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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 307 500
Rank change year-on-year +142 +193 -200
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 750 600 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.91% 0.85% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.87% 2.49% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 552 440 116
10th Percentile £25,507 £24,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,533 £26,250 £29,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £35,225 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -11.94% -20.00%
75th Percentile £42,125 £47,250 £60,044
90th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £38,325 £38,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.86% -20.00% -13.64%

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 12,770 24,143 25,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.58% 34.01% 42.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6,172 15,240 11,276
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,975 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 May 2025. 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 +84 231 £38,325 +9.50% 217
North of England +116 223 £42,000 +6.33% 158
Midlands +152 207 £36,925 +5.50% 86
West Midlands +150 188 £36,925 +23.08% 55
North West +77 174 £40,000 - 97
South West +128 55 £33,500 +5.42% 68
Yorkshire +56 36 £42,000 +12.00% 44
East of England +30 33 £32,250 +25.24% 41
East Midlands +26 19 £42,500 +9.68% 24
Scotland +87 16 £24,000 -56.36% 25
North East +48 11 £48,000 +21.52% 18
Wales +12 5 £26,500 -29.33% 23
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 18 (2.40%) CMS
2 17 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.27%) WordPress
3 4 (0.53%) Drupal
4 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 50 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.93%) Photoshop
5 20 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (2.67%) Trello
6 17 (2.27%) Adobe Premiere
7 13 (1.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (1.73%) Adobe Illustrator
8 11 (1.47%) InDesign
9 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.67%) Final Cut Pro
11 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.27%) Blender
12 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
12 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
12 1 (0.13%) Maya
12 1 (0.13%) Pro Tools
12 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (0.93%) Shopify
2 4 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.40%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 3 (0.40%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 34 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (4.27%) Google Analytics
3 22 (2.93%) SaaS
4 20 (2.67%) Google Ads
5 18 (2.40%) Power Platform
6 11 (1.47%) Azure
7 10 (1.33%) Canva
8 9 (1.20%) Facebook Ads
9 8 (1.07%) Entra ID
10 5 (0.67%) ChatGPT
10 5 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.67%) Google Data Studio
11 4 (0.53%) Figma
11 4 (0.53%) Google Sheets
12 3 (0.40%) Google Docs
12 3 (0.40%) MailChimp
13 2 (0.27%) Amazon Ads
13 2 (0.27%) BigCommerce
13 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Advertising
13 2 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.87%) Firewall
1 14 (1.87%) Intrusion Detection
2 10 (1.33%) LAN
2 10 (1.33%) WAN
3 9 (1.20%) VoIP
4 4 (0.53%) Internet
5 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.40%) WPA
6 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.27%) SMS
7 1 (0.13%) Broadband
7 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.27%) Power BI
2 7 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (2.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.13%) GitLab
2 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 180 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 134 (17.87%) Marketing
3 89 (11.87%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (10.93%) Finance
5 73 (9.73%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (7.73%) Esports
7 41 (5.47%) Advertising
8 28 (3.73%) Legal
9 20 (2.67%) Retail
10 18 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (2.13%) Brand Awareness
12 13 (1.73%) Games
13 11 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.33%) Public Sector
15 8 (1.07%) Automotive
15 8 (1.07%) Publishing
16 7 (0.93%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.80%) Law
18 5 (0.67%) Electronics
18 5 (0.67%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 37 (4.93%) Lead
2 28 (3.73%) Instructor
3 25 (3.33%) Analyst
4 20 (2.67%) Sales Executive
5 18 (2.40%) Marketing Manager
6 17 (2.27%) Administrator
7 16 (2.13%) Development Manager
7 16 (2.13%) IT Administrator
7 16 (2.13%) IT Engineer
8 14 (1.87%) Architect
8 14 (1.87%) Head of Delivery
8 14 (1.87%) Head of IT
8 14 (1.87%) Security Architect
9 13 (1.73%) Head of Digital
9 13 (1.73%) Project Manager
9 13 (1.73%) Senior
9 13 (1.73%) Vendor Manager
10 11 (1.47%) IT Support
11 10 (1.33%) Business Development Manager
11 10 (1.33%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.20%) HTML
2 5 (0.67%) HTML5
3 4 (0.53%) CSS
4 3 (0.40%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.27%) Node.js
5 2 (0.27%) React
6 1 (0.13%) .NET
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Cordova
6 1 (0.13%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.13%) DCOM
6 1 (0.13%) Ionic Framework
6 1 (0.13%) jQuery
6 1 (0.13%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (0.13%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.20%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (3.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 25 (3.33%) Blog
4 21 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (1.87%) Graphic Design
6 14 (1.87%) Security Posture
7 9 (1.20%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.07%) Digital Media
8 8 (1.07%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.07%) Photography
9 6 (0.80%) Video Editing
10 5 (0.67%) Animation
10 5 (0.67%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.67%) Motion Graphics
10 5 (0.67%) Robotics
11 4 (0.53%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.53%) FMCG
11 4 (0.53%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 518 (69.07%) Windows
2 506 (67.47%) Windows Vista
3 3 (0.40%) Android
4 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (18.27%) Computer Science
2 85 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 65 (8.67%) SEO
4 62 (8.27%) Digital Marketing
5 60 (8.00%) Analytics
6 53 (7.07%) Decision-Making
7 51 (6.80%) Customer Service
7 51 (6.80%) Data Protection
7 51 (6.80%) Line Management
8 50 (6.67%) Project Management
9 48 (6.40%) Collaborative Working
10 38 (5.07%) Agile
10 38 (5.07%) Time Management
11 37 (4.93%) Cybersecurity
11 37 (4.93%) Mathematics
11 37 (4.93%) Process Improvement
12 36 (4.80%) Mentoring
13 33 (4.40%) Pay per click
14 32 (4.27%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 5 (0.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 567 (75.60%) DBS Check
2 144 (19.20%) Degree
3 34 (4.53%) Master's Degree
4 24 (3.20%) PMI Certification
4 24 (3.20%) PMP
5 15 (2.00%) ACCA
5 15 (2.00%) CIMA
5 15 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (1.87%) CEH
6 14 (1.87%) CISA
6 14 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (1.87%) CISM
6 14 (1.87%) CISSP
7 6 (0.80%) AAT
8 4 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.13%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.07%) SLA
2 19 (2.53%) GDPR
3 15 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.87%) NIST
5 7 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.93%) QA
6 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 26 (3.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
1 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.93%) SmoothWall
3 1 (0.13%) PaperCut
3 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 81 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.80%) Google
3 38 (5.07%) Facebook
4 32 (4.27%) Instagram
5 30 (4.00%) Adobe
6 14 (1.87%) Twitter
7 12 (1.60%) YouTube
8 10 (1.33%) Cisco
8 10 (1.33%) Meraki
8 10 (1.33%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.20%) Commvault
10 7 (0.93%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.93%) Pinterest
11 6 (0.80%) TikTok
12 5 (0.67%) Hotjar
13 4 (0.53%) Cognos
14 3 (0.40%) Screaming Frog
14 3 (0.40%) Spotify
15 2 (0.27%) Ahrefs
15 2 (0.27%) WooCommerce