Publishing Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Publishing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 162 174
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 +51
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 7 21 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.18% 0.60% 0.33%
As % of the General category 0.30% 0.96% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile - £42,500 £40,750
25th Percentile - £44,375 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £50,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -25.93% +57.89%
75th Percentile £43,125 £52,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £51,000 - £87,500
South East median annual salary £46,250 £50,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year -7.50% -32.20% +66.31%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,350 2,186 1,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 58.91% 62.92% 53.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,162 770 1,180
10th Percentile £28,525 £31,725 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +9.52% -2.46%
75th Percentile £65,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,625 £87,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Publishing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Publishing
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Publishing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Publishing

Publishing
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Publishing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Publishing in the Thames Valley

Publishing
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Berkshire -7 4 - - 3
Oxfordshire +23 2 £30,000 -29.41% 12
Buckinghamshire -2 1 £52,500 -
Publishing
South East

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Collibra
2 1 (14.29%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Data Mining
1 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (42.86%) Metadata
1 3 (42.86%) SAP BW
1 3 (42.86%) SAP HANA
2 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) ERwin
1 3 (42.86%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (14.29%) Automotive
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Data Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Data Model Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Delivery Manager
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Data Manager
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Delivery Manager
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Account Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Client Account Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Trainee
2 2 (28.57%) Trainee Account Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Tableau Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
2 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) FMCG
3 1 (14.29%) Life Science
3 1 (14.29%) Pharmacovigilance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Content Management
2 3 (42.86%) DAMA
2 3 (42.86%) DAMA DMBOK
2 3 (42.86%) Data Architecture
2 3 (42.86%) Data Governance
2 3 (42.86%) Data Integration
2 3 (42.86%) Data Management
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Data Science
2 3 (42.86%) Data Security
2 3 (42.86%) ETL
2 3 (42.86%) Product Management
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
2 3 (42.86%) PMP
2 3 (42.86%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft