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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 331 422
Rank change year-on-year +15 +91 +37
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 83 97 150
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.44% 0.65% 0.46%
As % of the General category 0.79% 0.87% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 60 35 122
10th Percentile £30,500 £43,260 £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% -20.83%
75th Percentile £75,250 £175,000 £60,243
90th Percentile £92,625 - £76,750
UK median annual salary £51,250 £64,000 £45,210
% change year-on-year -19.92% +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 10,518 11,190 20,226
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.03% 74.66% 62.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6,982 6,325 15,089
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,713 £42,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 21 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 (4.82%) CMS
2 2 (2.41%) WordPress
3 1 (1.20%) Confluence
3 1 (1.20%) Drupal
3 1 (1.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.20%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (1.20%) InDesign
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (10.84%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.07%) AWS
1 15 (18.07%) Serverless
2 13 (15.66%) Power Platform
3 11 (13.25%) AWS Lambda
4 8 (9.64%) SaaS
5 7 (8.43%) Amazon S3
6 6 (7.23%) Amazon SQS
7 4 (4.82%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.20%) Canva
8 1 (1.20%) GitHub
8 1 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.20%) Google Ads
8 1 (1.20%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.20%) MailChimp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.66%) Power BI
2 9 (10.84%) Tableau
3 4 (4.82%) DynamoDB
3 4 (4.82%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (4.82%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.20%) Metadata
5 1 (1.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) JIRA
2 3 (3.61%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.20%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.20%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.20%) Git
3 1 (1.20%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.20%) webpack
General
1 45 (54.22%) Social Skills
2 37 (44.58%) Marketing
3 28 (33.73%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (21.69%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (15.66%) Retail
6 12 (14.46%) Advertising
6 12 (14.46%) Multimedia
7 11 (13.25%) Finance
8 10 (12.05%) Health Technology
8 10 (12.05%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (12.05%) Tech for Good
9 6 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (4.82%) Banking
11 3 (3.61%) Legal
11 3 (3.61%) Manufacturing
11 3 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (3.61%) Public Speaking
12 2 (2.41%) Automotive
13 1 (1.20%) Law
13 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (28.92%) Senior
2 18 (21.69%) Analyst
3 13 (15.66%) Lead
3 13 (15.66%) Senior Manager
4 11 (13.25%) Developer
5 10 (12.05%) AWS Developer
5 10 (12.05%) Python Developer
5 10 (12.05%) React Developer
6 9 (10.84%) Commercial Analyst
6 9 (10.84%) Commercial Data Analyst
6 9 (10.84%) Data Analyst
6 9 (10.84%) Data Scientist
7 8 (9.64%) Account Manager
7 8 (9.64%) Senior Account Manager
8 6 (7.23%) Business Development Manager
8 6 (7.23%) Business Manager
8 6 (7.23%) Development Manager
8 6 (7.23%) Lead Developer
8 6 (7.23%) Lead Python Developer
9 5 (6.02%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.05%) RESTful
2 5 (6.02%) React
3 4 (4.82%) HTML
3 4 (4.82%) Swagger
4 3 (3.61%) XML
5 2 (2.41%) EDI
5 2 (2.41%) JSON
6 1 (1.20%) CSS
6 1 (1.20%) Middleware
6 1 (1.20%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.69%) Social Media
2 10 (12.05%) Podcast
3 9 (10.84%) Data Structures
3 9 (10.84%) FMCG
3 9 (10.84%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (9.64%) Web Conferencing
5 5 (6.02%) Cloud Native
5 5 (6.02%) Product Ownership
5 5 (6.02%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (4.82%) Blog
6 4 (4.82%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (4.82%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.20%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.20%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.02%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.12%) B2B
2 22 (26.51%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (25.30%) Agile
4 19 (22.89%) Decision-Making
5 13 (15.66%) Actionable Insight
5 13 (15.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (14.46%) B2B Sales
7 11 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (12.05%) Business Development
8 10 (12.05%) CRM
8 10 (12.05%) Data Modelling
8 10 (12.05%) E-Commerce
8 10 (12.05%) Financial Modelling
8 10 (12.05%) Machine Learning
8 10 (12.05%) Mentoring
8 10 (12.05%) Operational Stability
8 10 (12.05%) Pair Programming
8 10 (12.05%) Scrum
8 10 (12.05%) TDD
8 10 (12.05%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 21 (25.30%) Python
2 15 (18.07%) SQL
3 5 (6.02%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.20%) Bash
4 1 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (15.66%) Degree
2 9 (10.84%) ACCA
2 9 (10.84%) CIMA
3 7 (8.43%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.46%) QA
2 5 (6.02%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.41%) PMO
3 2 (2.41%) WCAG
4 1 (1.20%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.20%) Kibana
Vendors
1 11 (13.25%) Salesforce
2 5 (6.02%) Google
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.82%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.41%) Freshdesk
5 1 (1.20%) Adobe
5 1 (1.20%) Apple
5 1 (1.20%) Databricks
5 1 (1.20%) dotdigital
5 1 (1.20%) Facebook
5 1 (1.20%) Hootsuite
5 1 (1.20%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.20%) Instagram
5 1 (1.20%) New Relic
5 1 (1.20%) Oracle
5 1 (1.20%) YouTube