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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 416 210
Rank change year-on-year +125 -206 +86
Permanent jobs citing Advertising 982 756 3,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.00% 0.73% 1.96%
As % of the General category 1.67% 1.06% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 668 614 1,378
10th Percentile £23,675 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £76,813
90th Percentile £81,625 £91,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%

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 58,971 71,012 99,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.85% 68.41% 63.82%
Number of salaries quoted 39,619 38,243 51,172
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,481 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £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 2 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 2 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 +173 938 £48,250 -12.27% 620
Work from Home +137 544 £49,000 -10.91% 330
UK excluding London +128 535 £42,500 -5.56% 377
London +114 419 £65,000 +8.33% 277
South East +111 211 £49,000 +3.16% 89
North of England +112 113 £42,500 -26.09% 116
North West +53 85 £42,500 -26.09% 71
South West +15 84 £35,000 -25.93% 47
Midlands +60 68 £40,000 -20.00% 78
West Midlands +51 38 £40,000 -26.27% 49
East of England +23 33 £43,500 +55.36% 34
East Midlands +11 29 £35,000 +9.38% 29
Yorkshire +101 17 £36,067 -34.28% 36
Scotland -45 13 £32,500 -16.13% 13
Wales -51 13 £39,000 - 15
North East +3 11 £42,500 - 12

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 (2.44%) WordPress
2 21 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.53%) CMS
3 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.61%) Confluence
5 5 (0.51%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.31%) Joomla!
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.20%) SAS
8 1 (0.10%) Site Server
Applications
1 71 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (4.99%) Photoshop
4 28 (2.85%) InDesign
5 27 (2.75%) Adobe Illustrator
6 24 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 15 (1.53%) Adobe After Effects
8 14 (1.43%) Adobe Premiere
9 9 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.41%) 3ds Max
10 4 (0.41%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.31%) Final Cut Pro
11 3 (0.31%) InVision
11 3 (0.31%) ProjectWise
11 3 (0.31%) Sketch
11 3 (0.31%) 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 (0.92%) Shopify
2 3 (0.31%) 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
1 150 (15.27%) Azure
2 57 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (4.79%) Power Platform
4 43 (4.38%) Google Analytics
5 38 (3.87%) AWS
5 38 (3.87%) Google Ads
6 25 (2.55%) SaaS
7 20 (2.04%) Microsoft Advertising
8 12 (1.22%) Canva
9 9 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (0.92%) Entra ID
9 9 (0.92%) Serverless
10 8 (0.81%) Google Workspace
11 7 (0.71%) Collibra
11 7 (0.71%) MailChimp
12 6 (0.61%) Facebook Ads
13 5 (0.51%) Amazon Cognito
13 5 (0.51%) GCP
13 5 (0.51%) IaaS
13 5 (0.51%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 186 (18.94%) Broadband
2 16 (1.63%) Firewall
3 14 (1.43%) LAN
4 13 (1.32%) SAN
5 8 (0.81%) VPN
6 7 (0.71%) WAN
7 6 (0.61%) SMS
7 6 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.41%) HTTP
9 3 (0.31%) DHCP
9 3 (0.31%) DNS
9 3 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.20%) Internet
10 2 (0.20%) Intranet
10 2 (0.20%) MPLS
10 2 (0.20%) Network Security
10 2 (0.20%) SNA
10 2 (0.20%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.20%) VoIP
10 2 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (8.55%) SQL Server
2 44 (4.48%) Power BI
3 42 (4.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 22 (2.24%) Tableau
5 17 (1.73%) Looker
6 14 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.61%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.51%) Big Data
9 5 (0.51%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.51%) EDMS
10 4 (0.41%) MySQL
11 3 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.31%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.20%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.10%) DBAmp
Development Applications
1 14 (1.43%) Git
2 12 (1.22%) JIRA
3 4 (0.41%) Postman
4 3 (0.31%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.20%) GitLab
5 2 (0.20%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.10%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.10%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.10%) JUnit
6 1 (0.10%) Selenium
6 1 (0.10%) webpack
6 1 (0.10%) WiX
General
1 496 (50.51%) Marketing
2 259 (26.37%) Social Skills
3 142 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (11.71%) Finance
5 89 (9.06%) Retail
6 54 (5.50%) German Language
7 52 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
9 35 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (3.36%) Manufacturing
11 29 (2.95%) Games
12 25 (2.55%) Legal
13 20 (2.04%) Brand Awareness
14 18 (1.83%) Mandarin Language
15 14 (1.43%) Banking
16 13 (1.32%) Law
17 11 (1.12%) Publishing
18 8 (0.81%) Prime Brokerage
19 6 (0.61%) Aerospace
19 6 (0.61%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 216 (22.00%) Lead
2 137 (13.95%) Developer
3 88 (8.96%) .NET Developer
4 87 (8.86%) Senior
5 68 (6.92%) Analyst
6 53 (5.40%) Graduate
