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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 306 423
Rank change year-on-year -2 +117 +49
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 85 100 154
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.47% 0.70% 0.47%
As % of the General category 0.84% 0.95% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 60 39 126
10th Percentile £30,500 £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 - £38,849
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 £60,741
90th Percentile £90,250 - £77,500
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 10,177 10,534 20,093
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.76% 74.07% 61.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,758 6,457 15,092
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,717
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 £112,500 £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 8 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 (4.71%) CMS
2 2 (2.35%) WordPress
3 1 (1.18%) Apache
3 1 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.18%) Drupal
3 1 (1.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.18%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (1.18%) InDesign
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.18%) Notion
2 1 (1.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (11.76%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 19 (22.35%) AWS
2 17 (20.00%) Serverless
3 14 (16.47%) Power Platform
4 13 (15.29%) AWS Lambda
5 9 (10.59%) Amazon S3
6 8 (9.41%) Amazon SQS
6 8 (9.41%) SaaS
7 5 (5.88%) Google Analytics
8 2 (2.35%) GCP
8 2 (2.35%) GitHub
9 1 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.18%) Azure
9 1 (1.18%) Canva
9 1 (1.18%) dbt
9 1 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.18%) Google Ads
9 1 (1.18%) MailChimp
9 1 (1.18%) OCI
9 1 (1.18%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (16.47%) Power BI
2 11 (12.94%) Tableau
3 4 (4.71%) DynamoDB
3 4 (4.71%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (4.71%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.18%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.18%) Metadata
5 1 (1.18%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) JIRA
1 3 (3.53%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.35%) Git
3 1 (1.18%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.18%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.18%) Subversion
3 1 (1.18%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.18%) webpack
General
1 49 (57.65%) Social Skills
2 38 (44.71%) Marketing
3 27 (31.76%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (16.47%) Retail
6 12 (14.12%) Advertising
6 12 (14.12%) Finance
6 12 (14.12%) Health Technology
6 12 (14.12%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (14.12%) Multimedia
6 12 (14.12%) Tech for Good
7 5 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.53%) Banking
8 3 (3.53%) Legal
8 3 (3.53%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.53%) Public Speaking
9 2 (2.35%) Automotive
9 2 (2.35%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (28.24%) Senior
2 18 (21.18%) Analyst
3 15 (17.65%) Lead
4 13 (15.29%) Developer
4 13 (15.29%) Senior Manager
5 12 (14.12%) AWS Developer
5 12 (14.12%) Python Developer
5 12 (14.12%) React Developer
6 10 (11.76%) Commercial Analyst
6 10 (11.76%) Commercial Data Analyst
6 10 (11.76%) Data Analyst
6 10 (11.76%) Data Scientist
7 8 (9.41%) Account Manager
7 8 (9.41%) Lead Developer
7 8 (9.41%) Lead Python Developer
7 8 (9.41%) Senior Account Manager
8 6 (7.06%) Business Development Manager
8 6 (7.06%) Business Manager
8 6 (7.06%) Development Manager
8 6 (7.06%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.12%) RESTful
2 5 (5.88%) React
3 4 (4.71%) HTML
3 4 (4.71%) Swagger
4 2 (2.35%) XML
5 1 (1.18%) CSS
5 1 (1.18%) EDI
5 1 (1.18%) JSON
5 1 (1.18%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.18%) Social Media
2 10 (11.76%) Data Structures
2 10 (11.76%) FMCG
2 10 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
2 10 (11.76%) Podcast
3 8 (9.41%) Web Conferencing
4 5 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (4.71%) Blog
5 4 (4.71%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.71%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (4.71%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.18%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.18%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.18%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.88%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.18%) Linux
2 1 (1.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (29.41%) B2B
2 24 (28.24%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (27.06%) Agile
4 19 (22.35%) Decision-Making
5 15 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
5 15 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (15.29%) CI/CD
7 12 (14.12%) B2B Sales
7 12 (14.12%) Data Modelling
7 12 (14.12%) Mentoring
7 12 (14.12%) Operational Stability
7 12 (14.12%) Pair Programming
7 12 (14.12%) Scrum
7 12 (14.12%) TDD
8 11 (12.94%) Coaching
8 11 (12.94%) E-Commerce
8 11 (12.94%) Machine Learning
8 11 (12.94%) User Stories
9 10 (11.76%) Financial Analysis
9 10 (11.76%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 24 (28.24%) Python
2 15 (17.65%) SQL
3 5 (5.88%) TypeScript
4 2 (2.35%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.18%) Bash
5 1 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.18%) PHP
5 1 (1.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (16.47%) Degree
2 10 (11.76%) ACCA
2 10 (11.76%) CIMA
3 7 (8.24%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.53%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.47%) QA
2 6 (7.06%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.35%) PMO
3 2 (2.35%) WCAG
4 1 (1.18%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.18%) Ansible
1 1 (1.18%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (1.18%) Kibana
1 1 (1.18%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.18%) Puppet
1 1 (1.18%) Rancher
1 1 (1.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (14.12%) Salesforce
2 7 (8.24%) Google
3 4 (4.71%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.53%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.35%) Apple
5 2 (2.35%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.18%) Adobe
6 1 (1.18%) Databricks
6 1 (1.18%) dotdigital
6 1 (1.18%) Facebook
6 1 (1.18%) Hootsuite
6 1 (1.18%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.18%) Instagram
6 1 (1.18%) New Relic
6 1 (1.18%) Oracle
6 1 (1.18%) SAP
6 1 (1.18%) Spotify
6 1 (1.18%) YouTube