Social Media Jobs

Social Media
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Media over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 245 496
Rank change year-on-year +90 +251 -206
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 1,023 1,180 605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.96% 1.20% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.67% 3.37% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 530 782 306
10th Percentile £25,723 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £29,000 £39,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,925 £38,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% -20.00% -13.64%
75th Percentile £46,250 £48,438 £77,188
90th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,925 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% -12.50% -23.81%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,032 35,027 45,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.57% 35.62% 43.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,839 23,030 23,975
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,000 £35,271
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Social Media
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Social Media in the UK

Social Media
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Social Media in the UK

Social Media
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Media over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Media in the UK

Social Media
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +83 898 £36,925 -2.83% 787
UK excluding London +140 638 £36,925 +5.50% 376
London -21 268 £43,750 +9.38% 460
Work from Home -31 218 £47,506 +20.27% 474
Midlands +137 203 £36,925 +5.50% 71
North of England +119 185 £42,000 +6.33% 116
West Midlands +133 184 £36,925 +23.08% 47
South East +66 162 £38,325 +17.02% 81
North West +86 146 £40,000 - 70
South West +140 59 £33,500 +5.42% 50
East of England +38 30 £32,250 +24.04% 28
Yorkshire +46 26 £42,000 +12.00% 32
East Midlands +34 19 £42,500 +8.97% 24
Scotland +103 15 £24,000 -56.36% 18
North East +54 11 £48,000 +21.52% 14
Wales +10 4 £26,500 -29.33% 16

