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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 373 419
Rank change year-on-year +5 +46 -10
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 78 67 139
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.37% 0.41% 0.43%
As % of the General category 0.62% 0.56% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 54 38 109
10th Percentile £30,500 £44,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,625 - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,000 £48,900
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +30.88% -18.50%
75th Percentile £68,238 £175,000 £60,741
90th Percentile £93,375 - £78,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.88% +34.74% -20.83%

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 12,617 11,921 20,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.51% 72.66% 61.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,220 6,677 14,546
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,266
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +7.21% -11.20%
75th Percentile £79,127 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 9 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 8 (10.26%) CMS
2 3 (3.85%) WordPress
3 2 (2.56%) Confluence
4 1 (1.28%) Drupal
4 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.28%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.28%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (1.28%) InDesign
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.28%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.10%) SaaS
2 8 (10.26%) AWS
2 8 (10.26%) Power Platform
2 8 (10.26%) Serverless
3 5 (6.41%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (5.13%) Google Analytics
5 3 (3.85%) Canva
6 2 (2.56%) Lucidchart
6 2 (2.56%) MailChimp
7 1 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.28%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.28%) GitHub
7 1 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.28%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.28%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.26%) Power BI
2 4 (5.13%) DynamoDB
2 4 (5.13%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.13%) Tableau
3 3 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.28%) Metadata
4 1 (1.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (7.69%) JIRA
2 3 (3.85%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.28%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.28%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.28%) Git
3 1 (1.28%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.28%) webpack
General
1 32 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 26 (33.33%) Marketing
3 25 (32.05%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (20.51%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (17.95%) Multimedia
6 12 (15.38%) Advertising
7 9 (11.54%) Finance
8 8 (10.26%) Retail
9 6 (7.69%) Law
10 5 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (5.13%) Banking
11 4 (5.13%) Health Technology
11 4 (5.13%) Legal
11 4 (5.13%) Manufacturing
11 4 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (5.13%) Tech for Good
12 3 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (3.85%) Public Speaking
13 2 (2.56%) Automotive
14 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (21.79%) Senior
2 14 (17.95%) Analyst
3 9 (11.54%) Senior Manager
4 8 (10.26%) Account Manager
4 8 (10.26%) Senior Account Manager
5 7 (8.97%) Development Manager
6 6 (7.69%) Business Development Manager
6 6 (7.69%) Business Manager
6 6 (7.69%) Lead
7 5 (6.41%) Developer
7 5 (6.41%) IT Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) IT Support
7 5 (6.41%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) Product Manager
7 5 (6.41%) Support Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) AWS Developer
8 4 (5.13%) Commercial Data Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Data Scientist
8 4 (5.13%) React Developer
8 4 (5.13%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.41%) React
2 4 (5.13%) RESTful
2 4 (5.13%) Swagger
2 4 (5.13%) XML
3 3 (3.85%) HTML
3 3 (3.85%) JSON
4 2 (2.56%) EDI
4 2 (2.56%) Middleware
5 1 (1.28%) CSS
5 1 (1.28%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (24.36%) Social Media
2 7 (8.97%) Podcast
2 7 (8.97%) Web Conferencing
3 6 (7.69%) Mobile App
4 5 (6.41%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.41%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.41%) Product Ownership
4 5 (6.41%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (5.13%) Data Structures
5 4 (5.13%) FMCG
5 4 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (3.85%) Blog
6 3 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.85%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.28%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.41%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.28%) Android
2 1 (1.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.36%) Decision-Making
2 18 (23.08%) B2B
3 17 (21.79%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (19.23%) Agile
5 14 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (16.67%) Analytics
6 13 (16.67%) Project Management
7 11 (14.10%) Actionable Insight
8 10 (12.82%) Business Development
8 10 (12.82%) CRM
8 10 (12.82%) Storytelling
9 9 (11.54%) B2B Sales
9 9 (11.54%) Lead Generation
10 7 (8.97%) AI
10 7 (8.97%) Business Analysis
10 7 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (7.69%) E-Commerce
11 6 (7.69%) Logistics
11 6 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
11 6 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.10%) SQL
2 10 (12.82%) Python
3 5 (6.41%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.28%) Bash
4 1 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.28%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (12.82%) Degree
2 7 (8.97%) DBS Check
3 4 (5.13%) ACCA
3 4 (5.13%) CIMA
4 2 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.82%) Accessibility
2 7 (8.97%) QA
3 2 (2.56%) PMO
3 2 (2.56%) WCAG
4 1 (1.28%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.28%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 5 (6.41%) Google
4 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.56%) Adobe
5 2 (2.56%) dotdigital
5 2 (2.56%) Freshdesk
5 2 (2.56%) Instagram
6 1 (1.28%) Apple
6 1 (1.28%) Databricks
6 1 (1.28%) Facebook
6 1 (1.28%) Hootsuite
6 1 (1.28%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.28%) New Relic
6 1 (1.28%) Oracle
6 1 (1.28%) YouTube