Advertising Job Trends in the South East

Advertising
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Advertising over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 162 201
Rank change year-on-year -76 +39 +96
Permanent jobs citing Advertising 62 122 217
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.43% 1.55% 1.22%
As % of the General category 0.93% 2.18% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 58 63 108
10th Percentile £21,250 £27,769 £24,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £30,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £66,672 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,500 £76,750 £69,125
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year -9.09% +13.99% -12.18%

All General Skills
South East

Advertising 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,685 5,595 9,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 45.90% 71.02% 55.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,082 2,164 6,217
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,900 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Advertising relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Advertising job vacancy trend in the South East

Advertising
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Advertising.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Advertising

Advertising
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Advertising in the South East over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Advertising in the South East

Advertising
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Thames Valley +16 24 £30,000 -6.25% 10
Hampshire -41 15 £30,000 -45.45% 4
Buckinghamshire -2 12 £30,000 +0.84% 1
Berkshire -4 8 £42,500 +36.00% 6
Surrey -28 8 £63,857 +27.71% 3
Kent -34 6 £50,000 +33.33% 3
Oxfordshire -6 4 £57,500 -4.17% 3
West Sussex -25 4 £67,500 +8.00% 3
East Sussex -13 3 £42,500 +34.92% 1
Sussex -11 2 £22,500 -30.77%
Advertising
England

Advertising
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (11.29%) IIS
2 3 (4.84%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.35%) Azure
2 5 (8.06%) Azure AI
2 5 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (8.06%) GitHub
2 5 (8.06%) GitHub Copilot
3 4 (6.45%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (4.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (3.23%) Google Ads
5 2 (3.23%) Meta Ads
6 1 (1.61%) AWS
6 1 (1.61%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.61%) Figma
6 1 (1.61%) GCP
6 1 (1.61%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.61%) PaaS
6 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (11.29%) Crystal Reports
2 7 (11.29%) MongoDB
3 4 (6.45%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.23%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (3.23%) Couchbase
4 2 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Git
2 2 (3.23%) Cucumber
2 2 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.23%) JMeter
2 2 (3.23%) JUnit
General
1 15 (24.19%) Legal
2 14 (22.58%) Finance
3 13 (20.97%) Social Skills
4 10 (16.13%) Marketing
5 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Retail
7 2 (3.23%) Law
7 2 (3.23%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (22.58%) Developer
2 10 (16.13%) .NET Developer
3 9 (14.52%) Analyst
4 8 (12.90%) Applications Support
4 8 (12.90%) Applications Support Analyst
4 8 (12.90%) Business Development Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Business Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Development Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Sales Business Development Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Sales Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Support Analyst
5 7 (11.29%) IT Support
6 5 (8.06%) IT Manager
7 4 (6.45%) Backend Developer
7 4 (6.45%) Java Developer
7 4 (6.45%) Senior
8 3 (4.84%) Facilities Manager
8 3 (4.84%) Operations Manager
8 3 (4.84%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 3 (4.84%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.13%) .NET
1 10 (16.13%) .NET Core
1 10 (16.13%) ASP.NET
1 10 (16.13%) ASP.NET Core
1 10 (16.13%) CSS
1 10 (16.13%) HTML
2 5 (8.06%) Entity Framework
2 5 (8.06%) LINQ
2 5 (8.06%) ML.NET
3 4 (6.45%) Kafka
3 4 (6.45%) Spring
3 4 (6.45%) Spring Boot
3 4 (6.45%) Vert.x
4 2 (3.23%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.84%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.84%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (3.23%) Smart Home
4 1 (1.61%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.61%) Blog
4 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.61%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.81%) CI/CD
2 14 (22.58%) Agile
3 13 (20.97%) B2B
4 12 (19.35%) WFM
5 10 (16.13%) Full-Stack Development
6 9 (14.52%) Business Development
7 8 (12.90%) AI
7 8 (12.90%) B2B Sales
7 8 (12.90%) DevOps
8 7 (11.29%) Customer Requirements
9 6 (9.68%) Digital Marketing
9 6 (9.68%) E-Commerce
9 6 (9.68%) Machine Learning
9 6 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (8.06%) BDD
10 5 (8.06%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
10 5 (8.06%) SEO
10 5 (8.06%) Supplier Management
10 5 (8.06%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 23 (37.10%) SQL
2 10 (16.13%) C#
3 4 (6.45%) Go
3 4 (6.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (8.06%) DBS Check
2 4 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (6.45%) Degree
2 4 (6.45%) DV Cleared
2 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 6 (9.68%) Docker
2 2 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (9.68%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.23%) Grafana
2 2 (3.23%) Kibana
3 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (33.87%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.29%) Facebook
3 5 (8.06%) YouTube
4 3 (4.84%) Google
5 2 (3.23%) Apple
5 2 (3.23%) Oracle
5 2 (3.23%) Splunk
6 1 (1.61%) Adobe
6 1 (1.61%) Ahrefs
6 1 (1.61%) Screaming Frog
6 1 (1.61%) Xero