Publishing Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Publishing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 477 519
Rank change year-on-year -2 +42 +74
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 56 45 171
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.16% 0.29%
As % of the General category 0.21% 0.24% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 32 20 120
10th Percentile £43,750 £30,625 £28,000
25th Percentile £49,688 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £46,000 £44,345
Median % change year-on-year +71.20% +3.73% -11.31%
75th Percentile £98,750 £62,813 £60,741
90th Percentile £101,575 £80,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,100 £71,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.65% +50.00% -13.64%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 27,106 19,070 34,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 51.11% 68.13% 59.45%
Number of salaries quoted 14,304 9,075 24,654
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £64,456 £68,568 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Publishing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Publishing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Publishing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Publishing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Publishing in the UK excluding London

Publishing
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 Publishing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
East of England +17 24 £97,500 +105.26% 1
South East -11 16 £87,500 +75.00% 18
South West -28 6 £60,000 +29.73% 4
North of England -43 6 £31,500 -12.50% 7
North West -8 3 - - 5
Midlands -19 3 - - 6
East Midlands -31 3 - - 3
North East -19 2 £31,500 +26.00% 2
Scotland -10 1 £50,000 -18.37%
Yorkshire -41 1 - -
Publishing
UK

Publishing
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 5 (8.93%) CMS
1 5 (8.93%) WordPress
2 2 (3.57%) Confluence
3 1 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (3.57%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (3.57%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (3.57%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.36%) AWS
2 14 (25.00%) Azure
3 4 (7.14%) Serverless
4 3 (5.36%) Collibra
4 3 (5.36%) Google Analytics
5 2 (3.57%) Google Ads
5 2 (3.57%) Google Play
5 2 (3.57%) TestFlight
6 1 (1.79%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.79%) dbt
6 1 (1.79%) SaaS
6 1 (1.79%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) Internet
1 1 (1.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.93%) Metadata
2 3 (5.36%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (5.36%) Data Mining
2 3 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.36%) SAP BW
2 3 (5.36%) SAP HANA
2 3 (5.36%) Tableau
3 2 (3.57%) Data Vault
3 2 (3.57%) GIS
4 1 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 4 (7.14%) JIRA
2 3 (5.36%) ERwin
2 3 (5.36%) PowerDesigner
3 2 (3.57%) Android Studio
3 2 (3.57%) CMake
3 2 (3.57%) Git
3 2 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (3.57%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.57%) Xcode
General
1 38 (67.86%) Social Skills
2 19 (33.93%) Finance
3 8 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.50%) Automotive
5 6 (10.71%) Marketing
6 5 (8.93%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (8.93%) Retail
7 4 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (5.36%) Banking
9 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.57%) Games
9 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (25.00%) Architect
2 13 (23.21%) Enterprise Architect
3 11 (19.64%) ERP Architect
3 11 (19.64%) SAP Architect
3 11 (19.64%) SAP Enterprise Architect
4 7 (12.50%) AWS Architect
4 7 (12.50%) Senior
5 5 (8.93%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (8.93%) Developer
5 5 (8.93%) Lead
5 5 (8.93%) Marketing Executive
6 4 (7.14%) Data Manager
6 4 (7.14%) Technical Leader
7 3 (5.36%) Administrator
7 3 (5.36%) Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Coordinator
7 3 (5.36%) Data Model Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (5.36%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.93%) .NET
2 2 (3.57%) Google Maps API
2 2 (3.57%) OpenGL
2 2 (3.57%) OpenSceneGraph
2 2 (3.57%) QML
2 2 (3.57%) Qt
2 2 (3.57%) Qt Quick
2 2 (3.57%) Vulkan
2 2 (3.57%) XML
3 1 (1.79%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.79%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (1.79%) CSS
3 1 (1.79%) HTML
3 1 (1.79%) HTML5
3 1 (1.79%) React
3 1 (1.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) FMCG
1 5 (8.93%) Management Information System
1 5 (8.93%) Product Ownership
1 5 (8.93%) Social Media
2 4 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 4 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (7.14%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (5.36%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (5.36%) Mobile App
3 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.57%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (3.57%) Blog
4 2 (3.57%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.79%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.79%) Life Science
5 1 (1.79%) Pharmacovigilance
5 1 (1.79%) Podcast
5 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.36%) Android
1 3 (5.36%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.57%) Mac OS
2 2 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (41.07%) Agile
2 19 (33.93%) Roadmaps
3 16 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 14 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 13 (23.21%) Architectural Design
5 13 (23.21%) ERP
6 12 (21.43%) Technology Roadmap
7 11 (19.64%) Cost Reduction
7 11 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (19.64%) Project Delivery
7 11 (19.64%) TOGAF
8 10 (17.86%) Analytics
8 10 (17.86%) Mentoring
8 10 (17.86%) Project Management
9 7 (12.50%) Decision-Making
9 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (10.71%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.71%) SQL
2 3 (5.36%) C++
2 3 (5.36%) Java
3 2 (3.57%) Bash
3 2 (3.57%) C
3 2 (3.57%) Objective-C
4 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (42.86%) Degree
2 11 (19.64%) AWS Certification
2 11 (19.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 11 (19.64%) TOGAF Certification
3 6 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (10.71%) DBS Check
4 5 (8.93%) Master's Degree
5 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.36%) PMI Certification
5 3 (5.36%) PMP
5 3 (5.36%) SAP Certification
6 2 (3.57%) HNC
6 2 (3.57%) HND
7 1 (1.79%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.36%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.79%) PMO
3 1 (1.79%) Section 508
3 1 (1.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Docker
Vendors
1 19 (33.93%) SAP
2 13 (23.21%) Workday
3 5 (8.93%) Google
3 5 (8.93%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.57%) Adobe
4 2 (3.57%) Ahrefs
4 2 (3.57%) Apple
4 2 (3.57%) ESRI
4 2 (3.57%) IBM
4 2 (3.57%) Mapbox
4 2 (3.57%) Xamarin
5 1 (1.79%) Huawei