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 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 315 386
Rank change year-on-year +8 +71 +53
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 66 122 131
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.75% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.71% 1.08% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 42 51 118
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,250 £35,175
25th Percentile £46,250 £55,625 £41,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £70,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +22.81% +3.64%
75th Percentile £76,000 £76,000 £63,688
90th Percentile - - £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 9,321 11,306 15,839
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.59% 69.11% 62.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,876 6,393 12,535
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +5.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £99,375 £108,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -12.00%

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 25 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 (6.06%) CMS
2 2 (3.03%) WordPress
3 1 (1.52%) Apache
3 1 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.52%) DNN
3 1 (1.52%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Photoshop
2 2 (3.03%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (1.52%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.52%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.52%) InDesign
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.52%) Notion
Business Applications
1 8 (12.12%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (42.42%) AWS
2 26 (39.39%) Serverless
3 22 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
4 14 (21.21%) Amazon S3
4 14 (21.21%) Amazon SQS
5 8 (12.12%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.55%) Google Analytics
7 2 (3.03%) GCP
8 1 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.52%) Azure
8 1 (1.52%) Canva
8 1 (1.52%) dbt
8 1 (1.52%) GitHub
8 1 (1.52%) MailChimp
8 1 (1.52%) OCI
8 1 (1.52%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) Tableau
2 8 (12.12%) DynamoDB
2 8 (12.12%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (12.12%) Power BI
3 1 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.52%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Git
1 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.52%) Subversion
General
1 48 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 27 (40.91%) Marketing
3 23 (34.85%) Health Technology
3 23 (34.85%) Tech for Good
4 18 (27.27%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (19.70%) Finance
7 12 (18.18%) Retail
8 10 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (6.06%) Automotive
10 3 (4.55%) Legal
11 2 (3.03%) Advertising
11 2 (3.03%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
11 2 (3.03%) Multimedia
12 1 (1.52%) Games
12 1 (1.52%) Music Industry
12 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (33.33%) Developer
1 22 (33.33%) Python Developer
2 21 (31.82%) Senior
3 18 (27.27%) AWS Developer
3 18 (27.27%) Lead
3 18 (27.27%) React Developer
4 14 (21.21%) Lead Developer
4 14 (21.21%) Lead Python Developer
5 11 (16.67%) Analyst
5 11 (16.67%) Software Developer
6 8 (12.12%) Commercial Analyst
6 8 (12.12%) Commercial Data Analyst
6 8 (12.12%) Data Analyst
6 8 (12.12%) Data Scientist
6 8 (12.12%) Senior Developer
6 8 (12.12%) Senior Manager
6 8 (12.12%) Senior Python Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Lead Software Developer
8 4 (6.06%) Senior Producer
8 4 (6.06%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (34.85%) RESTful
2 8 (12.12%) React
2 8 (12.12%) Swagger
3 2 (3.03%) HTML
4 1 (1.52%) CSS
4 1 (1.52%) EDI
4 1 (1.52%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.67%) FMCG
2 9 (13.64%) Data Structures
3 8 (12.12%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (10.61%) Social Media
5 5 (7.58%) Podcast
5 5 (7.58%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (6.06%) Cloud Native
6 4 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (6.06%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (3.03%) Blog
7 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.52%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.52%) Graphic Design
8 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.52%) Photography
8 1 (1.52%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.03%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.52%) Linux
2 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (42.42%) Agile
2 22 (33.33%) Operational Stability
2 22 (33.33%) Pair Programming
2 22 (33.33%) Scrum
2 22 (33.33%) TDD
3 19 (28.79%) CI/CD
3 19 (28.79%) Mentoring
4 18 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (22.73%) Coaching
5 15 (22.73%) User Stories
6 14 (21.21%) Acceptance Criteria
6 14 (21.21%) Code Quality
6 14 (21.21%) Continuous Integration
6 14 (21.21%) Extreme Programming
6 14 (21.21%) Process Improvement
6 14 (21.21%) Time Management
7 13 (19.70%) Actionable Insight
8 10 (15.15%) B2B
8 10 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (15.15%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 31 (46.97%) Python
2 9 (13.64%) SQL
3 8 (12.12%) TypeScript
4 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (18.18%) Degree
2 8 (12.12%) ACCA
2 8 (12.12%) CIMA
3 4 (6.06%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (34.85%) QA
2 3 (4.55%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.52%) Section 508
3 1 (1.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.52%) Ansible
1 1 (1.52%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.52%) Puppet
1 1 (1.52%) Rancher
1 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (12.12%) Salesforce
2 4 (6.06%) Google
3 3 (4.55%) Instagram
4 2 (3.03%) Adobe
4 2 (3.03%) Facebook
4 2 (3.03%) TikTok
5 1 (1.52%) Apple
5 1 (1.52%) Canon
5 1 (1.52%) Hootsuite
5 1 (1.52%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.52%) SAP
5 1 (1.52%) Sony
5 1 (1.52%) Spotify
5 1 (1.52%) YouTube