Publishing Job Trends

Publishing
UK

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 528 500
Rank change year-on-year +49 -28 -61
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 174 228 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.34% 0.45%
As % of the General category 0.51% 0.58% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 87 134 200
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,471 £35,225
25th Percentile £37,853 £49,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £75,500 £76,000 £84,063
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.95% -12.50% +13.21%

All General Skills
UK

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,122 39,316 34,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 65.18% 58.37% 65.54%
Number of salaries quoted 19,123 18,882 25,707
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,309 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.52% +0.62% -4.76%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Publishing job vacancy trend in the UK

Publishing
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Publishing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Publishing

Publishing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Publishing over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Publishing in the UK

Publishing
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 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 +23 145 £64,000 +6.67% 206
London -11 80 £64,000 -3.40% 110
UK excluding London +72 60 £52,000 -0.95% 106
Work from Home +26 44 £64,000 -8.57% 106
East of England +4 20 £52,500 - 19
South East +20 12 £51,500 +5.64% 42
South West +34 9 - - 9
North of England +7 8 £53,750 +16.22% 21
Midlands +58 6 £50,000 -35.48% 5
North West +26 5 £42,500 -29.17% 15
Scotland -1 4 - - 10
West Midlands +47 3 £50,000 -44.44% 2
East Midlands +27 3 - - 3
Yorkshire +7 3 £65,000 - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 20 (11.49%) CMS
2 10 (5.75%) WordPress
3 5 (2.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (2.30%) Apache Spark
4 4 (2.30%) Umbraco
5 3 (1.72%) Confluence
5 3 (1.72%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.15%) Drupal
7 1 (0.57%) DNN
7 1 (0.57%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.57%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 13 (7.47%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.02%) Photoshop
3 5 (2.87%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.72%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (1.72%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.57%) InDesign
6 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.69%) AWS
2 23 (13.22%) AWS Lambda
2 23 (13.22%) Serverless
3 15 (8.62%) Google Analytics
4 13 (7.47%) Azure
5 8 (4.60%) Amazon S3
6 7 (4.02%) Amazon SQS
7 6 (3.45%) SaaS
8 5 (2.87%) Adobe Analytics
8 5 (2.87%) GitHub
8 5 (2.87%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.87%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.30%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.72%) Collibra
10 3 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.15%) Bitrise
11 2 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.15%) Google Play
12 1 (0.57%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.17%) VPN
2 3 (1.72%) DHCP
2 3 (1.72%) DNS
2 3 (1.72%) Firewall
2 3 (1.72%) Softphone
2 3 (1.72%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.72%) VLAN
2 3 (1.72%) WAN
3 2 (1.15%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.57%) Internet
4 1 (0.57%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.49%) DynamoDB
2 15 (8.62%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (6.90%) Metadata
4 11 (6.32%) Tableau
5 6 (3.45%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.87%) Power BI
7 4 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (2.30%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (2.30%) Apache Hive
7 4 (2.30%) Apache Iceberg
7 4 (2.30%) Big Data
7 4 (2.30%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (2.30%) Impala
7 4 (2.30%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.30%) Redshift Spectrum
7 4 (2.30%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.72%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.72%) SAP BW
8 3 (1.72%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (5.75%) Git
1 10 (5.75%) JIRA
2 4 (2.30%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.72%) Android Studio
3 3 (1.72%) ERwin
3 3 (1.72%) JUnit
3 3 (1.72%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (1.15%) git-flow
4 2 (1.15%) UI Automator
5 1 (0.57%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.57%) CMake
5 1 (0.57%) Crashlytics
5 1 (0.57%) fastlane
5 1 (0.57%) Maven
5 1 (0.57%) Selenium
5 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.57%) Xcode
General
1 80 (45.98%) Social Skills
2 36 (20.69%) Marketing
3 35 (20.11%) Finance
4 27 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (13.79%) Tech for Good
6 23 (13.22%) Health Technology
6 23 (13.22%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (11.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (11.49%) Retail
8 18 (10.34%) Automotive
8 18 (10.34%) Law
9 16 (9.20%) Legal
10 15 (8.62%) Banking
10 15 (8.62%) Public Sector
11 11 (6.32%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (4.60%) Advertising
12 8 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (2.87%) Digital Economy
13 5 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (2.87%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 32 (18.39%) Senior
2 29 (16.67%) Developer
3 21 (12.07%) Python Developer
4 18 (10.34%) Senior Developer
5 16 (9.20%) Lead
6 14 (8.05%) Analyst
6 14 (8.05%) Senior Python Developer
7 13 (7.47%) AWS Developer
8 12 (6.90%) React Developer
9 11 (6.32%) Software Developer
10 10 (5.75%) Architect
10 10 (5.75%) Designer
11 9 (5.17%) Content Designer
12 8 (4.60%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (4.60%) Junior
12 8 (4.60%) Junior Content Designer
12 8 (4.60%) Junior Designer
13 7 (4.02%) Account Manager
13 7 (4.02%) Development Manager
13 7 (4.02%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (13.22%) RESTful
2 19 (10.92%) Swagger
3 18 (10.34%) React
4 17 (9.77%) HTML
5 15 (8.62%) CSS
6 11 (6.32%) .NET
7 4 (2.30%) EDI
7 4 (2.30%) Kafka
7 4 (2.30%) Node.js
7 4 (2.30%) OpenAPI
8 3 (1.72%) JSON
8 3 (1.72%) XML
9 2 (1.15%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.15%) Dagger
9 2 (1.15%) HTML5
9 2 (1.15%) OAuth
9 2 (1.15%) REST
9 2 (1.15%) Retrofit
9 2 (1.15%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (1.15%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.34%) FMCG
2 15 (8.62%) Social Media
3 10 (5.75%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.75%) Podcast
4 8 (4.60%) Blog
5 7 (4.02%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.02%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.45%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.72%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.72%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.72%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.15%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.15%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.15%) Video Editing
9 2 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.57%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.87%) Android
1 5 (2.87%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.30%) Linux
3 3 (1.72%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.15%) Unix
5 1 (0.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (28.74%) Agile
2 46 (26.44%) Analytics
3 31 (17.82%) Project Management
4 29 (16.67%) Scrum
5 27 (15.52%) B2B
6 26 (14.94%) Business Intelligence
6 26 (14.94%) Operational Stability
7 25 (14.37%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (13.79%) SEO
9 23 (13.22%) AI
9 23 (13.22%) Content Management
9 23 (13.22%) Mentoring
9 23 (13.22%) Roadmaps
10 22 (12.64%) Pair Programming
10 22 (12.64%) TDD
11 21 (12.07%) Logistics
12 19 (10.92%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (10.34%) Content Strategy
13 18 (10.34%) Data Science
14 17 (9.77%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.54%) Python
2 23 (13.22%) SQL
3 16 (9.20%) TypeScript
4 12 (6.90%) Java
5 10 (5.75%) JavaScript
6 7 (4.02%) C++
7 3 (1.72%) C#
7 3 (1.72%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.15%) Bash
8 2 (1.15%) Objective-C
8 2 (1.15%) Ruby
9 1 (0.57%) C
9 1 (0.57%) Go
9 1 (0.57%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.57%) PHP
9 1 (0.57%) Swift
Qualifications
1 32 (18.39%) Degree
2 7 (4.02%) AWS Certification
2 7 (4.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 6 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
4 4 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.30%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.72%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.72%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.72%) PMP
5 3 (1.72%) SAP Certification
6 2 (1.15%) HNC
6 2 (1.15%) HND
6 2 (1.15%) PhD
7 1 (0.57%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (15.52%) QA
2 16 (9.20%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.02%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.30%) WCAG
5 1 (0.57%) GDPR
5 1 (0.57%) Section 508
System Software
1 5 (2.87%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (13.79%) Google
2 16 (9.20%) Microsoft
3 12 (6.90%) Adobe
4 11 (6.32%) SAP
5 7 (4.02%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.45%) Workday
7 4 (2.30%) Databricks
7 4 (2.30%) Foundry
7 4 (2.30%) Oracle
7 4 (2.30%) Palantir
7 4 (2.30%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.30%) TikTok
8 3 (1.72%) Avid
8 3 (1.72%) YouTube
9 2 (1.15%) Instagram
10 1 (0.57%) Canon
10 1 (0.57%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.57%) Mapbox
10 1 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.57%) Screaming Frog