Publishing Jobs

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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 520 597
Rank change year-on-year -6 +77 -218
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 190 402 417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.41% 0.41%
As % of the General category 0.50% 0.68% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 64 268 245
10th Percentile £32,150 £29,000 £37,900
25th Percentile £50,938 £33,213 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £45,210 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.56% -24.65% -
75th Percentile £88,125 £60,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £175,000 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% -20.83% +12.15%

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 38,240 59,246 69,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 69.42% 59.83% 68.22%
Number of salaries quoted 18,375 39,585 37,352
10th Percentile £27,000 £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 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in the UK

Publishing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Publishing in the UK

Publishing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Publishing over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Publishing in the UK

Publishing
Top 14 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 14 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 -24 175 £64,000 +34.74% 343
London +86 132 £65,000 +46.59% 232
Work from Home +67 99 £64,000 +34.74% 169
UK excluding London +5 45 £43,750 -7.89% 157
South East +71 24 £34,000 -36.82% 71
East of England +30 9 £32,500 -11.36% 21
South West +64 4 £50,000 +5.26% 8
Scotland +94 3 - - 10
Midlands +40 3 £45,000 +5.88% 11
North of England +4 3 £53,500 +1.46% 38
Yorkshire +64 2 £53,500 +25.88% 4
East Midlands +25 2 £45,000 -18.18% 2
West Midlands +41 1 - - 9
North West -23 1 - - 28

