Advertising Jobs

Advertising
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Advertising over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 299 436
Rank change year-on-year +41 +137 -230
Permanent jobs citing Advertising 684 979 725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.24% 0.99% 0.72%
As % of the General category 1.80% 1.65% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 342 669 587
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,700 £27,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.94% -8.18%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,625 £81,250 £89,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -

All General Skills
UK

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 37,993 59,332 68,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 68.91% 59.79% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 18,640 39,684 37,197
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £102,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

Advertising
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Advertising as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Advertising.

Salary trend for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Advertising over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Advertising in the UK

Advertising
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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
England -3 596 £56,000 +16.97% 1,078
UK excluding London +21 308 £50,000 +17.65% 478
London +36 299 £65,000 - 761
Work from Home -6 291 £55,000 +12.24% 560
South East +16 114 £51,500 +5.10% 174
North of England +7 63 £47,250 +11.18% 123
East of England +64 47 £44,000 +1.15% 31
Midlands +48 45 £57,500 +43.75% 41
West Midlands +66 42 £57,500 +43.75% 15
North West -64 23 £25,000 -41.18% 77
North East +55 21 £56,500 +32.94% 16
South West +43 20 £41,500 +18.57% 74
Yorkshire +71 19 £40,000 +23.08% 35
Scotland +112 13 £57,500 +76.92% 12
Northern Ireland - 4 £62,000 - 9
Wales +30 2 - - 19
East Midlands +15 2 £35,000 - 24

