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 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 370 418
Rank change year-on-year -11 +48 -9
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 70 63 99
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.32% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.53% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 49 43 73
10th Percentile £30,500 £48,800 £31,050
25th Percentile £37,500 - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,000 £52,067
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +22.92% -13.58%
75th Percentile £69,500 £141,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £96,500 £175,000 £79,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.88% +34.74% -21.16%

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 13,236 11,975 16,290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.75% 72.66% 61.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,533 6,709 11,264
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 31 July 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 10 (14.29%) CMS
2 4 (5.71%) WordPress
3 2 (2.86%) Confluence
4 1 (1.43%) Drupal
4 1 (1.43%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.43%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.86%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.43%) InDesign
3 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.71%) SaaS
2 7 (10.00%) AWS
3 5 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
3 5 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 5 (7.14%) Serverless
4 4 (5.71%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.86%) Canva
5 2 (2.86%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.43%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.43%) GitHub
6 1 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.43%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.43%) MailChimp
6 1 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.43%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) Power BI
2 4 (5.71%) DynamoDB
2 4 (5.71%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (5.71%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (4.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.43%) Metadata
4 1 (1.43%) Star Schema
4 1 (1.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (8.57%) JIRA
2 3 (4.29%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.43%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.43%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.43%) Git
3 1 (1.43%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.43%) webpack
General
1 22 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 21 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (28.57%) Marketing
4 14 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (18.57%) Multimedia
6 12 (17.14%) Advertising
7 7 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (10.00%) Law
8 6 (8.57%) Finance
9 5 (7.14%) Retail
10 4 (5.71%) Banking
10 4 (5.71%) Health Technology
10 4 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (5.71%) Tech for Good
11 3 (4.29%) Legal
11 3 (4.29%) Manufacturing
11 3 (4.29%) Public Speaking
12 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
13 1 (1.43%) Automotive
13 1 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (24.29%) Senior
2 8 (11.43%) Account Manager
2 8 (11.43%) Senior Account Manager
2 8 (11.43%) Senior Manager
3 7 (10.00%) Analyst
3 7 (10.00%) Developer
4 6 (8.57%) Development Manager
4 6 (8.57%) Product Manager
4 6 (8.57%) Senior Developer
5 5 (7.14%) Business Development Manager
5 5 (7.14%) Business Manager
6 4 (5.71%) AWS Developer
6 4 (5.71%) Python Developer
6 4 (5.71%) React Developer
6 4 (5.71%) Senior Python Developer
6 4 (5.71%) Senior React Developer
6 4 (5.71%) ServiceNow Manager
7 3 (4.29%) IT Analyst
7 3 (4.29%) IT Support
7 3 (4.29%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) HTML
1 5 (7.14%) React
2 4 (5.71%) RESTful
2 4 (5.71%) Swagger
2 4 (5.71%) XML
3 3 (4.29%) CSS
3 3 (4.29%) JSON
4 2 (2.86%) CSS3
4 2 (2.86%) EDI
4 2 (2.86%) HTML5
4 2 (2.86%) Middleware
4 2 (2.86%) Node.js
4 2 (2.86%) Semantic HTML
5 1 (1.43%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (25.71%) Social Media
2 7 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 7 (10.00%) Web Conferencing
3 6 (8.57%) Podcast
4 5 (7.14%) Product Ownership
5 4 (5.71%) Onboarding
6 3 (4.29%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (2.86%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.86%) Blog
7 2 (2.86%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.43%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.43%) FMCG
8 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.43%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.43%) Taxonomies
8 1 (1.43%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.29%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.43%) Android
2 1 (1.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.86%) B2B
2 15 (21.43%) Analytics
2 15 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 14 (20.00%) Agile
4 13 (18.57%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (18.57%) Project Management
5 11 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (14.29%) CRM
7 9 (12.86%) Lead Generation
8 8 (11.43%) AI
8 8 (11.43%) B2B Sales
8 8 (11.43%) Business Development
8 8 (11.43%) Storytelling
9 7 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
9 7 (10.00%) User Experience
10 6 (8.57%) Line Management
10 6 (8.57%) Logistics
11 5 (7.14%) Business Analysis
11 5 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (7.14%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.43%) SQL
2 7 (10.00%) Python
3 5 (7.14%) TypeScript
4 3 (4.29%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.29%) PHP
5 1 (1.43%) Bash
5 1 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 9 (12.86%) Degree
2 4 (5.71%) DBS Check
2 4 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.43%) ACCA
4 1 (1.43%) CIMA
4 1 (1.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.57%) Accessibility
2 8 (11.43%) QA
3 4 (5.71%) WCAG
4 2 (2.86%) PMO
5 1 (1.43%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.43%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Kibana
Vendors
1 7 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.14%) Google
3 4 (5.71%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.29%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.86%) Adobe
5 2 (2.86%) dotdigital
5 2 (2.86%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.43%) Apple
6 1 (1.43%) Databricks
6 1 (1.43%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.43%) Instagram
6 1 (1.43%) New Relic
6 1 (1.43%) Oracle
6 1 (1.43%) YouTube