Hybrid/Remote Publishing Job Trends

Publishing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 322 382
Rank change year-on-year +12 +60 +57
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 64 121 118
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.74% 0.51%
As % of the General category 0.70% 1.08% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 41 53 106
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £60,000 £42,512
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £70,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +22.81% +1.33%
75th Percentile £76,000 £76,000 £63,688
90th Percentile - - £81,875
UK median annual salary £63,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.83% +9.09% -

All General Skills
Work from Home

Publishing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,180 11,255 14,469
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.85% 69.08% 62.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5,802 6,345 11,350
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,000 £32,863
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £79,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,051 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,291
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.73% -8.34%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Publishing and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Publishing job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Publishing
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Publishing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Publishing

Publishing
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Publishing over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Publishing salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (6.25%) CMS
2 1 (1.56%) Apache
2 1 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.56%) DNN
2 1 (1.56%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.56%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (1.56%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.56%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (1.56%) InDesign
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.56%) Notion
Business Applications
1 7 (10.94%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (46.88%) AWS
2 28 (43.75%) Serverless
3 24 (37.50%) AWS Lambda
4 14 (21.88%) Amazon S3
4 14 (21.88%) Amazon SQS
5 7 (10.94%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.69%) Google Analytics
7 2 (3.13%) GCP
8 1 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.56%) Azure
8 1 (1.56%) dbt
8 1 (1.56%) GitHub
8 1 (1.56%) OCI
8 1 (1.56%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.63%) DynamoDB
1 10 (15.63%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (12.50%) Tableau
3 7 (10.94%) Power BI
4 1 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.56%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Git
1 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.56%) Subversion
General
1 45 (70.31%) Social Skills
2 25 (39.06%) Health Technology
2 25 (39.06%) Marketing
2 25 (39.06%) Tech for Good
3 18 (28.13%) Influencing Skills
4 15 (23.44%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (18.75%) Finance
6 11 (17.19%) Retail
7 9 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (6.25%) Automotive
9 2 (3.13%) Advertising
9 2 (3.13%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (3.13%) Legal
9 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.56%) Games
10 1 (1.56%) Law
10 1 (1.56%) Military
10 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (37.50%) Developer
1 24 (37.50%) Python Developer
2 23 (35.94%) Senior
3 19 (29.69%) AWS Developer
3 19 (29.69%) React Developer
4 18 (28.13%) Lead
5 14 (21.88%) Lead Developer
5 14 (21.88%) Lead Python Developer
6 12 (18.75%) Software Developer
7 10 (15.63%) Senior Developer
7 10 (15.63%) Senior Python Developer
8 9 (14.06%) Analyst
9 8 (12.50%) Senior Manager
10 7 (10.94%) Commercial Analyst
10 7 (10.94%) Commercial Data Analyst
10 7 (10.94%) Data Analyst
10 7 (10.94%) Data Scientist
10 7 (10.94%) Lead Software Developer
11 5 (7.81%) Senior React Developer
11 5 (7.81%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (39.06%) RESTful
2 10 (15.63%) React
2 10 (15.63%) Swagger
3 2 (3.13%) HTML
4 1 (1.56%) CSS
4 1 (1.56%) EDI
4 1 (1.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) FMCG
2 8 (12.50%) Data Structures
3 7 (10.94%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (9.38%) Social Media
5 5 (7.81%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (6.25%) Cloud Native
6 4 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (6.25%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (6.25%) Podcast
7 2 (3.13%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.56%) Blog
8 1 (1.56%) Graphic Design
8 1 (1.56%) Photography
8 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.56%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Linux
1 1 (1.56%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (46.88%) Agile
2 24 (37.50%) Operational Stability
2 24 (37.50%) Pair Programming
2 24 (37.50%) Scrum
2 24 (37.50%) TDD
3 19 (29.69%) CI/CD
3 19 (29.69%) Mentoring
4 18 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (23.44%) Coaching
5 15 (23.44%) User Stories
6 14 (21.88%) Acceptance Criteria
6 14 (21.88%) Code Quality
6 14 (21.88%) Continuous Integration
6 14 (21.88%) Extreme Programming
6 14 (21.88%) Process Improvement
6 14 (21.88%) Time Management
7 12 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
8 10 (15.63%) Continuous Delivery
8 10 (15.63%) Data Science
8 10 (15.63%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (50.00%) Python
2 10 (15.63%) TypeScript
3 8 (12.50%) SQL
4 2 (3.13%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) Degree
2 7 (10.94%) ACCA
2 7 (10.94%) CIMA
3 4 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (39.06%) QA
2 3 (4.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.56%) Section 508
3 1 (1.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Ansible
1 1 (1.56%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.56%) Puppet
1 1 (1.56%) Rancher
1 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (10.94%) Salesforce
2 4 (6.25%) Google
3 2 (3.13%) Adobe
3 2 (3.13%) Instagram
3 2 (3.13%) TikTok
4 1 (1.56%) Apple
4 1 (1.56%) Canon
4 1 (1.56%) Facebook
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.56%) SAP
4 1 (1.56%) Sony
4 1 (1.56%) Spotify
4 1 (1.56%) YouTube