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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 240 490
Rank change year-on-year +89 +250 -200
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 1,162 1,210 574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.10% 1.17% 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.64% 3.40% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 653 794 305
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £29,600
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -15.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £45,000 £49,302 £75,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £65,000 £104,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,325 £36,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -8.75% -20.00%

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 20,604 35,638 42,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 34.51% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,493 23,121 22,633
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,084 £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 £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
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 May 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 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 +78 1,013 £38,325 +0.86% 2,291
UK excluding London +144 795 £38,325 +5.00% 2,190
Work from Home -51 266 £40,000 +1.27% 1,359
South East +100 264 £38,325 +9.50% 684
London -33 243 £42,500 +6.25% 403
North of England +102 219 £42,000 +1.82% 543
Midlands +154 206 £36,925 +17.22% 375
West Midlands +152 187 £36,925 +23.08% 203
North West +63 158 £34,500 -18.82% 296
South West +128 57 £33,500 +5.42% 220
Yorkshire +56 47 £42,000 +4.35% 185
East of England +30 33 £32,250 +24.04% 278
Scotland +104 30 £24,000 -56.36% 87
East Midlands +26 19 £42,500 +10.39% 148
North East +51 12 £48,000 +28.86% 65
Wales +19 6 £26,500 -29.33% 49

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 54 (4.65%) CMS
2 39 (3.36%) WordPress
3 12 (1.03%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.77%) Drupal
5 4 (0.34%) Confluence
5 4 (0.34%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
6 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.086%) SAS
7 1 (0.086%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 67 (5.77%) Photoshop
2 66 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 62 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
4 42 (3.61%) Adobe Premiere
5 36 (3.10%) Adobe Illustrator
6 35 (3.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 33 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 25 (2.15%) Trello
9 24 (2.07%) InDesign
10 22 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
11 18 (1.55%) Adobe After Effects
12 14 (1.20%) Final Cut Pro
13 9 (0.77%) CapCut
14 8 (0.69%) MS Visio
15 4 (0.34%) QuarkXPress
16 3 (0.26%) CINEMA 4D
16 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
17 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
17 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
17 2 (0.17%) Notion
Business Applications
1 13 (1.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 10 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.86%) Shopify
3 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.34%) CiviCRM
5 3 (0.26%) Magento
6 1 (0.086%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.086%) Primavera
6 1 (0.086%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 96 (8.26%) Google Analytics
2 70 (6.02%) Canva
3 64 (5.51%) Google Ads
4 42 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (3.10%) SaaS
6 29 (2.50%) Power Platform
7 23 (1.98%) Facebook Ads
7 23 (1.98%) Google Sheets
8 18 (1.55%) Azure
9 14 (1.20%) MailChimp
10 12 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 12 (1.03%) Figma
11 10 (0.86%) Google Drive
11 10 (0.86%) Microsoft Advertising
12 9 (0.77%) Google Data Studio
13 8 (0.69%) ChatGPT
13 8 (0.69%) Dropbox
13 8 (0.69%) Entra ID
14 7 (0.60%) Google Workspace
15 6 (0.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.29%) Firewall
2 14 (1.20%) Broadband
2 14 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
3 13 (1.12%) WPA
4 12 (1.03%) LAN
4 12 (1.03%) WAN
5 10 (0.86%) Internet
6 9 (0.77%) VoIP
7 5 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.26%) SMS
9 2 (0.17%) Intranet
9 2 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.086%) DNS
10 1 (0.086%) eduroam
10 1 (0.086%) PBX
10 1 (0.086%) Skype
10 1 (0.086%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.32%) Power BI
2 11 (0.95%) Tableau
3 10 (0.86%) Metadata
4 6 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.34%) Power Query
6 3 (0.26%) Looker
6 3 (0.26%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.17%) Big Data
7 2 (0.17%) MySQL
7 2 (0.17%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.086%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 24 (2.07%) JIRA
2 4 (0.34%) Bazaar
2 4 (0.34%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.086%) GitLab
3 1 (0.086%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.086%) Selenium
