Social Media Jobs in the UK excluding London

Social Media
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 301 511 275
Rank change year-on-year +210 -236 +40
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 502 170 1,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.77% 0.35% 1.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.48% 0.88% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 344 128 475
10th Percentile £23,650 £26,250 £25,950
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,225 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.94% -20.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 -
UK median annual salary £38,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.56% -18.18% +4.76%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,220 19,230 34,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.98% 39.94% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,541 10,409 17,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,970
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Social Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in the UK excluding London

Social Media
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Media in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Social Media in the UK excluding London

Social Media
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Media in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Media in the UK excluding London

Social Media
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South East +93 172 £35,000 -12.50% 71
North of England +87 112 £43,000 +32.31% 76
Midlands +47 76 £30,000 -40.00% 65
North West +38 64 £42,500 -62.22% 47
East of England +14 45 £28,250 +2.73% 27
Yorkshire +86 43 £45,000 +38.46% 24
West Midlands +29 39 £29,000 -28.40% 41
East Midlands +9 37 £35,750 - 25
South West +15 36 £27,500 -26.67% 39
Scotland -11 36 £65,000 - 7
Wales +41 18 £39,367 -1.58% 10
Northern Ireland - 7 £42,000 - 9
North East - 5 £50,000 - 8
Social Media
UK