Advertising
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (4.24%) CMS
2 24 (3.51%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.32%) Confluence
4 9 (1.32%) Drupal
4 9 (1.32%) WordPress
5 7 (1.02%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (0.88%) IIS
7 5 (0.73%) SAS
7 5 (0.73%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.73%) WinCC
8 4 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (0.58%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.58%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.44%) Apache
9 3 (0.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.15%) Moodle
11 1 (0.15%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 44 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (4.24%) Photoshop
3 16 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (1.17%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.88%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (0.73%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.73%) SPSS
8 4 (0.58%) InDesign
8 4 (0.58%) Notion
8 4 (0.58%) Simulink
9 3 (0.44%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.15%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.15%) Blender
11 1 (0.15%) CINEMA 4D
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (2.19%) Shopify
3 5 (0.73%) CiviCRM
4 4 (0.58%) Magento
4 4 (0.58%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 91 (13.30%) Google Analytics
2 76 (11.11%) Google Ads
3 56 (8.19%) Azure
4 38 (5.56%) AWS
5 36 (5.26%) Facebook Ads
6 30 (4.39%) Power Platform
7 19 (2.78%) Canva
7 19 (2.78%) SaaS
8 16 (2.34%) Google Sheets
8 16 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (2.19%) MailChimp
10 13 (1.90%) GCP
11 12 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Advertising
12 10 (1.46%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 10 (1.46%) Serverless
13 8 (1.17%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (0.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.07%) HTTP
2 13 (1.90%) WAN
3 10 (1.46%) Internet
4 9 (1.32%) SAN
5 7 (1.02%) BGP
6 6 (0.88%) Firewall
7 5 (0.73%) EIGRP
7 5 (0.73%) Ethernet
7 5 (0.73%) OSPF
7 5 (0.73%) Profibus
7 5 (0.73%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.58%) ADSL
8 4 (0.58%) Network Security
9 3 (0.44%) FTP
9 3 (0.44%) IMAP
9 3 (0.44%) Skype
9 3 (0.44%) SMTP
10 2 (0.29%) IPsec
10 2 (0.29%) Junos
10 2 (0.29%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (8.33%) Big Data
2 28 (4.09%) Power BI
3 26 (3.80%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.90%) GIS
5 11 (1.61%) Tableau
6 10 (1.46%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.32%) BigQuery
7 9 (1.32%) Hadoop
7 9 (1.32%) Looker
7 9 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.17%) MySQL
9 7 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.02%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.88%) Apache Hive
10 6 (0.88%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.73%) DB2
11 5 (0.73%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (2.92%) JIRA
2 19 (2.78%) Git
3 4 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.29%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.29%) ERwin
4 2 (0.29%) GitLab
4 2 (0.29%) MagicDraw
4 2 (0.29%) MSI
4 2 (0.29%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.29%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.15%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.15%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.15%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.15%) Selenium
5 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 350 (51.17%) Marketing
2 262 (38.30%) Social Skills
3 176 (25.73%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (22.37%) Finance
5 66 (9.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (7.89%) Retail
7 34 (4.97%) Electronics
7 34 (4.97%) Games
8 31 (4.53%) Legal
9 26 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (3.22%) Law
11 20 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.78%) Brand Awareness
13 17 (2.49%) Banking
13 17 (2.49%) Manufacturing
14 14 (2.05%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.90%) Publishing
16 9 (1.32%) Public Sector
17 8 (1.17%) Police
18 7 (1.02%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 115 (16.81%) Senior
2 100 (14.62%) Account Manager
3 65 (9.50%) Senior Manager
4 55 (8.04%) Senior Account Manager
5 49 (7.16%) Developer
6 39 (5.70%) Analyst
7 36 (5.26%) Software Engineer
8 34 (4.97%) Strategic Account Manager
9 32 (4.68%) Lead
10 23 (3.36%) Senior Software Engineer
11 22 (3.22%) Architect
12 20 (2.92%) Marketing Manager
12 20 (2.92%) Sales Manager
13 16 (2.34%) PPC Specialist
13 16 (2.34%) Support Engineer
14 15 (2.19%) SEO Specialist
15 14 (2.05%) Data Engineer
15 14 (2.05%) Head of Content
15 14 (2.05%) Head of Production
16 13 (1.90%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.68%) React
2 26 (3.80%) HTML
3 23 (3.36%) Kafka
4 16 (2.34%) .NET
4 16 (2.34%) CSS
5 13 (1.90%) Next.js
6 12 (1.75%) RESTful
7 11 (1.61%) HTML5
7 11 (1.61%) REST
8 10 (1.46%) Django
9 8 (1.17%) AngularJS
10 7 (1.02%) ASP.NET
10 7 (1.02%) Node.js
10 7 (1.02%) Redux
11 6 (0.88%) .NET Core
11 6 (0.88%) CSS3
11 6 (0.88%) JSON
11 6 (0.88%) JWT
11 6 (0.88%) SOAP
11 6 (0.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 118 (17.25%) Digital Media
2 110 (16.08%) Social Media
3 87 (12.72%) Marketing Technology
4 64 (9.36%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (5.70%) Product Ownership
6 27 (3.95%) Blog
7 26 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.61%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.46%) Graphic Design
10 10 (1.46%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.32%) NHS
12 8 (1.17%) SCADA
13 7 (1.02%) Onboarding
14 6 (0.88%) Multi-touch
15 5 (0.73%) Data Structures
15 5 (0.73%) Fibre Optics
15 5 (0.73%) Social Network
16 4 (0.58%) Data Centre
16 4 (0.58%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.26%) Windows
2 11 (1.61%) Linux
2 11 (1.61%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.73%) Unix
3 5 (0.73%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.58%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (26.90%) Digital Marketing
2 162 (23.68%) Analytics
3 128 (18.71%) Project Management
4 109 (15.94%) Collaborative Working
5 105 (15.35%) Marketing Strategy
6 102 (14.91%) Strategic Thinking
7 101 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (13.89%) Artificial Intelligence
9 85 (12.43%) SEO
10 84 (12.28%) Business Development
11 79 (11.55%) Agile
12 73 (10.67%) Pay per click
13 72 (10.53%) Time Management
14 71 (10.38%) Customer Retention
15 61 (8.92%) E-Commerce
15 61 (8.92%) Mentoring
16 60 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (8.48%) Process Improvement
18 56 (8.19%) Analytical Thinking
18 56 (8.19%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 88 (12.87%) Python
2 56 (8.19%) SQL
3 39 (5.70%) JavaScript
4 25 (3.65%) Java
5 22 (3.22%) Scala
6 21 (3.07%) PowerShell
7 15 (2.19%) C#
8 13 (1.90%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.46%) MATLAB
10 8 (1.17%) R
11 7 (1.02%) C++
12 4 (0.58%) Bash
12 4 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.58%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.44%) PHP
14 2 (0.29%) Go
14 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.29%) SQR
14 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 120 (17.54%) Degree
2 25 (3.65%) Security Cleared
3 21 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (3.07%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.19%) DBS Check
5 12 (1.75%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.58%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.58%) CCNA
7 4 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.58%) NVQ Level 3
7 4 (0.58%) PhD
8 3 (0.44%) CCNP
8 3 (0.44%) HNC
8 3 (0.44%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.29%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.29%) MCP
9 2 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.19%) Accessibility
2 13 (1.90%) Data Quality
2 13 (1.90%) GDPR
3 8 (1.17%) QA
4 3 (0.44%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.29%) PERC
5 2 (0.29%) SLA
6 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.15%) DO-254
6 1 (0.15%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.15%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) MiFID
6 1 (0.15%) NIST
6 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.05%) Docker
3 5 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.44%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 19 (2.78%) Terraform
2 7 (1.02%) Ansible
3 6 (0.88%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.73%) Grafana
5 4 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.44%) Kibana
6 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.29%) Control-M
7 2 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.29%) logstash
7 2 (0.29%) SCCM
7 2 (0.29%) SCOM
7 2 (0.29%) SCSM
7 2 (0.29%) WMI
8 1 (0.15%) Argo
8 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.15%) Nessus
8 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 164 (23.98%) Google
2 115 (16.81%) Microsoft
3 56 (8.19%) Facebook
4 32 (4.68%) Instagram
5 30 (4.39%) Salesforce
6 26 (3.80%) TikTok
7 25 (3.65%) Apple
8 22 (3.22%) Adobe
9 18 (2.63%) Pinterest
10 15 (2.19%) Citrix
10 15 (2.19%) VMware
11 14 (2.05%) Oracle
12 13 (1.90%) Cisco
12 13 (1.90%) YouTube
13 9 (1.32%) Siemens
14 7 (1.02%) Ahrefs
14 7 (1.02%) Databricks
14 7 (1.02%) Screaming Frog
14 7 (1.02%) Sitecore
15 6 (0.88%) Yahoo!