7 43 (4.38%) Designer
8 34 (3.46%) IT Support
9 32 (3.26%) Project Manager
10 29 (2.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 24 (2.44%) Architect
12 23 (2.34%) C# Developer
12 23 (2.34%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (2.24%) Software Engineer
14 20 (2.04%) Azure Developer
14 20 (2.04%) C# .NET Developer
15 17 (1.73%) Business Analyst
15 17 (1.73%) Senior Software Engineer
16 16 (1.63%) Consultant
16 16 (1.63%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (10.49%) HTML
2 100 (10.18%) .NET
3 85 (8.66%) HTML5
4 77 (7.84%) CSS
5 65 (6.62%) .NET Core
6 64 (6.52%) ASP.NET
6 64 (6.52%) CSS3
7 63 (6.42%) ASP.NET MVC
8 62 (6.31%) Blazor
9 43 (4.38%) Entity Framework
10 29 (2.95%) React
11 24 (2.44%) AngularJS
12 23 (2.34%) RESTful
13 22 (2.24%) EDI
14 21 (2.14%) ASP.NET Web API
14 21 (2.14%) LINQ
15 10 (1.02%) Node.js
16 7 (0.71%) Spring Boot
17 6 (0.61%) Kafka
17 6 (0.61%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 205 (20.88%) Marketing Technology
2 132 (13.44%) Social Media
3 85 (8.66%) Self-Motivation
4 63 (6.42%) Photography
5 61 (6.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 27 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (2.24%) Digital Media
7 22 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.73%) Blog
9 16 (1.63%) Onboarding
10 13 (1.32%) Graphic Design
10 13 (1.32%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.22%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.22%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.22%) Video Editing
12 9 (0.92%) Animation
12 9 (0.92%) Blockchain
12 9 (0.92%) Data Centre
12 9 (0.92%) Derivative
12 9 (0.92%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.19%) Windows
2 21 (2.14%) Windows 10
2 21 (2.14%) Windows Server
3 13 (1.32%) Linux
4 4 (0.41%) Android
4 4 (0.41%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.31%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.20%) VMS
7 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (28.92%) Analytics
2 231 (23.52%) Digital Marketing
3 202 (20.57%) Agile
4 193 (19.65%) Data Strategy
5 188 (19.14%) Business Case
5 188 (19.14%) Use Case
6 187 (19.04%) Process Improvement
7 186 (18.94%) Data Collection
8 185 (18.84%) Matrix Organization
9 184 (18.74%) Regulatory Change
10 104 (10.59%) Full Stack Development
11 96 (9.78%) Problem-Solving
12 88 (8.96%) Project Management
13 63 (6.42%) MVC
14 57 (5.80%) Mathematics
14 57 (5.80%) Pay per click
15 55 (5.60%) Business Intelligence
15 55 (5.60%) Strategic Planning
16 48 (4.89%) TDD
17 43 (4.38%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 104 (10.59%) JavaScript
2 99 (10.08%) SQL
3 97 (9.88%) C#
4 49 (4.99%) Python
5 19 (1.93%) Java
6 17 (1.73%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.73%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.02%) PHP
8 8 (0.81%) R
9 7 (0.71%) VB
9 7 (0.71%) VB.NET
10 6 (0.61%) C++
11 3 (0.31%) Bash
11 3 (0.31%) C
11 3 (0.31%) Go
12 2 (0.20%) Scala
13 1 (0.10%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.10%) Rust
13 1 (0.10%) SOQL
13 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 154 (15.68%) Degree
2 59 (6.01%) DBS Check
3 12 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (0.81%) Security Cleared
5 7 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (0.71%) Master's Degree
6 6 (0.61%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.51%) CISM
7 5 (0.51%) CISSP
8 4 (0.41%) CISA
8 4 (0.41%) HNC
8 4 (0.41%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.31%) CIPD
9 3 (0.31%) 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
11 1 (0.10%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.32%) SLA
2 11 (1.12%) Accessibility
2 11 (1.12%) Data Quality
3 9 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.61%) GDPR
6 5 (0.51%) NIST
7 4 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.41%) GRC
7 4 (0.41%) ISO 22301
7 4 (0.41%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.41%) QA
8 3 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.31%) COBIT
8 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.20%) FISMA
9 2 (0.20%) GLBA
9 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (2.85%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.53%) Docker
3 11 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.81%) vSphere
5 6 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.31%) KVM
6 3 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.20%) Firmware
7 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.10%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.12%) SCCM
3 10 (1.02%) Terraform
4 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.41%) WSUS
6 3 (0.31%) Ansible
6 3 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.31%) Puppet
7 2 (0.20%) CASB
7 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.10%) Grafana
8 1 (0.10%) Istio
8 1 (0.10%) Kibana
8 1 (0.10%) logstash
Vendors
1 219 (22.30%) Microsoft
2 79 (8.04%) Google
3 70 (7.13%) Facebook
4 51 (5.19%) Adobe
5 29 (2.95%) VMware
6 27 (2.75%) YouTube
7 20 (2.04%) Apple
8 18 (1.83%) Instagram
9 12 (1.22%) TikTok
10 9 (0.92%) Twitter
11 8 (0.81%) Alteryx
12 7 (0.71%) Informatica
12 7 (0.71%) Oracle
12 7 (0.71%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.61%) EMC
13 6 (0.61%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.61%) Teradata
14 5 (0.51%) Cisco
14 5 (0.51%) Palo Alto
15 4 (0.41%) NetApp