Digital Executive Jobs

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 leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 664 860 938
Rank change year-on-year +196 +78 +190
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Executive 38 47 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.045% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.048% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 21 44 18
10th Percentile - £25,000 £24,925
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £25,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year - +27.27% -18.52%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,813 £28,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £115,000 £31,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,250 £35,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +27.27% -15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Executive in the UK

Digital Executive
Top 12 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 31 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
England +156 28 £34,000 +8.80% 55
Work from Home +130 23 £32,500 -7.14% 26
London +116 18 £42,500 +14.86% 29
UK excluding London +157 14 £33,250 -5.00% 31
Scotland +122 4 £42,500 -57.50% 2
South East +61 4 £33,250 +10.83% 2
East of England +48 3 £31,000 -69.00% 1
North of England +37 2 - - 16
Midlands +60 1 £30,000 -14.29% 7
West Midlands +51 1 £30,000 -14.29% 5
North West 0 1 - - 9
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 29 (76.32%) Marketing
2 21 (55.26%) Social Skills
3 18 (47.37%) Google
3 18 (47.37%) SEO
4 17 (44.74%) Analytics
5 16 (42.11%) Digital Marketing
6 13 (34.21%) Google Analytics
6 13 (34.21%) CMS
7 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Excel
7 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
8 10 (26.32%) Social Media
8 10 (26.32%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (23.68%) CRM
9 9 (23.68%) B2B
9 9 (23.68%) Advertising
9 9 (23.68%) Business Development
9 9 (23.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 8 (21.05%) Pay per click
10 8 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
10 8 (21.05%) Content Management
10 8 (21.05%) Lead Generation
10 8 (21.05%) Screaming Frog
11 7 (18.42%) Content Writing
11 7 (18.42%) Salesforce
11 7 (18.42%) Project Management
11 7 (18.42%) Blog
12 6 (15.79%) Email Marketing
12 6 (15.79%) Agile
12 6 (15.79%) Publishing

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 13 (34.21%) CMS
2 5 (13.16%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (5.26%) Drupal
4 1 (2.63%) EPiServer
4 1 (2.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (23.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.63%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 13 (34.21%) Google Analytics
2 6 (15.79%) Google Ads
3 2 (5.26%) Contentsquare
3 2 (5.26%) MailChimp
3 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.26%) SaaS
4 1 (2.63%) Azure
4 1 (2.63%) GCP
4 1 (2.63%) Google Sheets
4 1 (2.63%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Intranet
1 1 (2.63%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 29 (76.32%) Marketing
2 21 (55.26%) Social Skills
3 10 (26.32%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (23.68%) Advertising
4 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (15.79%) Publishing
6 5 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (10.53%) Finance
8 3 (7.89%) Law
8 3 (7.89%) Retail
9 2 (5.26%) Back Office
9 2 (5.26%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (5.26%) Legal
10 1 (2.63%) Banking
10 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) HTML
2 1 (2.63%) CSS
2 1 (2.63%) EDI
2 1 (2.63%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (26.32%) Social Media
2 7 (18.42%) Blog
3 5 (13.16%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (10.53%) Mobile App
4 4 (10.53%) Onboarding
5 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.63%) Digital Media
6 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.63%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (47.37%) SEO
2 17 (44.74%) Analytics
3 16 (42.11%) Digital Marketing
4 9 (23.68%) B2B
4 9 (23.68%) Business Development
4 9 (23.68%) CRM
5 8 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (21.05%) Content Management
5 8 (21.05%) Lead Generation
5 8 (21.05%) Pay per click
6 7 (18.42%) Content Writing
6 7 (18.42%) Project Management
7 6 (15.79%) Agile
7 6 (15.79%) B2B Sales
7 6 (15.79%) Email Marketing
8 5 (13.16%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (13.16%) GAP Analysis
8 5 (13.16%) Link Building
8 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (13.16%) Social Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.26%) Degree
1 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
1 2 (5.26%) MBA
2 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) GDPR
1 2 (5.26%) PERC
2 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.63%) QA
2 1 (2.63%) WCAG
Vendors
1 18 (47.37%) Google
2 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
3 8 (21.05%) Screaming Frog
4 7 (18.42%) Salesforce
5 6 (15.79%) Ahrefs
6 5 (13.16%) Sitecore
7 4 (10.53%) Hotjar
8 3 (7.89%) HubSpot
8 3 (7.89%) YouTube
9 1 (2.63%) Adobe
9 1 (2.63%) Foundry
9 1 (2.63%) Marketo
9 1 (2.63%) Optimizely
9 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow