Advertising
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Advertising over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 433 197
Rank change year-on-year +136 -236 +93
Permanent jobs citing Advertising 986 691 3,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.71% 2.07%
As % of the General category 1.64% 1.04% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 673 564 1,409
10th Percentile £23,750 £27,000 £31,900
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,594 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £90,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -1.10%

All General Skills
UK

Advertising is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 60,283 66,144 108,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.75% 67.94% 64.98%
Number of salaries quoted 39,987 35,943 51,825
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,426 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Advertising.

Salary trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Advertising over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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 +172 943 £47,500 -13.45% 705
UK excluding London +157 545 £42,500 -5.56% 472
Work from Home +136 542 £47,500 -13.45% 316
London +124 416 £65,000 +13.04% 283
South East +106 214 £49,000 +8.89% 114
North of England +139 127 £42,500 -26.09% 107
North West +77 97 £41,750 -38.15% 68
South West +17 83 £35,000 -23.91% 76
Midlands +44 67 £40,000 -20.00% 96
West Midlands +37 37 £40,000 -27.27% 56
East Midlands +7 29 £35,000 +9.38% 40
East of England +1 28 £43,500 +58.18% 46
Yorkshire +88 18 £32,500 -40.78% 31
Scotland -44 13 £32,500 -40.91% 27
Wales -51 13 £39,000 - 22
North East - 12 £42,500 - 9

Advertising
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 24 (2.43%) WordPress
2 22 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.52%) CMS
5 6 (0.61%) Confluence
6 5 (0.51%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.30%) Joomla!
8 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.20%) SAS
9 1 (0.10%) Site Server
Applications
1 71 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (4.06%) Photoshop
4 26 (2.64%) Adobe Illustrator
5 24 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 21 (2.13%) InDesign
7 14 (1.42%) Adobe After Effects
8 13 (1.32%) Adobe Premiere
9 8 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.41%) 3ds Max
10 4 (0.41%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.30%) Final Cut Pro
11 3 (0.30%) InVision
11 3 (0.30%) ProjectWise
11 3 (0.30%) Sketch
11 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.20%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.20%) SPSS
13 1 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
13 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (0.91%) Shopify
2 3 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.20%) Farmplan
3 2 (0.20%) KEYPrime
3 2 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 159 (16.13%) Azure
2 58 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (4.46%) Google Ads
4 41 (4.16%) Google Analytics
5 39 (3.96%) AWS
6 38 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 25 (2.54%) SaaS
8 20 (2.03%) Microsoft Advertising
9 14 (1.42%) Entra ID
10 12 (1.22%) Canva
11 9 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (0.91%) Facebook Ads
11 9 (0.91%) Serverless
12 8 (0.81%) Google Workspace
13 7 (0.71%) MailChimp
14 6 (0.61%) Amazon Cognito
14 6 (0.61%) Collibra
14 6 (0.61%) GCP
15 5 (0.51%) Amazon EventBridge
15 5 (0.51%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 186 (18.86%) Broadband
2 14 (1.42%) Firewall
3 13 (1.32%) LAN
3 13 (1.32%) SAN
4 7 (0.71%) VPN
4 7 (0.71%) WAN
5 6 (0.61%) SMS
6 5 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.41%) HTTP
8 3 (0.30%) DHCP
8 3 (0.30%) DNS
8 3 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.20%) Intranet
9 2 (0.20%) MPLS
9 2 (0.20%) SNA
9 2 (0.20%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.20%) VoIP
9 2 (0.20%) WLAN
10 1 (0.10%) Internet
10 1 (0.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (8.11%) SQL Server
2 44 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 35 (3.55%) Power BI
4 21 (2.13%) Tableau
5 16 (1.62%) Looker
6 13 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.71%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.51%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.51%) EDMS
9 4 (0.41%) Big Data
10 3 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.30%) MySQL
11 2 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.20%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.10%) DBAmp
Development Applications
1 14 (1.42%) Git
2 12 (1.22%) JIRA
3 5 (0.51%) Postman
4 3 (0.30%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.10%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.10%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.10%) GitLab
6 1 (0.10%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.10%) JUnit
6 1 (0.10%) Selenium
General
1 491 (49.80%) Marketing
2 247 (25.05%) Social Skills
3 144 (14.60%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (12.07%) Finance
5 90 (9.13%) Retail
6 54 (5.48%) German Language
7 50 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
8 37 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (3.35%) Manufacturing
10 26 (2.64%) Games
10 26 (2.64%) Legal
11 20 (2.03%) Brand Awareness
12 18 (1.83%) Mandarin Language
13 15 (1.52%) Banking
14 13 (1.32%) Law
15 11 (1.12%) Publishing
16 7 (0.71%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.71%) Prime Brokerage
17 6 (0.61%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 217 (22.01%) Lead
2 142 (14.40%) Developer
3 94 (9.53%) .NET Developer
4 88 (8.92%) Senior
5 67 (6.80%) Analyst
6 53 (5.38%) Graduate
7 43 (4.36%) Designer
8 34 (3.45%) IT Support
9 28 (2.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (2.74%) Project Manager
11 26 (2.64%) Architect
12 24 (2.43%) C# Developer
12 24 (2.43%) Software Engineer
13 21 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
14 20 (2.03%) Azure Developer
14 20 (2.03%) C# .NET Developer
15 19 (1.93%) Senior Software Engineer
16 16 (1.62%) Business Analyst
16 16 (1.62%) Coordinator
16 16 (1.62%) PPC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (11.26%) HTML
2 107 (10.85%) .NET
3 91 (9.23%) HTML5
4 82 (8.32%) CSS
5 70 (7.10%) CSS3
6 68 (6.90%) Blazor
7 67 (6.80%) .NET Core
8 66 (6.69%) ASP.NET
8 66 (6.69%) ASP.NET MVC
9 45 (4.56%) Entity Framework
10 28 (2.84%) React
11 24 (2.43%) AngularJS
12 23 (2.33%) RESTful
13 21 (2.13%) ASP.NET Web API
13 21 (2.13%) LINQ
14 20 (2.03%) EDI
15 8 (0.81%) Node.js
16 7 (0.71%) .NET Framework
16 7 (0.71%) Kafka
16 7 (0.71%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 197 (19.98%) Marketing Technology
2 134 (13.59%) Social Media
3 83 (8.42%) Self-Motivation
4 63 (6.39%) Photography
5 61 (6.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 28 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (2.23%) Digital Media
7 22 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.62%) Blog
8 16 (1.62%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.42%) Management Information System
10 12 (1.22%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.22%) Graphic Design
11 11 (1.12%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.01%) Derivative
12 10 (1.01%) Video Editing
13 9 (0.91%) Blockchain
13 9 (0.91%) Product Ownership
14 8 (0.81%) Animation
14 8 (0.81%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.38%) Windows
2 23 (2.33%) Windows Server
3 21 (2.13%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.01%) Linux
5 4 (0.41%) Android
5 4 (0.41%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.30%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.20%) VMS
8 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (28.50%) Analytics
2 234 (23.73%) Digital Marketing
3 199 (20.18%) Agile
4 194 (19.68%) Data Strategy
5 188 (19.07%) Business Case
5 188 (19.07%) Use Case
6 186 (18.86%) Data Collection
6 186 (18.86%) Process Improvement
7 185 (18.76%) Matrix Organization
8 184 (18.66%) Regulatory Change
9 109 (11.05%) Full Stack Development
10 89 (9.03%) Problem-Solving
11 88 (8.92%) Project Management
12 66 (6.69%) MVC
13 65 (6.59%) Pay per click
14 57 (5.78%) Mathematics
15 56 (5.68%) Strategic Planning
16 51 (5.17%) TDD
17 45 (4.56%) BDD
17 45 (4.56%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 109 (11.05%) JavaScript
2 103 (10.45%) SQL
3 102 (10.34%) C#
4 45 (4.56%) Python
5 21 (2.13%) Java
6 19 (1.93%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.62%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.81%) PHP
8 8 (0.81%) R
9 7 (0.71%) C++
9 7 (0.71%) VB
9 7 (0.71%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.30%) C
10 3 (0.30%) Go
11 2 (0.20%) Scala
12 1 (0.10%) Bash
12 1 (0.10%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.10%) SOQL
12 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 151 (15.31%) Degree
2 60 (6.09%) DBS Check
3 12 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (1.01%) Security Cleared
5 7 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (0.71%) Master's Degree
6 6 (0.61%) CISM
6 6 (0.61%) CISSP
6 6 (0.61%) PMI Certification
6 6 (0.61%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.51%) CISA
8 4 (0.41%) HNC
9 3 (0.30%) CIPD
9 3 (0.30%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.30%) PhD
10 2 (0.20%) CCSA
10 2 (0.20%) GIAC
10 2 (0.20%) HND
10 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.32%) SLA
2 11 (1.12%) Accessibility
3 9 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.81%) GDPR
4 8 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (0.81%) NIST
5 7 (0.71%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.51%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.41%) COBIT
8 4 (0.41%) GRC
8 4 (0.41%) ISO 22301
8 4 (0.41%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.30%) FISMA
9 3 (0.30%) GLBA
9 3 (0.30%) QA
10 2 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 32 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.32%) Docker
3 10 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.81%) vSphere
5 6 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.30%) KVM
7 2 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.20%) Firmware
7 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.10%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (1.22%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.12%) SCCM
3 9 (0.91%) Terraform
4 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.41%) WSUS
6 3 (0.30%) Ansible
6 3 (0.30%) CASB
6 3 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (0.30%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.30%) Puppet
7 1 (0.10%) Grafana
7 1 (0.10%) Istio
7 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.10%) Kibana
7 1 (0.10%) logstash
7 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 223 (22.62%) Microsoft
2 85 (8.62%) Google
3 73 (7.40%) Facebook
4 42 (4.26%) Adobe
5 27 (2.74%) VMware
5 27 (2.74%) YouTube
6 19 (1.93%) Apple
7 17 (1.72%) Instagram
8 12 (1.22%) TikTok
9 8 (0.81%) Alteryx
9 8 (0.81%) Twitter
10 7 (0.71%) Oracle
10 7 (0.71%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.61%) EMC
11 6 (0.61%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.61%) Informatica
11 6 (0.61%) Teradata
12 4 (0.41%) Pinterest
12 4 (0.41%) Progress
12 4 (0.41%) Sitecore