Publishing Job Trends in the Midlands

Publishing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 232 278
Rank change year-on-year -23 +46 -26
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 7 4 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.048% 0.069% 0.15%
As % of the General category 0.11% 0.11% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 7
10th Percentile £31,650 - £37,490
25th Percentile £35,250 - £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £47,000 - £60,000
90th Percentile £48,950 - £68,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -14.06% +18.52% -14.29%

All General Skills
Midlands

Publishing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,386 3,749 5,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.97% 64.46% 53.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,065 2,147 3,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £61,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,564
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Publishing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Publishing job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Publishing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Publishing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Publishing

Publishing
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Publishing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Publishing in the Midlands

Publishing
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 August 2026. 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
West Midlands -17 4 £42,500 -15.00% 4
East Midlands - 3 - - 5
Publishing
England

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) CMS
1 2 (28.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) AutoCAD
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) Star Schema
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Author
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Executive
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Author
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Executive
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Photography
1 2 (28.57%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) CAD
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (28.57%) Content Management
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Information Management
2 2 (28.57%) Product Information Management
2 2 (28.57%) Product Management
2 2 (28.57%) SEO
2 2 (28.57%) Video Content Management
3 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Content Writing
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Databricks
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle