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 3 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 367 410
Rank change year-on-year -19 +43 -28
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 80 57 79
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.32% 0.34% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.52% 0.48% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 50 32 55
10th Percentile £31,440 £46,900 £43,250
25th Percentile £38,331 - £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +3.23% +2.91%
75th Percentile £67,750 £65,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,375 £105,375 £84,400
UK median annual salary £46,750 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -26.95% +6.67% -0.41%

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 15,251 11,896 14,052
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.30% 70.70% 62.88%
Number of salaries quoted 9,222 6,225 7,859
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 3 October 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 15 (18.75%) CMS
2 6 (7.50%) WordPress
3 5 (6.25%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.75%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (2.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (2.50%) Confluence
5 2 (2.50%) Moodle
6 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (1.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.50%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (2.50%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (2.50%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.50%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.50%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.75%) AWS
2 5 (6.25%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.25%) SaaS
2 5 (6.25%) Serverless
3 4 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (3.75%) Azure
4 3 (3.75%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (2.50%) Asana
5 2 (2.50%) Azure API Management
5 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.50%) Canva
5 2 (2.50%) GitHub
5 2 (2.50%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.50%) Lucidchart
5 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.25%) MailChimp
6 1 (1.25%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.25%) Power BI
1 5 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.00%) DynamoDB
2 4 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.25%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.25%) Star Schema
4 1 (1.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (7.50%) JIRA
2 3 (3.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (36.25%) Social Skills
2 17 (21.25%) Law
3 15 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (18.75%) Marketing
4 10 (12.50%) Finance
5 9 (11.25%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (10.00%) Retail
7 7 (8.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (8.75%) Multimedia
8 5 (6.25%) Legal
8 5 (6.25%) Public Sector
9 4 (5.00%) Banking
9 4 (5.00%) Health Technology
9 4 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (5.00%) Tech for Good
10 3 (3.75%) Advertising
10 3 (3.75%) Automotive
10 3 (3.75%) Public Speaking
11 2 (2.50%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 10 (12.50%) Developer
1 10 (12.50%) Senior
2 7 (8.75%) Analyst
2 7 (8.75%) Senior Developer
3 6 (7.50%) Product Manager
4 4 (5.00%) AWS Developer
4 4 (5.00%) Python Developer
4 4 (5.00%) React Developer
4 4 (5.00%) Senior Python Developer
4 4 (5.00%) Senior React Developer
4 4 (5.00%) ServiceNow Manager
5 3 (3.75%) Communications Officer
5 3 (3.75%) Data Manager
5 3 (3.75%) Development Manager
5 3 (3.75%) Junior
5 3 (3.75%) Lead
5 3 (3.75%) Onboarding Specialist
5 3 (3.75%) PHP Developer
5 3 (3.75%) Senior PHP Developer
5 3 (3.75%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.00%) HTML
2 6 (7.50%) CSS
3 5 (6.25%) Swagger
3 5 (6.25%) XML
4 4 (5.00%) React
4 4 (5.00%) RESTful
5 3 (3.75%) CSS3
5 3 (3.75%) HTML5
5 3 (3.75%) JSON
5 3 (3.75%) Node.js
5 3 (3.75%) REST
5 3 (3.75%) Semantic HTML
6 2 (2.50%) EDI
6 2 (2.50%) Middleware
7 1 (1.25%) JWT
7 1 (1.25%) OAuth
7 1 (1.25%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.25%) OpenID
7 1 (1.25%) Playwright
7 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.75%) Mobile App
2 11 (13.75%) Social Media
3 10 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 7 (8.75%) Web Conferencing
5 5 (6.25%) Management Information System
6 4 (5.00%) Podcast
6 4 (5.00%) Product Ownership
7 3 (3.75%) Algorithms
7 3 (3.75%) Client/Server
7 3 (3.75%) FMCG
7 3 (3.75%) Learning Management System
8 2 (2.50%) Animation
8 2 (2.50%) Blog
8 2 (2.50%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.50%) Digital Media
8 2 (2.50%) e-Learning
8 2 (2.50%) Graphic Design
8 2 (2.50%) SCORM
9 1 (1.25%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.75%) Windows
1 3 (3.75%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.25%) Android
2 1 (1.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.50%) Analytics
2 19 (23.75%) Agile
3 17 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (20.00%) Line Management
4 16 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 15 (18.75%) Storytelling
6 14 (17.50%) Project Management
7 13 (16.25%) AI
8 12 (15.00%) User Experience
9 9 (11.25%) Logistics
9 9 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (10.00%) Mentoring
10 8 (10.00%) Software Testing
10 8 (10.00%) UX Design
11 7 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (7.50%) Customer Experience
12 6 (7.50%) Decision-Making
12 6 (7.50%) Process Improvement
12 6 (7.50%) Roadmaps
12 6 (7.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.50%) SQL
2 7 (8.75%) Python
3 4 (5.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (5.00%) TypeScript
4 3 (3.75%) PHP
5 1 (1.25%) Bash
5 1 (1.25%) Bicep
5 1 (1.25%) C++
5 1 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (16.25%) Degree
2 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.00%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.75%) PhD
6 1 (1.25%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (28.75%) Accessibility
2 11 (13.75%) QA
3 3 (3.75%) WCAG
4 2 (2.50%) GDPR
4 2 (2.50%) PERC
5 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.25%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.25%) NIST
5 1 (1.25%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.50%) Grafana
2 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.25%) Adobe
3 4 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.50%) Dynatrace
4 2 (2.50%) Google
5 1 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.25%) Databricks
5 1 (1.25%) dotdigital
5 1 (1.25%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.25%) Instagram
5 1 (1.25%) Netskope
5 1 (1.25%) Oracle