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 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 501 533
Rank change year-on-year -55 +32 -34
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 247 174 271
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.35% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.47% 0.51% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 121 88 155
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £32,845
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,063 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £64,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.22% +16.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £115,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,250 £53,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -13.55% -15.08%

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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 52,131 33,941 44,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 45.92% 68.44% 56.89%
Number of salaries quoted 31,983 17,724 23,544
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,422
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.66%

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 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Publishing in the UK

Publishing
Top 17 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 13 September 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
England -51 197 £50,000 -21.88% 307
UK excluding London -38 127 £50,000 +8.11% 105
London -43 98 £48,000 -25.00% 234
Work from Home -36 66 £50,000 -21.88% 170
South East -19 38 £42,500 +25.00% 41
North of England -26 36 £60,000 - 19
North West +14 31 £60,000 +41.18% 12
Northern Ireland -53 26 - - 5
Midlands -48 11 £48,500 -3.00% 6
South West -66 10 £62,500 -3.85% 8
West Midlands -34 8 £48,500 -3.00% 5
Yorkshire -44 4 £60,000 -7.69% 6
East of England -43 3 £31,600 -2.77% 17
East Midlands - 3 - - 1
Scotland +4 2 - - 9
North East - 1 £55,000 - 1
Wales - 1 £32,500 - 2

