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 15 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 314 389
Rank change year-on-year -7 +75 +66
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 68 115 141
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.73% 0.51%
As % of the General category 0.71% 1.05% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 41 46 127
10th Percentile £30,500 £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £62,000 £39,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £76,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +52.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £76,000 - £62,125
90th Percentile - £90,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,100 £62,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.06% +24.00% -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 9,585 10,953 17,242
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.17% 69.74% 62.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,102 6,236 13,729
10th Percentile £29,250 £35,000 £32,493
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,211 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.31% +9.09% -10.57%

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 15 February 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 (5.88%) CMS
2 1 (1.47%) Apache
2 1 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.47%) DNN
2 1 (1.47%) Drupal
2 1 (1.47%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Photoshop
2 2 (2.94%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (2.94%) InDesign
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.47%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.47%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.47%) Notion
Business Applications
1 10 (14.71%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (32.35%) AWS
2 20 (29.41%) Serverless
3 16 (23.53%) AWS Lambda
4 14 (20.59%) Amazon S3
4 14 (20.59%) Amazon SQS
5 10 (14.71%) Power Platform
6 6 (8.82%) Google Analytics
7 2 (2.94%) GCP
8 1 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.47%) Azure
8 1 (1.47%) Canva
8 1 (1.47%) dbt
8 1 (1.47%) GitHub
8 1 (1.47%) Google Ads
8 1 (1.47%) MailChimp
8 1 (1.47%) OCI
8 1 (1.47%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.18%) Tableau
2 10 (14.71%) Power BI
3 2 (2.94%) DynamoDB
3 2 (2.94%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.47%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Git
2 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.47%) Subversion
General
1 57 (83.82%) Social Skills
2 33 (48.53%) Marketing
3 18 (26.47%) Influencing Skills
3 18 (26.47%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (23.53%) Health Technology
4 16 (23.53%) Tech for Good
5 14 (20.59%) Finance
5 14 (20.59%) Retail
6 5 (7.35%) Automotive
6 5 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.41%) Advertising
7 3 (4.41%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.94%) Brand Awareness
8 2 (2.94%) Legal
8 2 (2.94%) Multimedia
8 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.94%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.47%) Electronics
9 1 (1.47%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 20 (29.41%) Lead
2 18 (26.47%) Analyst
3 16 (23.53%) Developer
3 16 (23.53%) Python Developer
4 15 (22.06%) AWS Developer
4 15 (22.06%) React Developer
4 15 (22.06%) Senior
5 14 (20.59%) Lead Developer
5 14 (20.59%) Lead Python Developer
6 10 (14.71%) Commercial Analyst
6 10 (14.71%) Commercial Data Analyst
6 10 (14.71%) Data Analyst
6 10 (14.71%) Data Scientist
7 8 (11.76%) Software Developer
8 7 (10.29%) Lead Software Developer
8 7 (10.29%) Senior Manager
9 5 (7.35%) IT Analyst
9 5 (7.35%) IT Support
9 5 (7.35%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (7.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (23.53%) RESTful
2 4 (5.88%) HTML
3 2 (2.94%) React
3 2 (2.94%) Swagger
3 2 (2.94%) XML
4 1 (1.47%) CSS
4 1 (1.47%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.12%) FMCG
2 10 (14.71%) Data Structures
2 10 (14.71%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (11.76%) Social Media
4 6 (8.82%) Podcast
5 5 (7.35%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (7.35%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (5.88%) Cloud Native
6 4 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (5.88%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (4.41%) Blog
8 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.47%) e-Learning
9 1 (1.47%) Graphic Design
9 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.47%) Photography
9 1 (1.47%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.35%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.47%) Linux
2 1 (1.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.82%) Agile
2 21 (30.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (27.94%) CI/CD
3 19 (27.94%) Mentoring
4 17 (25.00%) User Stories
5 16 (23.53%) Operational Stability
5 16 (23.53%) Pair Programming
5 16 (23.53%) Scrum
5 16 (23.53%) TDD
6 15 (22.06%) Acceptance Criteria
6 15 (22.06%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (22.06%) Coaching
7 14 (20.59%) Code Quality
7 14 (20.59%) Continuous Integration
7 14 (20.59%) Extreme Programming
7 14 (20.59%) Process Improvement
7 14 (20.59%) Time Management
8 12 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (17.65%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 27 (39.71%) Python
2 11 (16.18%) SQL
3 2 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.94%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (20.59%) Degree
2 10 (14.71%) ACCA
2 10 (14.71%) CIMA
3 4 (5.88%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.47%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (27.94%) QA
2 6 (8.82%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.41%) WCAG
4 1 (1.47%) Section 508
System Software
1 1 (1.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Ansible
1 1 (1.47%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.47%) Puppet
1 1 (1.47%) Rancher
1 1 (1.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (17.65%) Salesforce
2 7 (10.29%) Google
3 3 (4.41%) Adobe
3 3 (4.41%) Instagram
4 2 (2.94%) Facebook
4 2 (2.94%) Freshdesk
4 2 (2.94%) TikTok
5 1 (1.47%) Apple
5 1 (1.47%) Canon
5 1 (1.47%) dotdigital
5 1 (1.47%) Hootsuite
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.47%) SAP
5 1 (1.47%) Sony
5 1 (1.47%) Spotify
5 1 (1.47%) YouTube