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 25 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 132 158
Rank change year-on-year +18 +26 -12
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 86 45 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.05% 1.33% 0.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.99% 3.50% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 45 24 13
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £23,450
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,563 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.08% -23.53%
75th Percentile £38,750 £33,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,250 £43,375 £201,750
England median annual salary £37,000 £38,325 £35,225
% change year-on-year -3.46% +8.80% -17.12%

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 2,155 1,285 1,403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.29% 38.11% 30.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,485 533 675
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £67,250
90th Percentile £86,120 £79,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -1 33 £30,000 - 7
Essex -11 20 £29,000 +16.00% 6
Cambridgeshire -28 16 £28,000 - 10
Suffolk +15 7 £47,500 +50.79%
Bedfordshire - 7 £45,000 - 3
Norfolk -34 3 £35,750 +9.89%
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 19 (22.09%) CMS
2 6 (6.98%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (8.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (8.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (5.81%) UserZoom
5 1 (1.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Shopify
2 4 (4.65%) Adobe Campaign
2 4 (4.65%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (1.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.60%) Google Analytics
2 13 (15.12%) Adobe Analytics
3 9 (10.47%) Figma
4 8 (9.30%) Canva
5 7 (8.14%) ChatGPT
6 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (5.81%) Azure
7 5 (5.81%) Azure AI
7 5 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (5.81%) Contentsquare
8 3 (3.49%) Google Ads
9 2 (2.33%) MailChimp
9 2 (2.33%) SaaS
10 1 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (1.16%) AWS
10 1 (1.16%) GCP
10 1 (1.16%) Google Tag Manager
10 1 (1.16%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (24.42%) Broadband
2 2 (2.33%) Internet
2 2 (2.33%) Intranet
3 1 (1.16%) IPsec
3 1 (1.16%) SSL
3 1 (1.16%) VPN
3 1 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (5.81%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.16%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.16%) Metadata
2 1 (1.16%) Power BI
2 1 (1.16%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Git
General
1 48 (55.81%) Marketing
2 30 (34.88%) Social Skills
3 20 (23.26%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (16.28%) Games
5 9 (10.47%) Manufacturing
6 8 (9.30%) Advertising
7 5 (5.81%) Finance
8 4 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.65%) Legal
9 3 (3.49%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (1.16%) Health Technology
11 1 (1.16%) Local Government
11 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.16%) Retail
11 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (12.79%) Designer
1 11 (12.79%) Senior
2 9 (10.47%) Lead
3 8 (9.30%) Campaign Manager
3 8 (9.30%) Graphic Designer
3 8 (9.30%) Marketing Manager
4 7 (8.14%) Coordinator
4 7 (8.14%) Marketing Executive
5 6 (6.98%) Developer
5 6 (6.98%) Digital Executive
5 6 (6.98%) Senior Designer
5 6 (6.98%) Senior Graphic Designer
6 5 (5.81%) .NET Developer
6 5 (5.81%) Product Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Marketing Communications Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Campaign Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Manager
8 3 (3.49%) Lead Designer
8 3 (3.49%) Senior Product Manager
9 2 (2.33%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.81%) .NET
1 5 (5.81%) .NET Core
1 5 (5.81%) ASP.NET
1 5 (5.81%) ASP.NET Core
1 5 (5.81%) Blazor
1 5 (5.81%) ML.NET
1 5 (5.81%) React
1 5 (5.81%) RESTful
2 1 (1.16%) CSS
2 1 (1.16%) GreenSock GSAP
2 1 (1.16%) HTML
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.12%) Marketing Technology
2 12 (13.95%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (6.98%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.81%) BBC
4 5 (5.81%) Over-the-Top Content
4 5 (5.81%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.49%) Blog
6 2 (2.33%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.33%) Graphic Design
6 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.33%) Photography
6 2 (2.33%) Podcast
6 2 (2.33%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.16%) Animation
7 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.16%) Midjourney
7 1 (1.16%) NHS
7 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.16%) PropTech
7 1 (1.16%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.16%) Linux
1 1 (1.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (44.19%) Analytics
2 36 (41.86%) AI
3 28 (32.56%) SEO
4 27 (31.40%) Digital Marketing
5 26 (30.23%) CRM
6 23 (26.74%) Agile
6 23 (26.74%) Customer Experience
7 20 (23.26%) Roadmaps
8 19 (22.09%) Storytelling
9 15 (17.44%) Decision-Making
9 15 (17.44%) Email Marketing
9 15 (17.44%) User Experience
10 13 (15.12%) Digital Customer Experience
10 13 (15.12%) Product Roadmap
10 13 (15.12%) User Research
10 13 (15.12%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 12 (13.95%) Lead Generation
12 11 (12.79%) B2B
13 10 (11.63%) Customer Insight
13 10 (11.63%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.98%) JavaScript
2 5 (5.81%) C#
2 5 (5.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (9.30%) Degree
2 3 (3.49%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.16%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.60%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.49%) GDPR
3 2 (2.33%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.33%) QA
4 1 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.16%) PERC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (1.16%) Nagios
Vendors
1 25 (29.07%) Adobe
2 23 (26.74%) Google
3 14 (16.28%) Facebook
3 14 (16.28%) Microsoft
4 6 (6.98%) Apple
4 6 (6.98%) Instagram
5 5 (5.81%) Sony
5 5 (5.81%) Yahoo!
6 4 (4.65%) Salesforce
7 3 (3.49%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.16%) DoubleClick
8 1 (1.16%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.16%) McAfee
8 1 (1.16%) Oracle
8 1 (1.16%) SAP
8 1 (1.16%) TippingPoint
8 1 (1.16%) WooCommerce
8 1 (1.16%) Zscaler