Publishing Job Trends in the North West

Publishing
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 230 199
Rank change year-on-year +8 -31 +89
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 5 5 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.10% 0.070% 0.17%
As % of the General category 0.17% 0.13% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £39,000 - -
25th Percentile £39,375 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +4.35% +17.95%
75th Percentile £45,625 - £68,125
90th Percentile £46,000 - £73,750
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year +6.67% -0.41% +8.56%

All General Skills
North West

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 common skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,029 3,973 2,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 63.13% 55.39% 60.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,365 1,815 1,923
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +3.45%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,538
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - -

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Publishing job vacancy trend in the North West

Publishing
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Publishing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Publishing

Publishing
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Manchester +26 3 £42,500 - 11
Cumbria - 2 - -
Publishing
England

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (60.00%) CMS
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (40.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (20.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SSH
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) JUnit
1 1 (20.00%) Maven
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Health
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) JSR 170
1 1 (20.00%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Graphic Design
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Life Science
2 1 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Content Management
1 2 (40.00%) Content Strategy
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) Experiential Learning
1 2 (40.00%) Kanban
1 2 (40.00%) Scrum
1 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (20.00%) Epics
2 1 (20.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (20.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Server Management
2 1 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe