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 14 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 323 425
Rank change year-on-year -11 +102 +39
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 84 99 151
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.45% 0.68% 0.47%
As % of the General category 0.81% 0.91% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 61 37 123
10th Percentile £30,500 £43,640 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £64,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.97% +34.74% -17.39%
75th Percentile £76,000 £175,000 £59,745
90th Percentile £90,000 - £76,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £64,000 £45,210
% change year-on-year -17.97% +41.56% -24.65%

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 10,310 10,863 20,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.70% 74.74% 62.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,853 6,353 15,057
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,450 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 14 May 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 (4.76%) CMS
2 2 (2.38%) WordPress
3 1 (1.19%) Drupal
3 1 (1.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.19%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (1.19%) InDesign
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (11.90%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.24%) AWS
1 17 (20.24%) Serverless
2 14 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 13 (15.48%) AWS Lambda
4 9 (10.71%) Amazon S3
5 8 (9.52%) Amazon SQS
5 8 (9.52%) SaaS
6 4 (4.76%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.19%) Canva
7 1 (1.19%) GitHub
7 1 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.19%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.19%) MailChimp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (16.67%) Power BI
2 10 (11.90%) Tableau
3 4 (4.76%) DynamoDB
3 4 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.19%) Metadata
5 1 (1.19%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (3.57%) JIRA
1 3 (3.57%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.19%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (1.19%) CircleCI
2 1 (1.19%) Git
2 1 (1.19%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.19%) webpack
General
1 47 (55.95%) Social Skills
2 38 (45.24%) Marketing
3 27 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (23.81%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (16.67%) Retail
6 12 (14.29%) Advertising
6 12 (14.29%) Finance
6 12 (14.29%) Health Technology
6 12 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (14.29%) Multimedia
6 12 (14.29%) Tech for Good
7 6 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.57%) Banking
8 3 (3.57%) Legal
8 3 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.57%) Public Speaking
9 2 (2.38%) Automotive
9 2 (2.38%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.19%) Law
10 1 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (28.57%) Senior
2 19 (22.62%) Analyst
3 15 (17.86%) Lead
4 13 (15.48%) Developer
4 13 (15.48%) Senior Manager
5 12 (14.29%) AWS Developer
5 12 (14.29%) Python Developer
5 12 (14.29%) React Developer
6 10 (11.90%) Commercial Analyst
6 10 (11.90%) Commercial Data Analyst
6 10 (11.90%) Data Analyst
6 10 (11.90%) Data Scientist
7 8 (9.52%) Account Manager
7 8 (9.52%) Lead Developer
7 8 (9.52%) Lead Python Developer
7 8 (9.52%) Senior Account Manager
8 6 (7.14%) Business Development Manager
8 6 (7.14%) Business Manager
8 6 (7.14%) Development Manager
8 6 (7.14%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.29%) RESTful
2 5 (5.95%) React
3 4 (4.76%) HTML
3 4 (4.76%) Swagger
4 2 (2.38%) XML
5 1 (1.19%) CSS
5 1 (1.19%) EDI
5 1 (1.19%) JSON
5 1 (1.19%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.43%) Social Media
2 10 (11.90%) Data Structures
2 10 (11.90%) FMCG
2 10 (11.90%) Greenfield Project
2 10 (11.90%) Podcast
3 8 (9.52%) Web Conferencing
4 5 (5.95%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (4.76%) Blog
5 4 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.76%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (4.76%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.19%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.19%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.19%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.19%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.95%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (29.76%) B2B
2 23 (27.38%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (26.19%) Agile
4 19 (22.62%) Decision-Making
5 15 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
7 12 (14.29%) B2B Sales
7 12 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 12 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 12 (14.29%) Operational Stability
7 12 (14.29%) Pair Programming
7 12 (14.29%) Scrum
7 12 (14.29%) TDD
8 11 (13.10%) Coaching
8 11 (13.10%) Data Modelling
8 11 (13.10%) E-Commerce
8 11 (13.10%) Financial Modelling
8 11 (13.10%) Machine Learning
8 11 (13.10%) User Stories
9 10 (11.90%) Financial Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (28.57%) Python
2 15 (17.86%) SQL
3 5 (5.95%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.19%) Bash
4 1 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (16.67%) Degree
2 10 (11.90%) ACCA
2 10 (11.90%) CIMA
3 7 (8.33%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.67%) QA
2 5 (5.95%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.38%) PMO
3 2 (2.38%) WCAG
4 1 (1.19%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.19%) Kibana
Vendors
1 12 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 5 (5.95%) Google
3 4 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.38%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.19%) Adobe
6 1 (1.19%) Apple
6 1 (1.19%) Databricks
6 1 (1.19%) dotdigital
6 1 (1.19%) Facebook
6 1 (1.19%) Hootsuite
6 1 (1.19%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.19%) Instagram
6 1 (1.19%) New Relic
6 1 (1.19%) Oracle
6 1 (1.19%) YouTube