Social Media
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 53 (5.18%) CMS
2 39 (3.81%) WordPress
3 29 (2.83%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.08%) Drupal
5 4 (0.39%) Confluence
5 4 (0.39%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
6 2 (0.20%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.098%) SAS
Applications
1 95 (9.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 88 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (6.94%) Photoshop
4 63 (6.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 45 (4.40%) Adobe Premiere
6 38 (3.71%) Adobe Illustrator
7 34 (3.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 28 (2.74%) InDesign
9 21 (2.05%) Trello
10 18 (1.76%) Adobe After Effects
10 18 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
11 12 (1.17%) Final Cut Pro
12 10 (0.98%) CapCut
13 4 (0.39%) MS Visio
13 4 (0.39%) QuarkXPress
14 3 (0.29%) CINEMA 4D
14 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
15 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
15 2 (0.20%) Blender
15 2 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 21 (2.05%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 10 (0.98%) Shopify
3 9 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.59%) CiviCRM
5 5 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.29%) Magento
7 1 (0.098%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 97 (9.48%) Google Analytics
2 75 (7.33%) Canva
3 65 (6.35%) Google Ads
4 34 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (2.93%) Power Platform
6 26 (2.54%) SaaS
7 25 (2.44%) Facebook Ads
8 17 (1.66%) Google Sheets
9 16 (1.56%) MailChimp
10 15 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 14 (1.37%) Azure
12 10 (0.98%) Google Drive
12 10 (0.98%) Microsoft Advertising
13 9 (0.88%) Dropbox
14 8 (0.78%) Figma
15 6 (0.59%) ChatGPT
15 6 (0.59%) GCP
15 6 (0.59%) Google Data Studio
15 6 (0.59%) PaaS
16 5 (0.49%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.05%) Firewall
1 21 (2.05%) Intrusion Detection
1 21 (2.05%) WPA
2 11 (1.08%) Internet
3 8 (0.78%) VoIP
4 6 (0.59%) Broadband
4 6 (0.59%) LAN
4 6 (0.59%) WAN
4 6 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.49%) Intranet
6 3 (0.29%) SMS
7 2 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.098%) eduroam
8 1 (0.098%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (2.83%) Power BI
2 11 (1.08%) Metadata
3 7 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.49%) Tableau
5 4 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.39%) Power Query
6 2 (0.20%) Big Data
6 2 (0.20%) Looker
6 2 (0.20%) MySQL
6 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.20%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.098%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 20 (1.96%) JIRA
2 4 (0.39%) Bazaar
2 4 (0.39%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.098%) GitLab
3 1 (0.098%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.098%) Selenium
General
1 343 (33.53%) Social Skills
2 340 (33.24%) Marketing
3 152 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (12.90%) Finance
5 104 (10.17%) Advertising
6 96 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
7 52 (5.08%) Legal
8 45 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 38 (3.71%) Esports
10 34 (3.32%) Local Government
11 33 (3.23%) Multimedia
11 33 (3.23%) Retail
12 29 (2.83%) Brand Awareness
13 21 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.05%) Public Sector
14 16 (1.56%) Electronics
15 15 (1.47%) Publishing
16 14 (1.37%) Games
17 13 (1.27%) Public Speaking
18 12 (1.17%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (4.01%) Development Manager
2 40 (3.91%) Senior
3 37 (3.62%) Communications Officer
3 37 (3.62%) Lead
4 35 (3.42%) Instructor
5 34 (3.32%) Analyst
6 28 (2.74%) Designer
7 26 (2.54%) Business Development Manager
7 26 (2.54%) Business Manager
8 24 (2.35%) Marketing Manager
9 23 (2.25%) Architect
10 22 (2.15%) Project Manager
10 22 (2.15%) Sales Executive
11 21 (2.05%) Security Architect
12 19 (1.86%) Head of Digital
13 18 (1.76%) Administrator
13 18 (1.76%) Senior Manager
14 16 (1.56%) Coordinator
14 16 (1.56%) IT Administrator
15 15 (1.47%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.05%) HTML
2 12 (1.17%) CSS
3 6 (0.59%) HTML5
4 4 (0.39%) EDI
4 4 (0.39%) JSON
5 3 (0.29%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.20%) .NET
6 2 (0.20%) Node.js
6 2 (0.20%) React
6 2 (0.20%) REST
6 2 (0.20%) SOAP
6 2 (0.20%) Spring
6 2 (0.20%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.20%) web3js
7 1 (0.098%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.098%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.098%) DCOM
7 1 (0.098%) jQuery
7 1 (0.098%) WF
7 1 (0.098%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 85 (8.31%) Self-Motivation
2 56 (5.47%) Blog
3 38 (3.71%) Graphic Design
3 38 (3.71%) Management Information System
4 36 (3.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 31 (3.03%) Video Editing
6 24 (2.35%) Algorithms
7 23 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
8 22 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.05%) Security Posture
10 19 (1.86%) Digital Media
11 17 (1.66%) Animation
11 17 (1.66%) Photography
12 14 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.37%) Motion Graphics
13 11 (1.08%) NHS
14 10 (0.98%) Podcast
15 6 (0.59%) Product Ownership
15 6 (0.59%) Robotics
16 5 (0.49%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 464 (45.36%) Windows
2 456 (44.57%) Windows Vista
3 3 (0.29%) Android
4 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (20.04%) Analytics
2 141 (13.78%) Digital Marketing
3 130 (12.71%) SEO
4 122 (11.93%) Computer Science
5 109 (10.65%) CRM
6 102 (9.97%) Problem-Solving
7 94 (9.19%) Project Management
8 84 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 81 (7.92%) Collaborative Working
10 75 (7.33%) Decision-Making
11 67 (6.55%) Copywriting
11 67 (6.55%) Pay per click
12 62 (6.06%) Customer Service
12 62 (6.06%) Line Management
12 62 (6.06%) Time Management
13 61 (5.96%) Data Protection
13 61 (5.96%) Marketing Strategy
14 58 (5.67%) B2B
15 57 (5.57%) Email Marketing
16 55 (5.38%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 14 (1.37%) SQL
2 8 (0.78%) JavaScript
3 4 (0.39%) Python
3 4 (0.39%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.20%) C#
4 2 (0.20%) Java
4 2 (0.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 536 (52.39%) DBS Check
2 176 (17.20%) Degree
3 40 (3.91%) Master's Degree
4 22 (2.15%) PMI Certification
4 22 (2.15%) PMP
5 21 (2.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 21 (2.05%) CEH
5 21 (2.05%) CISA
5 21 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (2.05%) CISM
5 21 (2.05%) CISSP
5 21 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.47%) ACCA
6 15 (1.47%) CIMA
7 10 (0.98%) AAT
8 6 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.39%) HNC
9 4 (0.39%) HND
10 2 (0.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (4.69%) GDPR
2 46 (4.50%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (2.25%) SLA
4 21 (2.05%) NIST
5 11 (1.08%) QA
6 6 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.39%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.29%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.098%) PERC
10 1 (0.098%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (2.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (0.49%) SmoothWall
2 1 (0.098%) PaperCut
2 1 (0.098%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 162 (15.84%) Google
2 161 (15.74%) Microsoft
3 95 (9.29%) Adobe
4 88 (8.60%) Instagram
5 79 (7.72%) Facebook
6 47 (4.59%) TikTok
7 45 (4.40%) YouTube
8 30 (2.93%) Salesforce
9 24 (2.35%) Pinterest
9 24 (2.35%) Twitter
10 15 (1.47%) HubSpot
11 11 (1.08%) Hootsuite
12 9 (0.88%) Commvault
12 9 (0.88%) Snapchat
13 7 (0.68%) Cisco
13 7 (0.68%) dotdigital
14 6 (0.59%) Ahrefs
14 6 (0.59%) Hotjar
15 5 (0.49%) Meraki
15 5 (0.49%) Xero