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 54 (21.86%) CMS
2 30 (12.15%) SharePoint
3 27 (10.93%) Sitecore CMS
4 10 (4.05%) WordPress
5 8 (3.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (3.24%) Confluence
6 4 (1.62%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (1.21%) Drupal
8 2 (0.81%) Moodle
8 2 (0.81%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (18.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.83%) AutoCAD
3 7 (2.83%) Revit
4 3 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.81%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.81%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.81%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.40%) SPSS
6 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 30 (12.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.40%) SAP BRIM
2 1 (0.40%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 40 (16.19%) Power Platform
2 27 (10.93%) AWS
2 27 (10.93%) PowerApps
2 27 (10.93%) SaaS
3 9 (3.64%) Veeva
4 8 (3.24%) npm
5 6 (2.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 6 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.02%) Google Play
7 4 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.62%) Azure
7 4 (1.62%) dbt
7 4 (1.62%) GCP
7 4 (1.62%) Google Analytics
7 4 (1.62%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.62%) Serverless
8 3 (1.21%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.21%) Canva
9 2 (0.81%) Firebase
9 2 (0.81%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.45%) Internet
2 4 (1.62%) DHCP
2 4 (1.62%) DNS
2 4 (1.62%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.40%) Intranet
3 1 (0.40%) PPP
3 1 (0.40%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (15.79%) Power BI
2 6 (2.43%) DynamoDB
2 6 (2.43%) Metadata
3 5 (2.02%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.02%) Tableau
4 4 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.21%) MySQL
5 3 (1.21%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.81%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.81%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.40%) Looker
7 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (4.86%) Git
2 9 (3.64%) JIRA
3 8 (3.24%) Maven
3 8 (3.24%) Storybook
4 3 (1.21%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.21%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 3 (1.21%) Xcode
5 2 (0.81%) git-flow
5 2 (0.81%) XCTest
5 2 (0.81%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.40%) CocoaPods
6 1 (0.40%) fastlane
6 1 (0.40%) GitLab
General
1 118 (47.77%) Social Skills
2 74 (29.96%) Marketing
3 55 (22.27%) Finance
4 36 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (10.53%) Law
6 24 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (8.50%) Advertising
8 16 (6.48%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (6.48%) Retail
9 15 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (5.26%) Manufacturing
10 13 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (4.05%) Public Sector
12 9 (3.64%) Local Government
12 9 (3.64%) Multimedia
13 8 (3.24%) Automotive
14 7 (2.83%) Legal
15 5 (2.02%) Banking
15 5 (2.02%) Public Speaking
16 4 (1.62%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 59 (23.89%) Senior
2 27 (10.93%) Marketing Assistant
3 26 (10.53%) Developer
4 13 (5.26%) Account Manager
4 13 (5.26%) Senior Developer
5 11 (4.45%) Lead
6 10 (4.05%) Analyst
6 10 (4.05%) Business Manager
7 8 (3.24%) Analytics Manager
7 8 (3.24%) Digital Analytics Manager
7 8 (3.24%) Sales Manager
7 8 (3.24%) Software Engineer
8 7 (2.83%) Development Manager
8 7 (2.83%) Product Manager
9 6 (2.43%) Author
9 6 (2.43%) Business Analyst
9 6 (2.43%) Business Development Manager
9 6 (2.43%) Content Strategist
9 6 (2.43%) Senior Technician
9 6 (2.43%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.26%) HTML
2 10 (4.05%) CSS
2 10 (4.05%) React
3 8 (3.24%) AngularJS
3 8 (3.24%) GraphQL
3 8 (3.24%) Kafka
3 8 (3.24%) MDX
3 8 (3.24%) XML
4 7 (2.83%) Node.js
4 7 (2.83%) RESTful
4 7 (2.83%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.43%) MIDP
6 5 (2.02%) REST
6 5 (2.02%) Spring
7 4 (1.62%) amCharts
7 4 (1.62%) EDI
7 4 (1.62%) JSON
7 4 (1.62%) Swagger
7 4 (1.62%) SwiftUI
7 4 (1.62%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 46 (18.62%) Management Information System
2 29 (11.74%) Blog
2 29 (11.74%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (10.93%) Marketing Technology
4 25 (10.12%) Mobile App
5 19 (7.69%) Digital Media
6 18 (7.29%) Social Media
7 13 (5.26%) Onboarding
8 9 (3.64%) Life Science
8 9 (3.64%) Podcast
8 9 (3.64%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.64%) Web Conferencing
9 8 (3.24%) Taxonomies
10 6 (2.43%) Educational Technology
11 5 (2.02%) Algorithms
11 5 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (2.02%) Media Streaming
12 4 (1.62%) Learning Management System
13 3 (1.21%) Graphic Design
13 3 (1.21%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.43%) Android
1 6 (2.43%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.62%) Windows
3 3 (1.21%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (30.77%) Analytics
3 44 (17.81%) Agile
4 42 (17.00%) Project Management
5 41 (16.60%) CRM
6 39 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (15.79%) Decision-Making
7 37 (14.98%) Business Development
8 34 (13.77%) B2B
8 34 (13.77%) Content Management
8 34 (13.77%) Digital Marketing
9 32 (12.96%) Workflow
10 31 (12.55%) AI
11 30 (12.15%) Email Marketing
12 27 (10.93%) Contact Management
12 27 (10.93%) Global Marketing
12 27 (10.93%) Integrated Marketing
12 27 (10.93%) Marketing Analytics
13 24 (9.72%) Roadmaps
14 23 (9.31%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.31%) Java
2 18 (7.29%) Python
2 18 (7.29%) TypeScript
3 13 (5.26%) SQL
4 12 (4.86%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.83%) Kotlin
6 4 (1.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (1.62%) Swift
7 3 (1.21%) PHP
7 3 (1.21%) R
8 2 (0.81%) C
8 2 (0.81%) C#
8 2 (0.81%) C++
8 2 (0.81%) Perl
8 2 (0.81%) Ruby
9 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (18.22%) Degree
2 12 (4.86%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.24%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.43%) RIBA
6 5 (2.02%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.02%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.62%) PhD
8 3 (1.21%) MBA
9 2 (0.81%) CEH
9 2 (0.81%) CHECK Team Leader
9 2 (0.81%) CHECK Team Member
9 2 (0.81%) CISA
9 2 (0.81%) CISSP
9 2 (0.81%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.81%) OSCP
10 1 (0.40%) CBAP
10 1 (0.40%) CSPO
10 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (16.19%) Accessibility
2 24 (9.72%) QA
3 11 (4.45%) WCAG
4 9 (3.64%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.64%) GxP
5 3 (1.21%) GDPR
6 2 (0.81%) PERC
6 2 (0.81%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (2.02%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (3.24%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (10.93%) Microsoft
1 27 (10.93%) Sitecore
2 18 (7.29%) Adobe
3 15 (6.07%) Google
4 7 (2.83%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.43%) Autodesk
5 6 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.02%) Zoho
7 4 (1.62%) Apple
8 3 (1.21%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.81%) Databricks
9 2 (0.81%) Instagram
9 2 (0.81%) Marketo
9 2 (0.81%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.40%) dotdigital
10 1 (0.40%) Facebook
10 1 (0.40%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.40%) Spotify
10 1 (0.40%) YouTube