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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 306 423
Rank change year-on-year -16 +117 +45
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 85 100 154
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.72% 0.47%
As % of the General category 0.84% 0.98% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 61 39 126
10th Percentile £30,500 £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £64,000 £38,849
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +36.84% -17.39%
75th Percentile £76,000 £175,000 £60,741
90th Percentile £90,000 - £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £64,000 £45,105
% change year-on-year -17.97% +41.89% -24.83%

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 10,173 10,158 20,103
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.54% 73.05% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,778 6,512 15,098
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,913 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
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 5 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%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.18%) Notion
2 1 (1.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (11.76%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 20 (23.53%) AWS
2 18 (21.18%) Serverless
3 14 (16.47%) AWS Lambda
4 13 (15.29%) Power Platform
5 11 (12.94%) Amazon S3
6 10 (11.76%) Amazon SQS
7 8 (9.41%) SaaS
8 5 (5.88%) Google Analytics
9 2 (2.35%) GCP
9 2 (2.35%) GitHub
10 1 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (1.18%) Azure
10 1 (1.18%) Canva
10 1 (1.18%) dbt
10 1 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.18%) Google Ads
10 1 (1.18%) MailChimp
10 1 (1.18%) OCI
10 1 (1.18%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.29%) Power BI
2 11 (12.94%) Tableau
3 3 (3.53%) DynamoDB
3 3 (3.53%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (3.53%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.18%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.18%) Metadata
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 52 (61.18%) Social Skills
2 39 (45.88%) Marketing
3 26 (30.59%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (25.88%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (16.47%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (15.29%) Health Technology
6 13 (15.29%) Retail
6 13 (15.29%) Tech for Good
7 12 (14.12%) Advertising
7 12 (14.12%) Multimedia
8 11 (12.94%) Finance
9 5 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (3.53%) Legal
11 3 (3.53%) Manufacturing
11 3 (3.53%) Public Speaking
12 2 (2.35%) Automotive
12 2 (2.35%) Banking
12 2 (2.35%) Brand Awareness
12 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (27.06%) Senior
2 18 (21.18%) Analyst
3 17 (20.00%) Lead
4 13 (15.29%) AWS Developer
4 13 (15.29%) Developer
4 13 (15.29%) Python Developer
4 13 (15.29%) React Developer
4 13 (15.29%) Senior Manager
5 10 (11.76%) Commercial Analyst
5 10 (11.76%) Commercial Data Analyst
5 10 (11.76%) Data Analyst
5 10 (11.76%) Data Scientist
5 10 (11.76%) Lead Developer
5 10 (11.76%) Lead Python Developer
6 9 (10.59%) Account Manager
7 8 (9.41%) Senior Account Manager
8 7 (8.24%) Software Developer
9 6 (7.06%) Business Development Manager
9 6 (7.06%) Business Manager
9 6 (7.06%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.29%) RESTful
2 4 (4.71%) HTML
2 4 (4.71%) React
3 3 (3.53%) 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%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.53%) Product Ownership
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 26 (30.59%) B2B
2 23 (27.06%) Agile
2 23 (27.06%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (22.35%) Decision-Making
4 17 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
5 15 (17.65%) CI/CD
6 14 (16.47%) Mentoring
7 13 (15.29%) B2B Sales
7 13 (15.29%) Coaching
7 13 (15.29%) Operational Stability
7 13 (15.29%) Pair Programming
7 13 (15.29%) Scrum
7 13 (15.29%) TDD
7 13 (15.29%) User Stories
8 11 (12.94%) Acceptance Criteria
8 11 (12.94%) Data Modelling
8 11 (12.94%) E-Commerce
8 11 (12.94%) Machine Learning
8 11 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 25 (29.41%) Python
2 14 (16.47%) SQL
3 4 (4.71%) TypeScript
4 2 (2.35%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.18%) Bash
5 1 (1.18%) PHP
5 1 (1.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (17.65%) 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 15 (17.65%) 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 3 (3.53%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.35%) Apple
4 2 (2.35%) Freshdesk
4 2 (2.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.18%) Adobe
5 1 (1.18%) dotdigital
5 1 (1.18%) Facebook
5 1 (1.18%) Hootsuite
5 1 (1.18%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.18%) Instagram
5 1 (1.18%) New Relic
5 1 (1.18%) SAP
5 1 (1.18%) Spotify
5 1 (1.18%) YouTube