Pre-press technicians in Westmorland and Furness

Official occupation group: Pre-press techniciansSOC 5421 · Updated through Q2 2026 · Westmorland and Furness

Official definition

Pre-press technicians prepare, format and compose text and graphics in a form suitable for use in a variety of print processes.

e.g. Pre-press technician · Box hand · Plate hand · Block maker · Deep etcher

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Pre-press technicians market data for Westmorland and Furness.

ONS recorded 4 new online adverts for pre-press technicians in Westmorland and Furness in Q2 2026. The year-on-year comparison is unavailable for the aligned series. Advertised salary for the UK benchmark is £29,400.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation.
New adverts · Westmorland and Furness4Q2 2026 · YoY comparison unavailable
Advertised salary · UK£29,400ONS · May 2025 · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Pre-press technicians hiring demand

New online job adverts for pre-press technicians in Westmorland and Furness

New online job adverts have increased since Oct 2025.

4

Apr 2026 · Westmorland and Furness

+300.0%change over period · from Oct 2025
ONS · Westmorland and FurnessSources & methodology ↗

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for pre-press technicians across the UK

Advertised pay is 0.7% lower than a year earlier, before inflation.

£29,400

May 2025 · UK

-0.7%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · UK · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 0.6 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years78.3%
21 years4.3%
32 years5.4%
43 years5.4%
54+ years6.5%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

Westmorland and Furness compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

#AreaNew advertsView
1Westmorland and Furness4
2United Kingdom353
ONS · Westmorland and FurnessSources & methodology ↗

Westmorland and Furness accounts for 1.13% of aligned UK new adverts · Q2 2026.

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Textiles, printing and other skilled trades

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Oxford£33,500
2London£33,300
3Watford£33,200
4Slough£33,000
5Bracknell Forest£32,800
6Na h-Eileanan Siar£32,600
7Basildon£32,200
8Cotswold£32,200
9Hertsmere£32,200
10Spelthorne£32,200

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 542) across the UK

#View
1Printers

Printer · Mark maker · Hat printer — 63.6% of group adverts

504+9.3%
2Print finishing and binding workers

Print colourer · Dis hand · Table man — 23.2% of group adverts

184-14.4%
3Pre-press techniciansYou’re viewing this

Pre-press technician · Box hand · Plate hand — 13.1% of group adverts

104
ONS · Latest Jul 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

About the data

Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.

Methodology and metric definitions

New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.