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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 369 379
Rank change year-on-year +47 +10 -10
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 51 94 102
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 0.48% 0.49%
As % of the General category 0.52% 0.74% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 34 60 90
10th Percentile £44,125 £43,250 £35,250
25th Percentile £64,000 £60,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £70,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +14.29% +10.97%
75th Percentile £76,000 £76,000 £83,750
90th Percentile - £77,400 £87,500
UK median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,787 12,680 13,638
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 64.08% 64.51% 65.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,260 7,358 10,756
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,100 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% - +0.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 29 November 2025.

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 5 (9.80%) CMS
2 2 (3.92%) Drupal
2 2 (3.92%) WordPress
3 1 (1.96%) Apache
3 1 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.96%) DNN
3 1 (1.96%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.96%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (1.96%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.96%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (1.96%) InDesign
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.96%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (52.94%) AWS
2 25 (49.02%) AWS Lambda
2 25 (49.02%) Serverless
3 13 (25.49%) Amazon S3
3 13 (25.49%) Amazon SQS
4 4 (7.84%) Google Analytics
5 2 (3.92%) GCP
5 2 (3.92%) GitHub
5 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.96%) Azure
6 1 (1.96%) dbt
6 1 (1.96%) Figma
6 1 (1.96%) Firebase
6 1 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.96%) Google Play
6 1 (1.96%) Miro
6 1 (1.96%) OCI
6 1 (1.96%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.53%) DynamoDB
1 12 (23.53%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (5.88%) Tableau
3 2 (3.92%) Power BI
4 1 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.96%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Git
1 2 (3.92%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.96%) Crashlytics
2 1 (1.96%) fastlane
2 1 (1.96%) Subversion
General
1 28 (54.90%) Social Skills
2 26 (50.98%) Health Technology
2 26 (50.98%) Tech for Good
3 15 (29.41%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (25.49%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (23.53%) Marketing
6 8 (15.69%) Finance
7 6 (11.76%) Retail
8 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (5.88%) Automotive
11 2 (3.92%) Legal
11 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.96%) Advertising
12 1 (1.96%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (1.96%) Electronics
12 1 (1.96%) Law
12 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (50.98%) Developer
2 25 (49.02%) Python Developer
3 19 (37.25%) AWS Developer
4 18 (35.29%) React Developer
5 17 (33.33%) Senior
6 13 (25.49%) Lead
6 13 (25.49%) Lead Developer
6 13 (25.49%) Lead Python Developer
6 13 (25.49%) Software Developer
7 12 (23.53%) Senior Developer
7 12 (23.53%) Senior Python Developer
8 7 (13.73%) Lead Software Developer
9 6 (11.76%) Senior React Developer
9 6 (11.76%) Senior Software Developer
10 4 (7.84%) Account Manager
11 3 (5.88%) Analyst
11 3 (5.88%) IT Manager
11 3 (5.88%) IT Services Manager
11 3 (5.88%) Senior Manager
11 3 (5.88%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (50.98%) RESTful
2 12 (23.53%) React
2 12 (23.53%) Swagger
3 3 (5.88%) HTML
4 1 (1.96%) CSS
4 1 (1.96%) EDI
4 1 (1.96%) OAuth
4 1 (1.96%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) FMCG
1 5 (9.80%) Social Media
2 3 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.92%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.96%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.96%) Photography
4 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.96%) Stable Diffusion
4 1 (1.96%) Video Editing
4 1 (1.96%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.96%) Android
1 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.96%) Linux
1 1 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (54.90%) Agile
2 26 (50.98%) Scrum
3 25 (49.02%) Operational Stability
3 25 (49.02%) Pair Programming
3 25 (49.02%) TDD
4 15 (29.41%) CI/CD
5 14 (27.45%) Coaching
5 14 (27.45%) Mentoring
6 13 (25.49%) Acceptance Criteria
6 13 (25.49%) Code Quality
6 13 (25.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (25.49%) Continuous Integration
6 13 (25.49%) Extreme Programming
6 13 (25.49%) Process Improvement
6 13 (25.49%) Time Management
6 13 (25.49%) User Stories
7 12 (23.53%) Continuous Delivery
7 12 (23.53%) Data Science
7 12 (23.53%) Software Testing
8 9 (17.65%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (54.90%) Python
2 12 (23.53%) TypeScript
3 3 (5.88%) SQL
4 2 (3.92%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.96%) Java
5 1 (1.96%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.96%) Objective-C
5 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.96%) Swift
Qualifications
1 7 (13.73%) Degree
2 2 (3.92%) ACCA
2 2 (3.92%) CIMA
3 1 (1.96%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (50.98%) QA
2 3 (5.88%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.96%) GDPR
3 1 (1.96%) Section 508
3 1 (1.96%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Ansible
1 1 (1.96%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.96%) Puppet
1 1 (1.96%) Rancher
1 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Google
2 4 (7.84%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.92%) Adobe
3 2 (3.92%) Instagram
3 2 (3.92%) SAP
3 2 (3.92%) TikTok
4 1 (1.96%) Apple
4 1 (1.96%) Canon
4 1 (1.96%) Facebook
4 1 (1.96%) HP
4 1 (1.96%) HubSpot
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Sony
4 1 (1.96%) Spotify
4 1 (1.96%) YouTube