Publishing
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 35 (18.42%) CMS
2 9 (4.74%) WordPress
3 7 (3.68%) Sitecore CMS
4 5 (2.63%) Confluence
5 2 (1.05%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.05%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.05%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.53%) Drupal
6 1 (0.53%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.53%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.53%) nginx
6 1 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.63%) Trello
5 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.58%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (1.05%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.53%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.47%) Serverless
2 17 (8.95%) AWS
2 17 (8.95%) AWS Lambda
2 17 (8.95%) Google Analytics
3 12 (6.32%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.16%) Amazon S3
5 5 (2.63%) Amazon SQS
5 5 (2.63%) GCP
6 4 (2.11%) Miro
7 3 (1.58%) SaaS
8 2 (1.05%) Anthos
8 2 (1.05%) Azure
8 2 (1.05%) Canva
8 2 (1.05%) Figma
8 2 (1.05%) FinancialForce
8 2 (1.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (1.05%) Siteimprove
9 1 (0.53%) Azure WebJobs
9 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.53%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.58%) DNS
2 2 (1.05%) Firewall
2 2 (1.05%) Intranet
3 1 (0.53%) Broadband
3 1 (0.53%) Value-Added Service
3 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.37%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (6.32%) DynamoDB
2 12 (6.32%) Power BI
3 7 (3.68%) Power Query
3 7 (3.68%) Tableau
4 5 (2.63%) Metadata
5 3 (1.58%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.05%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.05%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.53%) MySQL
7 1 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.53%) Redis
7 1 (0.53%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (6.32%) JIRA
2 4 (2.11%) Git
3 2 (1.05%) Android Studio
3 2 (1.05%) Xcode
4 1 (0.53%) Ant
4 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) Maven
4 1 (0.53%) RSpec
General
1 72 (37.89%) Social Skills
2 63 (33.16%) Marketing
3 29 (15.26%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (15.26%) Finance
4 20 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (9.47%) Health Technology
7 17 (8.95%) Tech for Good
8 16 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (6.84%) Advertising
9 13 (6.84%) Legal
10 10 (5.26%) Games
11 9 (4.74%) Retail
12 8 (4.21%) Banking
13 7 (3.68%) iGaming
13 7 (3.68%) Law
13 7 (3.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (3.16%) Automotive
14 6 (3.16%) French Language
14 6 (3.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (15.79%) Lead
2 27 (14.21%) Senior
3 22 (11.58%) Developer
4 15 (7.89%) Senior Developer
5 11 (5.79%) Analyst
5 11 (5.79%) Product Owner
6 9 (4.74%) Content Designer
6 9 (4.74%) Designer
6 9 (4.74%) Software Developer
7 8 (4.21%) Digital Executive
7 8 (4.21%) Head of Business Intelligence
7 8 (4.21%) Python Developer
7 8 (4.21%) Senior Software Developer
8 7 (3.68%) Commercial Analyst
8 7 (3.68%) Financial Analyst
8 7 (3.68%) Governance Manager
8 7 (3.68%) Information Governance Manager
8 7 (3.68%) Information Manager
8 7 (3.68%) Senior Python Developer
8 7 (3.68%) SEO Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.47%) RESTful
2 15 (7.89%) React
3 13 (6.84%) HTML
4 12 (6.32%) CSS
4 12 (6.32%) Swagger
5 6 (3.16%) REST
6 4 (2.11%) XML
7 3 (1.58%) .NET
8 2 (1.05%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.05%) React Native
8 2 (1.05%) WebSockets
8 2 (1.05%) XSD
8 2 (1.05%) XSLT
9 1 (0.53%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.53%) Blazor
9 1 (0.53%) Laravel
9 1 (0.53%) SignalR
9 1 (0.53%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (0.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.95%) Management Information System
1 17 (8.95%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.84%) Robotics
2 13 (6.84%) Social Media
3 9 (4.74%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (4.74%) Blog
4 7 (3.68%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.68%) Freedom of Information
4 7 (3.68%) Freedom of Information Act
4 7 (3.68%) Sports Betting
5 6 (3.16%) FMCG
5 6 (3.16%) Marketing Technology
5 6 (3.16%) Mobile Games
5 6 (3.16%) Online Games
6 5 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.58%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.58%) Life Science
7 3 (1.58%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.58%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.58%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.58%) Android
1 3 (1.58%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.05%) Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.53%) Windows
3 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (32.63%) Agile
2 43 (22.63%) Business Intelligence
3 41 (21.58%) Artificial Intelligence
4 40 (21.05%) Analytics
5 34 (17.89%) B2B
5 34 (17.89%) Scrum
6 33 (17.37%) B2B Sales
7 32 (16.84%) Decision-Making
8 31 (16.32%) SEO
9 29 (15.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (14.74%) Project Management
11 27 (14.21%) User Experience
12 26 (13.68%) User Stories
13 22 (11.58%) Content Management
14 21 (11.05%) Collaborative Working
14 21 (11.05%) Problem-Solving
15 20 (10.53%) Continuous Delivery
16 19 (10.00%) Thought Leadership
17 18 (9.47%) Roadmaps
17 18 (9.47%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 34 (17.89%) Python
2 15 (7.89%) TypeScript
3 13 (6.84%) C++
3 13 (6.84%) MATLAB
4 7 (3.68%) SQL
5 6 (3.16%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.11%) C#
6 4 (2.11%) Java
7 2 (1.05%) Swift
7 2 (1.05%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.05%) XQuery
8 1 (0.53%) PHP
8 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.53%) R
8 1 (0.53%) Ruby
8 1 (0.53%) VB
8 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (20.53%) Degree
2 15 (7.89%) PhD
3 7 (3.68%) CISA
3 7 (3.68%) CISM
3 7 (3.68%) CISSP
3 7 (3.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 5 (2.63%) CSPO
5 3 (1.58%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.53%) MCP
7 1 (0.53%) MCSA
7 1 (0.53%) MCSE
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.53%) MRICS
7 1 (0.53%) PMP
7 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (15.26%) QA
2 15 (7.89%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (3.68%) HIPAA
3 7 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.58%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.53%) NCSC
5 1 (0.53%) PMO
5 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (1.58%) Docker
1 3 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.05%) Argo
2 2 (1.05%) Kustomize
2 2 (1.05%) Terraform
3 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.53%) Grafana
3 1 (0.53%) Istio
3 1 (0.53%) Kibana
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (11.05%) Google
2 18 (9.47%) Salesforce
3 12 (6.32%) Microsoft
4 7 (3.68%) Ahrefs
4 7 (3.68%) Screaming Frog
4 7 (3.68%) Sitecore
5 6 (3.16%) BT
6 4 (2.11%) Adobe
7 3 (1.58%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.58%) SAP
7 3 (1.58%) VMware
8 2 (1.05%) Mercator
8 2 (1.05%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (1.05%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.05%) YouTube
9 1 (0.53%) BMC
9 1 (0.53%) McAfee
9 1 (0.53%) Symantec
9 1 (0.53%) Wrike