Social Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 32 (6.37%) WordPress
2 27 (5.38%) CMS
3 4 (0.80%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.60%) Drupal
4 3 (0.60%) Headless CMS
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 53 (10.56%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (9.76%) Photoshop
3 40 (7.97%) Adobe Illustrator
4 36 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 33 (6.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 27 (5.38%) InDesign
7 26 (5.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 17 (3.39%) Adobe After Effects
9 15 (2.99%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.80%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.40%) Avid Media Composer
11 2 (0.40%) Sketch
11 2 (0.40%) Trello
12 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.20%) Adobe Captivate
12 1 (0.20%) Blender
12 1 (0.20%) CorelDRAW
12 1 (0.20%) SketchUp
12 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.59%) Magento
2 6 (1.20%) Shopify
3 3 (0.60%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.20%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 126 (25.10%) Azure
2 68 (13.55%) Entra ID
3 34 (6.77%) Google Analytics
4 19 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (3.19%) Google Ads
6 11 (2.19%) Canva
7 9 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 6 (1.20%) Adobe Analytics
9 5 (1.00%) Google Data Studio
9 5 (1.00%) MailChimp
9 5 (1.00%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.80%) Figma
11 3 (0.60%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.60%) SaaS
11 3 (0.60%) Wix.com
12 1 (0.20%) Google Docs
12 1 (0.20%) Miro
12 1 (0.20%) Sprout Social
12 1 (0.20%) Squarespace
12 1 (0.20%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 89 (17.73%) Broadband
2 67 (13.35%) 5G
3 13 (2.59%) Internet
4 10 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.59%) Intranet
6 4 (0.80%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.80%) VoIP
7 2 (0.40%) DNS
8 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.99%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.00%) MySQL
2 5 (1.00%) Power BI
2 5 (1.00%) Tableau
3 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.40%) SQLite
4 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Git
1 2 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 242 (48.21%) Marketing
2 141 (28.09%) Social Skills
3 120 (23.90%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (23.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (9.56%) Finance
6 44 (8.76%) Advertising
7 35 (6.97%) Retail
8 33 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (3.19%) German Language
10 11 (2.19%) General Ledger
10 11 (2.19%) Multimedia
11 10 (1.99%) Brand Awareness
11 10 (1.99%) Law
12 9 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.79%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.59%) Publishing
14 7 (1.39%) Legal
15 6 (1.20%) Electronics
15 6 (1.20%) Games
15 6 (1.20%) Military
Job Titles
1 67 (13.35%) Linux Specialist
1 67 (13.35%) Technical Specialist
2 66 (13.15%) Senior
3 64 (12.75%) Developer
4 48 (9.56%) Designer
5 46 (9.16%) .NET Developer
6 44 (8.76%) Social Media Developer
7 41 (8.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 38 (7.57%) Senior Linux Specialist
8 38 (7.57%) Senior Technical Specialist
8 38 (7.57%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
9 31 (6.18%) Analyst
10 29 (5.78%) Graphic Designer
11 26 (5.18%) Graduate
12 20 (3.98%) Communications Manager
13 19 (3.78%) Financial Analyst
14 14 (2.79%) IT Support
15 13 (2.59%) Digital Executive
15 13 (2.59%) Junior
16 10 (1.99%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (9.16%) .NET
1 46 (9.16%) .NET Framework
1 46 (9.16%) ASP.NET Web API
1 46 (9.16%) Entity Framework
2 35 (6.97%) HTML
3 28 (5.58%) CSS
4 7 (1.39%) .NET Core
4 7 (1.39%) AngularJS
4 7 (1.39%) ASP.NET
4 7 (1.39%) ASP.NET MVC
4 7 (1.39%) React
4 7 (1.39%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 5 (1.00%) HTML5
6 2 (0.40%) CodeIgniter
6 2 (0.40%) Django
6 2 (0.40%) htmx
6 2 (0.40%) jQuery
6 2 (0.40%) Node.js
6 2 (0.40%) Sass
6 2 (0.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.76%) Blog
2 43 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
3 38 (7.57%) Graphic Design
4 28 (5.58%) Photography
5 17 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.79%) Driving Licence
6 14 (2.79%) Video Editing
7 11 (2.19%) Animation
8 10 (1.99%) NHS
9 8 (1.59%) Motion Graphics
9 8 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (1.39%) BBC
10 7 (1.39%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.39%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.80%) Digital Media
11 4 (0.80%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.80%) Media Streaming
11 4 (0.80%) Podcast
12 3 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.60%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 67 (13.35%) Linux
1 67 (13.35%) Ubuntu
2 32 (6.37%) Windows
3 21 (4.18%) Windows Vista
4 11 (2.19%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.99%) Android
5 10 (1.99%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.99%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (19.52%) CRM
2 91 (18.13%) Cybersecurity
3 72 (14.34%) Digital Marketing
4 69 (13.75%) SEO
5 67 (13.35%) Artificial Intelligence
5 67 (13.35%) IT Strategy
5 67 (13.35%) Technology Strategy
6 63 (12.55%) Analytics
7 46 (9.16%) Full Stack Development
7 46 (9.16%) Microservices
8 42 (8.37%) E-Commerce
9 39 (7.77%) User Experience
10 38 (7.57%) Customer Service
11 34 (6.77%) Pay per click
12 29 (5.78%) B2B
12 29 (5.78%) Copywriting
12 29 (5.78%) Marketing Strategy
13 28 (5.58%) Agile
13 28 (5.58%) Business Development
14 26 (5.18%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (13.35%) Bash
2 40 (7.97%) C#
3 31 (6.18%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.79%) SQL
5 8 (1.59%) Python
6 6 (1.20%) PHP
7 3 (0.60%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.60%) VBA
8 2 (0.40%) C
8 2 (0.40%) C++
8 2 (0.40%) R
8 2 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 76 (15.14%) Degree
2 48 (9.56%) DBS Check
3 14 (2.79%) ACCA
3 14 (2.79%) CIMA
4 8 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.80%) CCNA
5 4 (0.80%) CCNA CyberOps
5 4 (0.80%) CCNP
5 4 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.60%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.40%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.20%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.19%) Accessibility
2 7 (1.39%) QA
3 2 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 68 (13.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.40%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 67 (13.35%) Jamf Pro
1 67 (13.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.20%) Core Impact
Vendors
1 125 (24.90%) Microsoft
2 67 (13.35%) CyberArk
2 67 (13.35%) Tanium
3 62 (12.35%) Adobe
4 60 (11.95%) Google
5 30 (5.98%) Facebook
6 24 (4.78%) SAP
7 14 (2.79%) Instagram
7 14 (2.79%) YouTube
8 12 (2.39%) TikTok
9 11 (2.19%) CA
10 9 (1.79%) Apple
10 9 (1.79%) Sage
11 8 (1.59%) Twitter
12 7 (1.39%) Ahrefs
12 7 (1.39%) Screaming Frog
12 7 (1.39%) Sony
12 7 (1.39%) Yahoo!
13 5 (1.00%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.80%) Cisco