General
1 352 (30.29%) Marketing
2 342 (29.43%) Social Skills
3 147 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (9.98%) Finance
5 114 (9.81%) Advertising
6 113 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
7 76 (6.54%) Esports
8 53 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 43 (3.70%) Legal
10 35 (3.01%) Retail
11 32 (2.75%) Brand Awareness
12 27 (2.32%) Multimedia
13 24 (2.07%) Public Sector
14 23 (1.98%) Local Government
15 21 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (1.20%) Publishing
17 13 (1.12%) Automotive
17 13 (1.12%) Games
17 13 (1.12%) Public Speaking
18 12 (1.03%) Police
Job Titles
1 57 (4.91%) Senior
2 47 (4.04%) Analyst
3 46 (3.96%) Lead
4 37 (3.18%) Marketing Manager
5 35 (3.01%) Designer
6 34 (2.93%) Instructor
7 33 (2.84%) Communications Officer
8 22 (1.89%) Development Manager
8 22 (1.89%) Sales Executive
9 21 (1.81%) Business Development Manager
9 21 (1.81%) Business Manager
10 19 (1.64%) Head of Digital
11 18 (1.55%) Administrator
12 17 (1.46%) Architect
12 17 (1.46%) Digital Producer
13 16 (1.38%) IT Administrator
13 16 (1.38%) IT Engineer
14 15 (1.29%) Senior Manager
15 14 (1.20%) Head of Delivery
15 14 (1.20%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.72%) HTML
2 11 (0.95%) CSS
3 6 (0.52%) HTML5
4 4 (0.34%) JSON
5 3 (0.26%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.17%) EDI
6 2 (0.17%) Node.js
6 2 (0.17%) React
6 2 (0.17%) REST
6 2 (0.17%) SOAP
6 2 (0.17%) Spring
6 2 (0.17%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.17%) web3js
7 1 (0.086%) .NET
7 1 (0.086%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.086%) DCOM
7 1 (0.086%) jQuery
7 1 (0.086%) SWT
7 1 (0.086%) WF
7 1 (0.086%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 80 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
2 57 (4.91%) Blog
3 42 (3.61%) Graphic Design
4 36 (3.10%) Video Editing
5 32 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 29 (2.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 27 (2.32%) Algorithms
8 26 (2.24%) Onboarding
9 24 (2.07%) Digital Media
10 18 (1.55%) Animation
11 17 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
12 16 (1.38%) Photography
13 15 (1.29%) Motion Graphics
14 14 (1.20%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.95%) Podcast
16 10 (0.86%) NHS
17 9 (0.77%) Driving Licence
18 8 (0.69%) Product Ownership
19 6 (0.52%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 575 (49.48%) Windows
2 549 (47.25%) Windows Vista
3 3 (0.26%) Android
4 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.086%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (15.75%) Analytics
2 155 (13.34%) Computer Science
3 150 (12.91%) Digital Marketing
4 148 (12.74%) SEO
5 111 (9.55%) CRM
6 106 (9.12%) Problem-Solving
7 84 (7.23%) Collaborative Working
8 81 (6.97%) Project Management
9 79 (6.80%) Decision-Making
10 77 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (6.45%) B2B
11 75 (6.45%) Line Management
12 71 (6.11%) Marketing Strategy
13 66 (5.68%) Pay per click
13 66 (5.68%) Time Management
14 62 (5.34%) Copywriting
15 60 (5.16%) Email Marketing
16 58 (4.99%) Business Development
16 58 (4.99%) Customer Service
17 55 (4.73%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 16 (1.38%) SQL
2 8 (0.69%) JavaScript
3 5 (0.43%) Python
4 4 (0.34%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.26%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.17%) Java
7 1 (0.086%) C#
7 1 (0.086%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 636 (54.73%) DBS Check
2 183 (15.75%) Degree
3 34 (2.93%) Master's Degree
4 20 (1.72%) PMI Certification
4 20 (1.72%) PMP
5 14 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 14 (1.20%) CEH
5 14 (1.20%) CISA
5 14 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (1.20%) CISM
5 14 (1.20%) CISSP
5 14 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (0.77%) ACCA
6 9 (0.77%) CIMA
7 5 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.34%) HNC
8 4 (0.34%) HND
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.086%) MCP
10 1 (0.086%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (3.18%) GDPR
2 33 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 23 (1.98%) SLA
4 16 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.29%) QA
6 14 (1.20%) NIST
7 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.34%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (2.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
1 10 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (0.60%) SmoothWall
3 1 (0.086%) PaperCut
3 1 (0.086%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 156 (13.43%) Google
2 133 (11.45%) Microsoft
3 97 (8.35%) Adobe
4 87 (7.49%) Instagram
5 77 (6.63%) Facebook
6 41 (3.53%) TikTok
7 40 (3.44%) YouTube
8 30 (2.58%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.89%) Pinterest
9 22 (1.89%) Twitter
10 16 (1.38%) HubSpot
11 13 (1.12%) Cisco
12 10 (0.86%) Meraki
13 9 (0.77%) Commvault
14 8 (0.69%) Hootsuite
14 8 (0.69%) Sun
15 7 (0.60%) Hotjar
15 7 (0.60%) Pardot
16 6 (0.52%) Ahrefs
16 6 (0.52%) Snapchat