Social Listening Jobs

Social Listening
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Social Listening skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Listening over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 701 875 972
Rank change year-on-year +174 +97 +221
Permanent jobs citing Social Listening 11 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.003% 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.004% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £39,550 £43,600 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +53.85% -18.75%
75th Percentile £63,683 - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Social Listening falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,711 84,738 96,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.87% 85.57% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 26,444 59,708 57,080
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,450 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.90% -9.09% +4.76%

Social Listening
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Social Listening as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Social Listening in the UK

Social Listening
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Listening.

Salary trend for Social Listening in the UK

Social Listening
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Listening over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Listening in the UK

Social Listening
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Listening within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 +144 5 £47,500 -5.00% 16
London +115 4 £52,500 +5.00% 16
Work from Home +118 1 £47,500 -5.00% 3
UK excluding London - 1 £38,500 - 1
North of England - 1 £38,500 -
North West - 1 £38,500 -

Social Listening
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 1 (9.09%) CMS
1 1 (9.09%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (9.09%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Canva
1 3 (27.27%) Sprout Social
2 2 (18.18%) SaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Asana
3 1 (9.09%) Google Analytics
General
1 7 (63.64%) Marketing
2 3 (27.27%) Advertising
2 3 (27.27%) Brand Awareness
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Health Technology
4 1 (9.09%) Publishing
4 1 (9.09%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Digital Director
1 3 (27.27%) Head of Digital
2 2 (18.18%) Engagement Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Social Media Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Communications Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Communications Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Social Media Executive
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Social Media
2 3 (27.27%) NHS
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Analytics
2 4 (36.36%) Social Media Management
3 3 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (27.27%) Business Development
3 3 (27.27%) Content Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Data Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (18.18%) Line Management
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Social Media Analytics
5 1 (9.09%) Channel Management
5 1 (9.09%) Coaching
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (9.09%) Content Management
5 1 (9.09%) Content Marketing
5 1 (9.09%) Email Marketing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Instagram
2 3 (27.27%) TikTok
2 3 (27.27%) YouTube
3 2 (18.18%) Facebook
3 2 (18.18%) Twitter
4 1 (9.09%) Adobe
4 1 (9.09%) Google