Digital Executive
UK

The median Digital Executive salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 867 962 1156
Rank change year-on-year +95 +194 -307
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Executive 40 33 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.032% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.036% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 39 17 56
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £27,500 £33,750
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -18.52% +2.27%
75th Percentile £43,750 £28,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £118,250 £32,000 £41,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £27,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Digital Executive
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Digital Executive in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Executive in the UK

Digital Executive
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Executive.

Salary trend for Digital Executive in the UK

Digital Executive
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Executive over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Executive in the UK

Digital Executive
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Executive within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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
England +98 36 £30,000 +9.09% 79
UK excluding London 0 33 £33,750 +22.73% 63
South East +24 19 £30,000 +9.09% 15
Work from Home +83 14 £35,000 - 46
London +121 7 £37,000 - 21
West Midlands +20 6 £35,000 +32.08% 13
Midlands +5 6 £35,000 +32.08% 17
Scotland -61 4 £100,000 +300.00% 5
North West - 3 £27,000 - 8
North of England - 3 £27,000 - 18
South West - 1 £32,500 - 2

Digital Executive Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Digital Executive job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Digital Executive in the job title.

1 34 (85.00%) Marketing
2 25 (62.50%) Digital Marketing
3 19 (47.50%) Analytics
4 17 (42.50%) Social Media
4 17 (42.50%) SEO
5 15 (37.50%) Project Management
6 14 (35.00%) SaaS
7 10 (25.00%) Blog
7 10 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (20.00%) Business Development
8 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
9 7 (17.50%) B2B
9 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
10 6 (15.00%) SQL
10 6 (15.00%) Data Analysis
10 6 (15.00%) Data Analytics
10 6 (15.00%) B2B Marketing
11 5 (12.50%) Agile
11 5 (12.50%) QA
11 5 (12.50%) Google
11 5 (12.50%) Google Analytics
11 5 (12.50%) Email Marketing
11 5 (12.50%) HubSpot
12 4 (10.00%) IoT
12 4 (10.00%) Channel Management
12 4 (10.00%) Local Government
12 4 (10.00%) Content Management
12 4 (10.00%) CRM
12 4 (10.00%) CMS
12 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office

Digital Executive Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (10.00%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.00%) SaaS
2 5 (12.50%) Google Analytics
3 2 (5.00%) Contentful
3 2 (5.00%) GCP
4 1 (2.50%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) BigQuery
1 2 (5.00%) Looker
General
1 34 (85.00%) Marketing
2 10 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Local Government
5 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.50%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 17 (42.50%) Social Media
2 10 (25.00%) Blog
3 4 (10.00%) IoT
4 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.50%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (62.50%) Digital Marketing
2 19 (47.50%) Analytics
3 17 (42.50%) SEO
4 15 (37.50%) Project Management
5 8 (20.00%) Business Development
6 7 (17.50%) B2B
7 6 (15.00%) B2B Marketing
7 6 (15.00%) Data Analysis
7 6 (15.00%) Data Analytics
8 5 (12.50%) Agile
8 5 (12.50%) Email Marketing
9 4 (10.00%) Channel Management
9 4 (10.00%) Content Management
9 4 (10.00%) CRM
9 4 (10.00%) Lead Generation
9 4 (10.00%) Roadmaps
9 4 (10.00%) Social Media Management
10 3 (7.50%) Client Onboarding
10 3 (7.50%) Mobile Development
10 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) QA
2 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) Google
2 5 (12.50%) HubSpot
3 3 (7.50%) YouTube
4 2 (5.00%) Adyen
4 2 (5.00%) Medallia
4 2 (5.00%) Optimizely
5 1 (2.50%) Adobe