Blog Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Blogs
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 496 491 564
Rank change year-on-year -5 +73 +72
Permanent jobs citing Blog 86 42 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 0.35% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 74 22 130
10th Percentile - £18,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £20,000 £24,875 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £43,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +24.29% -36.36%
75th Percentile £47,813 £77,188 £43,313
90th Percentile £70,375 £85,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £38,918
% change year-on-year -19.05% +34.90% -40.67%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Blog falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15,810 12,138 23,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.85% 41.56% 34.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,715 5,401 15,172
10th Percentile £28,600 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,900 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Blog
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Blog relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Blog job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Blog
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Blog.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Blog

Blog
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Blog in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Blog in the UK excluding London

Blog
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blog within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
South East +7 37 £37,500 -19.79% 8
North of England -35 21 £31,500 -21.25% 8
South West -38 12 £45,000 +16.13% 2
Yorkshire - 11 £40,000 - 3
North West -4 8 £20,000 -50.00% 5
East of England -17 6 - - 3
Midlands -27 6 £23,000 -47.13% 8
West Midlands - 5 £20,000 - 5
Scotland -3 2 £50,000 - 5
Wales -29 2 £53,171 -22.38%
North East - 2 £31,500 - 1
East Midlands -34 1 £26,000 -40.23% 3
Blog
UK

Blog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (12.79%) WordPress
2 10 (11.63%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (4.65%) Photoshop
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (2.33%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Magento
2 2 (2.33%) Odoo
3 1 (1.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.77%) SaaS
2 13 (15.12%) AWS
3 12 (13.95%) Azure
4 8 (9.30%) Canva
5 7 (8.14%) Google Analytics
6 6 (6.98%) Google Ads
7 4 (4.65%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.33%) Figma
8 2 (2.33%) MailChimp
9 1 (1.16%) dbt
9 1 (1.16%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.14%) DMZ
1 7 (8.14%) Firewall
1 7 (8.14%) Network Security
2 3 (3.49%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.14%) Metadata
2 1 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.16%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.16%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
General
1 42 (48.84%) Marketing
2 27 (31.40%) Social Skills
3 25 (29.07%) Public Sector
4 24 (27.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (12.79%) Finance
6 7 (8.14%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (4.65%) Multimedia
8 4 (4.65%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.49%) Advertising
9 3 (3.49%) Publishing
10 2 (2.33%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (2.33%) Games
10 2 (2.33%) Legal
10 2 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.16%) French Language
11 1 (1.16%) German Language
11 1 (1.16%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (16.28%) Consultant
2 9 (10.47%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 9 (10.47%) Marketing Executive
2 9 (10.47%) Security Consultant
3 7 (8.14%) Marketing Manager
3 7 (8.14%) Senior
4 5 (5.81%) Designer
4 5 (5.81%) Marketing Communications Manager
5 4 (4.65%) Head of Marketing
5 4 (4.65%) SEO Executive
6 3 (3.49%) Administrator
6 3 (3.49%) Digital Designer
7 2 (2.33%) Communications Manager
7 2 (2.33%) Digital Marketing Executive
7 2 (2.33%) Interaction Designer
7 2 (2.33%) Senior Communications Manager
7 2 (2.33%) Senior Designer
7 2 (2.33%) Senior Interaction Designer
7 2 (2.33%) Senior Manager
7 2 (2.33%) Senior Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) HTML
2 1 (1.16%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 21 (24.42%) Social Media
2 13 (15.12%) Podcast
2 13 (15.12%) Web Conferencing
3 7 (8.14%) Cloud Native
3 7 (8.14%) Cloud Security Posture
3 7 (8.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 7 (8.14%) PKI
3 7 (8.14%) Security Posture
4 5 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.65%) IoT
5 4 (4.65%) PMI
6 3 (3.49%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (2.33%) Mobile Computing
7 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.16%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.16%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.81%) Linux
1 5 (5.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (56.98%) AI
2 27 (31.40%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (29.07%) B2B
4 24 (27.91%) SEO
5 19 (22.09%) Customer Service
6 17 (19.77%) Digital Marketing
7 14 (16.28%) B2B Marketing
8 13 (15.12%) Analytics
9 11 (12.79%) Content Writing
9 11 (12.79%) Project Management
9 11 (12.79%) Time Management
10 10 (11.63%) Content Strategy
10 10 (11.63%) Thought Leadership
11 9 (10.47%) Business Development
11 9 (10.47%) Cryptography
11 9 (10.47%) Digital Strategy
11 9 (10.47%) Logistics
11 9 (10.47%) Risk Management
11 9 (10.47%) Workshop Facilitation
11 9 (10.47%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.33%) Python
2 1 (1.16%) C++
2 1 (1.16%) Java
2 1 (1.16%) Rust
2 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (37.21%) Degree
2 13 (15.12%) Security Cleared
3 12 (13.95%) DV Cleared
4 6 (6.98%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.81%) CREST Certified
6 4 (4.65%) PMI Certification
7 3 (3.49%) PMP
8 1 (1.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (13.95%) PCI DSS
2 9 (10.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 9 (10.47%) NIST
3 8 (9.30%) Accessibility
3 8 (9.30%) GDPR
4 7 (8.14%) GRC
4 7 (8.14%) JSP 440
4 7 (8.14%) NCSC
5 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (5.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (15.12%) Google
2 8 (9.30%) HubSpot
3 7 (8.14%) Ahrefs
3 7 (8.14%) Microsoft
4 6 (6.98%) Adobe
5 5 (5.81%) Screaming Frog
6 2 (2.33%) Facebook
6 2 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.16%) Databricks
7 1 (1.16%) Pardot
7 1 (1.16%) Splunk