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 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 299 412
Rank change year-on-year -18 +113 +83
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 82 100 155
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.75% 0.48%
As % of the General category 0.82% 1.04% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 58 40 128
10th Percentile £30,500 £44,210 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,375 £64,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.15% +58.95% -13.64%
75th Percentile £76,000 £175,000 £60,741
90th Percentile £90,750 - £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £45,210
% change year-on-year -6.25% +41.56% -21.37%

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 10,051 9,577 20,049
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.27% 71.77% 61.97%
Number of salaries quoted 6,673 6,514 15,093
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,075 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,385
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -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 21 April 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 (4.88%) CMS
2 2 (2.44%) WordPress
3 1 (1.22%) Apache
3 1 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.22%) Drupal
3 1 (1.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (1.22%) InDesign
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.22%) Notion
1 1 (1.22%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (12.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (25.61%) AWS
2 19 (23.17%) Serverless
3 15 (18.29%) Amazon S3
3 15 (18.29%) AWS Lambda
4 14 (17.07%) Amazon SQS
5 10 (12.20%) Power Platform
6 8 (9.76%) SaaS
7 5 (6.10%) Google Analytics
8 2 (2.44%) GCP
8 2 (2.44%) GitHub
9 1 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.22%) Azure
9 1 (1.22%) Canva
9 1 (1.22%) dbt
9 1 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.22%) Google Ads
9 1 (1.22%) MailChimp
9 1 (1.22%) OCI
9 1 (1.22%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.41%) Tableau
2 10 (12.20%) Power BI
3 1 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.22%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (3.66%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) Git
3 1 (1.22%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.22%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.22%) Subversion
3 1 (1.22%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.22%) webpack
General
1 57 (69.51%) Social Skills
2 38 (46.34%) Marketing
3 26 (31.71%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (31.71%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (21.95%) Influencing Skills
5 14 (17.07%) Health Technology
5 14 (17.07%) Retail
5 14 (17.07%) Tech for Good
6 12 (14.63%) Advertising
6 12 (14.63%) Multimedia
7 11 (13.41%) Finance
8 5 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.66%) Automotive
10 3 (3.66%) Legal
10 3 (3.66%) Manufacturing
10 3 (3.66%) Public Speaking
11 2 (2.44%) Banking
11 2 (2.44%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (25.61%) Lead
2 20 (24.39%) Senior
3 18 (21.95%) Analyst
4 14 (17.07%) AWS Developer
4 14 (17.07%) Developer
4 14 (17.07%) Lead Developer
4 14 (17.07%) Lead Python Developer
4 14 (17.07%) Python Developer
4 14 (17.07%) React Developer
5 13 (15.85%) Senior Manager
6 10 (12.20%) Account Manager
6 10 (12.20%) Commercial Analyst
6 10 (12.20%) Commercial Data Analyst
6 10 (12.20%) Data Analyst
6 10 (12.20%) Data Scientist
7 8 (9.76%) Senior Account Manager
8 7 (8.54%) Lead Software Developer
8 7 (8.54%) Software Developer
9 5 (6.10%) IT Analyst
9 5 (6.10%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (17.07%) RESTful
2 4 (4.88%) HTML
3 2 (2.44%) XML
4 1 (1.22%) CSS
4 1 (1.22%) EDI
4 1 (1.22%) JSON
4 1 (1.22%) React
4 1 (1.22%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.73%) Social Media
2 11 (13.41%) FMCG
3 10 (12.20%) Data Structures
3 10 (12.20%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (12.20%) Podcast
4 8 (9.76%) Web Conferencing
5 5 (6.10%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (4.88%) Cloud Native
6 4 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (4.88%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (3.66%) Blog
7 3 (3.66%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.22%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.22%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.10%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.22%) Linux
2 1 (1.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.49%) B2B
2 24 (29.27%) Agile
3 21 (25.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (24.39%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (23.17%) CI/CD
6 18 (21.95%) Mentoring
7 17 (20.73%) User Stories
8 16 (19.51%) Decision-Making
9 15 (18.29%) Acceptance Criteria
9 15 (18.29%) Actionable Insight
10 14 (17.07%) Coaching
10 14 (17.07%) Code Quality
10 14 (17.07%) Continuous Integration
10 14 (17.07%) Extreme Programming
10 14 (17.07%) Operational Stability
10 14 (17.07%) Pair Programming
10 14 (17.07%) Process Improvement
10 14 (17.07%) Scrum
10 14 (17.07%) TDD
10 14 (17.07%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (31.71%) Python
2 11 (13.41%) SQL
3 2 (2.44%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.22%) Bash
4 1 (1.22%) PHP
4 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (14.63%) Degree
2 10 (12.20%) ACCA
2 10 (12.20%) CIMA
3 4 (4.88%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.66%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.51%) QA
2 6 (7.32%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.44%) PMO
3 2 (2.44%) WCAG
4 1 (1.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.22%) Ansible
1 1 (1.22%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (1.22%) Kibana
1 1 (1.22%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.22%) Puppet
1 1 (1.22%) Rancher
1 1 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (14.63%) Salesforce
2 7 (8.54%) Google
3 2 (2.44%) Apple
3 2 (2.44%) Freshdesk
3 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.22%) Adobe
4 1 (1.22%) dotdigital
4 1 (1.22%) Facebook
4 1 (1.22%) Hootsuite
4 1 (1.22%) Instagram
4 1 (1.22%) New Relic
4 1 (1.22%) SAP
4 1 (1.22%) Spotify
4 1 (1.22%) YouTube