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 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 139 170
Rank change year-on-year +49 +31 +39
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 99 31 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.54% 1.04% 0.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.64% 2.44% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 19 18 45
10th Percentile £29,450 - £21,250
25th Percentile £32,625 £25,000 £23,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,250 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +24.04% -5.45%
75th Percentile £40,625 £33,563 £32,250
90th Percentile £42,500 £44,125 £43,500
England median annual salary £39,000 £38,325 £38,000
% change year-on-year +1.76% +0.86% -20.00%

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 1,756 1,268 2,088
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.28% 42.68% 34.38%
Number of salaries quoted 810 509 1,527
10th Percentile £26,970 £29,200 £25,263
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +16 41 £87,500 +66.67% 9
Essex -14 25 £29,500 +18.00% 2
Suffolk - 19 £38,000 - 3
Bedfordshire - 8 - - 1
Norfolk -24 6 £34,250 +6.15%
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 1 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.01%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.01%) CMS
1 1 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (11.11%) UserZoom
2 1 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.01%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (6.06%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 56 (56.57%) Adobe Analytics
2 23 (23.23%) Figma
3 11 (11.11%) Contentsquare
4 3 (3.03%) Google Ads
5 2 (2.02%) AWS
5 2 (2.02%) GCP
6 1 (1.01%) Azure
6 1 (1.01%) Azure AI
6 1 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.01%) Cloud Composer
6 1 (1.01%) Dagster
6 1 (1.01%) dbt
6 1 (1.01%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 70 (70.71%) Broadband
2 2 (2.02%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.02%) Metadata
2 1 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.01%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.01%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.01%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.01%) Power BI
2 1 (1.01%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.01%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Git
General
1 57 (57.58%) Games
2 25 (25.25%) Social Skills
3 16 (16.16%) Marketing
4 7 (7.07%) Finance
5 4 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.04%) Local Government
6 2 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.02%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.01%) Advertising
7 1 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.01%) Law
7 1 (1.01%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 36 (36.36%) Lead
2 20 (20.20%) Designer
3 17 (17.17%) Lead Designer
4 14 (14.14%) Digital Designer
5 12 (12.12%) Product Manager
6 8 (8.08%) Senior
7 7 (7.07%) Systems Manager
8 6 (6.06%) Campaign Manager
8 6 (6.06%) Lead UX Designer
8 6 (6.06%) Sales Executive
8 6 (6.06%) UX Designer
9 5 (5.05%) Senior Campaign Manager
9 5 (5.05%) Senior Manager
10 4 (4.04%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
10 4 (4.04%) B2B Sales Executive
10 4 (4.04%) Customer Experience Designer
10 4 (4.04%) Digital Product Manager
10 4 (4.04%) Digital UX Designer
10 4 (4.04%) Senior Product Manager
10 4 (4.04%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.01%) .NET
1 1 (1.01%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.01%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.01%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (1.01%) Blazor
1 1 (1.01%) CSS
1 1 (1.01%) GreenSock GSAP
1 1 (1.01%) HTML
1 1 (1.01%) Kafka
1 1 (1.01%) ML.NET
1 1 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.01%) React
1 1 (1.01%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.07%) Marketing Technology
1 7 (7.07%) Over-the-Top Content
1 7 (7.07%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.06%) Digital Media
2 6 (6.06%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.03%) Podcast
5 2 (2.02%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.01%) Animation
6 1 (1.01%) Anti-Piracy
6 1 (1.01%) BBC
6 1 (1.01%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 64 (64.65%) Analytics
3 63 (63.64%) Roadmaps
4 61 (61.62%) Agile
4 61 (61.62%) AI
5 59 (59.60%) Storytelling
6 56 (56.57%) Digital Customer Experience
6 56 (56.57%) Product Roadmap
6 56 (56.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 55 (55.56%) User Research
8 33 (33.33%) Prototyping
9 32 (32.32%) Workshop Facilitation
10 23 (23.23%) DesignOps
11 22 (22.22%) Customer Insight
12 13 (13.13%) User Experience
13 12 (12.12%) Inclusive Design
13 12 (12.12%) Product Strategy
13 12 (12.12%) Quantitative Research
13 12 (12.12%) Usability Testing
14 11 (11.11%) Empathy Maps
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.02%) JavaScript
1 2 (2.02%) Python
1 2 (2.02%) SQL
2 1 (1.01%) C#
2 1 (1.01%) C++
2 1 (1.01%) Java
2 1 (1.01%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (6.06%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (55.56%) Accessibility
2 13 (13.13%) WCAG
3 1 (1.01%) GDPR
3 1 (1.01%) PERC
3 1 (1.01%) QA
Vendors
1 63 (63.64%) Adobe
2 4 (4.04%) Google
3 3 (3.03%) Screaming Frog
4 1 (1.01%) Apple
4 1 (1.01%) DoubleClick
4 1 (1.01%) Facebook
4 1 (1.01%) Instagram
4 1 (1.01%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.01%) Oracle
4 1 (1.01%) SAP
4 1 (1.01%) Sony
4 1 (1.01%) Yahoo!
4 1 (1.01%) YouTube