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 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 311 418
Rank change year-on-year -1 +107 +46
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 73 102 140
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.44% 0.73% 0.47%
As % of the General category 0.76% 1.03% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 46 40 127
10th Percentile £30,500 £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £69,375 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £76,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +60.00% -13.64%
75th Percentile £76,000 £77,625 £60,741
90th Percentile - £175,000 £79,250
UK median annual salary £60,100 £72,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -17.10% +52.63% -13.64%

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 9,583 9,943 18,402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.63% 71.27% 61.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,088 6,264 14,684
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £45,000 £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 £78,750 £83,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 11 March 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 5 (6.85%) CMS
2 2 (2.74%) WordPress
3 1 (1.37%) Apache
3 1 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.37%) DNN
3 1 (1.37%) Drupal
3 1 (1.37%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (2.74%) InDesign
1 2 (2.74%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.37%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (1.37%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.37%) Notion
Business Applications
1 10 (13.70%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (28.77%) AWS
2 19 (26.03%) Serverless
3 15 (20.55%) Amazon S3
3 15 (20.55%) AWS Lambda
4 14 (19.18%) Amazon SQS
5 10 (13.70%) Power Platform
6 6 (8.22%) Google Analytics
6 6 (8.22%) SaaS
7 2 (2.74%) GCP
7 2 (2.74%) GitHub
8 1 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.37%) Azure
8 1 (1.37%) Canva
8 1 (1.37%) dbt
8 1 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.37%) Google Ads
8 1 (1.37%) MailChimp
8 1 (1.37%) OCI
8 1 (1.37%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.07%) Tableau
2 10 (13.70%) Power BI
3 1 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.37%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) JIRA
2 2 (2.74%) Git
3 1 (1.37%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.37%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.37%) Subversion
3 1 (1.37%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.37%) webpack
General
1 57 (78.08%) Social Skills
2 36 (49.32%) Marketing
3 24 (32.88%) Organisational Skills
4 22 (30.14%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (24.66%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (19.18%) Health Technology
6 14 (19.18%) Retail
6 14 (19.18%) Tech for Good
7 13 (17.81%) Finance
8 10 (13.70%) Advertising
9 8 (10.96%) Multimedia
10 6 (8.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (6.85%) Automotive
12 3 (4.11%) Legal
12 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
13 2 (2.74%) Brand Awareness
13 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
13 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
14 1 (1.37%) Military
14 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (27.40%) Lead
2 19 (26.03%) Senior
3 18 (24.66%) Analyst
4 14 (19.18%) AWS Developer
4 14 (19.18%) Developer
4 14 (19.18%) Lead Developer
4 14 (19.18%) Lead Python Developer
4 14 (19.18%) Python Developer
4 14 (19.18%) React Developer
5 12 (16.44%) Senior Manager
6 10 (13.70%) Account Manager
6 10 (13.70%) Commercial Analyst
6 10 (13.70%) Commercial Data Analyst
6 10 (13.70%) Data Analyst
6 10 (13.70%) Data Scientist
7 7 (9.59%) Lead Software Developer
7 7 (9.59%) Software Developer
8 6 (8.22%) Senior Account Manager
9 5 (6.85%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (6.85%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (19.18%) RESTful
2 5 (6.85%) HTML
3 2 (2.74%) CSS
3 2 (2.74%) XML
4 1 (1.37%) EDI
4 1 (1.37%) JSON
4 1 (1.37%) React
4 1 (1.37%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.18%) Social Media
2 13 (17.81%) FMCG
3 10 (13.70%) Data Structures
3 10 (13.70%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (9.59%) Podcast
5 5 (6.85%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (6.85%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (5.48%) Cloud Native
6 4 (5.48%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (5.48%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (4.11%) Blog
8 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.37%) e-Learning
9 1 (1.37%) Graphic Design
9 1 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (1.37%) Photography
9 1 (1.37%) Video Editing
9 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.85%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.37%) Linux
2 1 (1.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.14%) Agile
2 21 (28.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (26.03%) CI/CD
3 19 (26.03%) Mentoring
4 18 (24.66%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (23.29%) B2B
5 17 (23.29%) User Stories
6 15 (20.55%) Acceptance Criteria
6 15 (20.55%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (20.55%) Coaching
7 14 (19.18%) Code Quality
7 14 (19.18%) Continuous Integration
7 14 (19.18%) Extreme Programming
7 14 (19.18%) Operational Stability
7 14 (19.18%) Pair Programming
7 14 (19.18%) Process Improvement
7 14 (19.18%) Scrum
7 14 (19.18%) TDD
7 14 (19.18%) Time Management
8 13 (17.81%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 26 (35.62%) Python
2 11 (15.07%) SQL
3 3 (4.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.37%) Bash
4 1 (1.37%) PHP
4 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (17.81%) Degree
2 10 (13.70%) ACCA
2 10 (13.70%) CIMA
3 4 (5.48%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (23.29%) QA
2 6 (8.22%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.11%) WCAG
4 1 (1.37%) GDPR
4 1 (1.37%) Section 508
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.37%) Ansible
1 1 (1.37%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (1.37%) Kibana
1 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.37%) Puppet
1 1 (1.37%) Rancher
1 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (16.44%) Salesforce
2 8 (10.96%) Google
3 3 (4.11%) Adobe
3 3 (4.11%) Instagram
4 2 (2.74%) Apple
4 2 (2.74%) Facebook
4 2 (2.74%) Freshdesk
4 2 (2.74%) TikTok
4 2 (2.74%) YouTube
5 1 (1.37%) Canon
5 1 (1.37%) dotdigital
5 1 (1.37%) Hootsuite
5 1 (1.37%) New Relic
5 1 (1.37%) SAP
5 1 (1.37%) Sony
5 1 (1.37%) Spotify