Digital Marketing Analyst
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Digital Marketing Analyst assists in developing and implementing marketing strategies to attract customers to company website, online presence and promote online products or services. Analyzes online statistics and identifies areas to optimize online marketing performance.
Job Outlook
There were 99 Digital Marketing Analyst job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 2253 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Market Research Analyst industry, which includes the Digital Marketing Analyst career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:
Salary
Many new Digital Marketing Analyst jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $81,663.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $77,177.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Digital Marketing Analyst postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $67,262.
Education and Experience
Posted Digital Marketing Analyst jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 75.72% |
| Master's Degree | 14.47% |
| Doctoral Degree | 2.89% |
| Other | 1.86% |
Posted Digital Marketing Analyst jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 30.13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 56.03% |
| 6 to 8 years | 7.4% |
| 9+ years | 6.44% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Digital Marketing Analyst positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Communication (54.64%)
- Detail Oriented (28.58%)
- Sales (28.27%)
- Problem Solving (27.52%)
- Leadership (24.28%)
- Management (23.88%)
- Presentations (22.64%)
- Writing (19.8%)
- Customer Service (19.44%)
- Innovation (19.26%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Analytics (56.3%)
- Dashboard (31.36%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (29.39%)
- Digital Marketing (94.53%)
- Google Analytics (46.03%)
- Data Analysis (35.35%)
- Search Engine Optimization (28.67%)
- Marketing (83.13%)
- Project Management (25.44%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (24.41%)
- Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) (25.35%)
- Web Analytics (24.99%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Digital Media Strategy (7.58%)
- Workflow Management (9.56%)
- Business Metrics (7.63%)
- Performance Reporting (4.98%)
- Adobe Analytics (20.32%)
- Campaign Management (4.08%)
- Consumer Behaviour (7.18%)
- Agile Methodology (11.62%)
- A/B Testing (13.37%)
- Digital Advertising (12.7%)
- Auditing (9.02%)
- JavaScript (Programming Language) (8.21%)
- Automation (7.18%)
- Customer Relationship Management (18.8%)
- Content Management Systems (5.74%)
- HyperText Markup Language (HTML) (10.36%)
- Google Ads (7.4%)
- Business Intelligence (9.11%)
- Business Marketing (4.98%)
- Business Requirements (8.88%)
- Contextual Advertising (15.61%)
- Advertising Campaigns (4.26%)
- Digital Content (3.41%)
- BigQuery (3.45%)
- Python (Programming Language) (12.65%)
- Customer Data Management (7.54%)
- Digital Data (5.34%)
- Email Marketing (11.71%)
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (7.36%)
- E-Commerce (13.1%)
- Data Visualization (18.48%)
- Computer Science (14.22%)
- Market Research (11.26%)
- Marketing Performance Measurement And Management (7.45%)
- Content Creation (3.45%)
- Web Development (4.89%)
- Economics (9.06%)
- R (Programming Language) (9.24%)
- Finance (10.45%)
- Product Management (8.61%)
- User Research (11.22%)
- Behavioral Analytics (10.86%)
- Marketing Analytics (8.34%)
- Marketing Strategies (15.34%)
- WordPress (6.15%)
- User Experience (UX) (16.91%)
- Lead Generation (6.01%)
- Looker Analytics (8.88%)
- Marketing Communications (5.65%)
- Salesforce (12.92%)
- Pay Per Click (6.42%)
- Social Media (27.19%)
- Search Engine Marketing (10.99%)
- Power BI (18.75%)
- Statistics (8.43%)
- Tag Management (3.36%)
- Sales Prospecting (7.13%)
- Data Science (13.19%)
- Google Tag Manager (11.93%)
- Performance Metric (7.54%)
- Marketing Automation (8.7%)
- Web Traffic (7.85%)
- HubSpot CRM (3.63%)
- Advertisement (6.95%)
- Branding (2.65%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Analytics (62.34%)
- Data Analysis (39.15%)
- Dashboard (34.72%)
- Google Analytics (50.97%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (32.54%)
- Project Management (28.17%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (27.02%)
- Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) (28.07%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Digital Marketing Analyst skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Digital Strategist
- Digital Analytics Analyst
- Digital Analyst
- Marketing Business Analyst
- Marketing Analyst
- Digital Performance Manager
- Lead Data Analyst
- Digital Advertising Strategist
- Digital Marketing Analytics Manager
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Digital Marketing Analyst jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Ford (146)
- Lumen Technologies (64)
- System One (64)
- Uline (56)
- Pmi 2.0 (50)
- Pearson Education (43)
- Navient (43)
- Land's End Resort (39)
- Santander Bank (38)
- Acxiom (27)
North Carolina
- Lowe's (12)
- Willis Towers Watson (12)
- Belk (5)
- USAA (5)
- Affordable Care (4)
- Ford (3)
- Red Ventures (3)
- First Citizens Bank (3)
- American Red Cross (2)
- Georgia-Pacific (2)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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