 +15 43 £87,500 +191.67% 5
Essex 0 23 £33,500 +34.00% 2
Suffolk +22 13 £36,500 +15.87% 1
Bedfordshire - 10 £50,000 - 4
Cambridgeshire -25 8 £28,000 - 2
Norfolk -28 7 £34,000 +4.51% 1
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 4 (3.85%) CMS
2 1 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.96%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.96%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (10.58%) UserZoom
2 1 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.96%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Adobe Campaign
2 4 (3.85%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (1.92%) Shopify
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 46 (44.23%) Adobe Analytics
2 20 (19.23%) Figma
3 11 (10.58%) Contentsquare
4 5 (4.81%) Azure
4 5 (4.81%) Azure AI
4 5 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.81%) Google Ads
4 5 (4.81%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.92%) AWS
5 2 (1.92%) Canva
5 2 (1.92%) GCP
6 1 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.96%) Cloud Composer
6 1 (0.96%) Dagster
6 1 (0.96%) dbt
6 1 (0.96%) MailChimp
6 1 (0.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 58 (55.77%) Broadband
2 1 (0.96%) IPsec
2 1 (0.96%) SSL
2 1 (0.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (4.81%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.92%) Metadata
3 1 (0.96%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.96%) Power BI
3 1 (0.96%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Git
General
1 47 (45.19%) Games
2 28 (26.92%) Marketing
3 21 (20.19%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.77%) Finance
6 4 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.85%) Legal
6 4 (3.85%) Local Government
7 3 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.92%) Advertising
8 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.96%) Law
9 1 (0.96%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (27.88%) Lead
2 18 (17.31%) Designer
3 13 (12.50%) Lead Designer
4 12 (11.54%) Product Manager
5 11 (10.58%) Senior
6 10 (9.62%) Campaign Manager
7 9 (8.65%) Digital Designer
8 8 (7.69%) Marketing Executive
9 7 (6.73%) Systems Manager
10 6 (5.77%) Developer
11 5 (4.81%) .NET Developer
11 5 (4.81%) Digital Executive
11 5 (4.81%) Lead UX Designer
11 5 (4.81%) Sales Executive
11 5 (4.81%) Senior Campaign Manager
11 5 (4.81%) Senior Manager
11 5 (4.81%) UX Designer
12 4 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
12 4 (3.85%) Digital Product Manager
12 4 (3.85%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.81%) .NET
1 5 (4.81%) .NET Core
1 5 (4.81%) ASP.NET
1 5 (4.81%) ASP.NET Core
1 5 (4.81%) Blazor
1 5 (4.81%) ML.NET
1 5 (4.81%) React
1 5 (4.81%) RESTful
2 1 (0.96%) CSS
2 1 (0.96%) GreenSock GSAP
2 1 (0.96%) HTML
2 1 (0.96%) Kafka
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (6.73%) Marketing Technology
2 7 (6.73%) Over-the-Top Content
2 7 (6.73%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.81%) BBC
4 3 (2.88%) Podcast
5 2 (1.92%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.92%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.96%) Animation
6 1 (0.96%) Anti-Piracy
6 1 (0.96%) Blog
6 1 (0.96%) FMCG
6 1 (0.96%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.96%) Midjourney
6 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.96%) Photography
6 1 (0.96%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.96%) Video Editing
6 1 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (57.69%) Analytics
2 59 (56.73%) Agile
3 58 (55.77%) AI
4 57 (54.81%) Customer Experience
5 54 (51.92%) Storytelling
6 53 (50.96%) Roadmaps
7 46 (44.23%) Digital Customer Experience
7 46 (44.23%) Product Roadmap
7 46 (44.23%) User Research
7 46 (44.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 30 (28.85%) Prototyping
9 24 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
10 19 (18.27%) Customer Insight
11 17 (16.35%) Decision-Making
11 17 (16.35%) Digital Marketing
12 16 (15.38%) DesignOps
13 14 (13.46%) CRM
14 13 (12.50%) SEO
14 13 (12.50%) User Experience
15 12 (11.54%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.77%) JavaScript
1 6 (5.77%) SQL
2 5 (4.81%) C#
3 2 (1.92%) Python
4 1 (0.96%) C++
4 1 (0.96%) Java
4 1 (0.96%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (0.96%) A+ Certification
1 1 (0.96%) DBS Check
1 1 (0.96%) SC Cleared
1 1 (0.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (45.19%) Accessibility
2 11 (10.58%) WCAG
3 2 (1.92%) GDPR
4 1 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.96%) PERC
4 1 (0.96%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.96%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (0.96%) Nagios
Vendors
1 54 (51.92%) Adobe
2 13 (12.50%) Google
3 8 (7.69%) Facebook
4 6 (5.77%) Microsoft
5 5 (4.81%) Apple
5 5 (4.81%) Sony
5 5 (4.81%) Yahoo!
6 4 (3.85%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.88%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (1.92%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.92%) Instagram
9 1 (0.96%) DoubleClick
9 1 (0.96%) Forcepoint
9 1 (0.96%) McAfee
9 1 (0.96%) Oracle
9 1 (0.96%) SAP
9 1 (0.96%) Zscaler