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 22 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 382 379
Rank change year-on-year +59 -3 -18
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 50 90 112
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 0.45% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.50% 0.71% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 33 60 98
10th Percentile £44,000 £43,250 £35,175
25th Percentile - £60,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £70,000 £58,822
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +19.00% +6.57%
75th Percentile £76,000 £76,000 £83,750
90th Percentile - £77,400 £86,625
UK median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +9.09%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,955 12,708 13,991
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.10% 62.99% 65.17%
Number of salaries quoted 6,362 7,353 11,016
10th Percentile £28,505 £35,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +0.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 22 November 2025.

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 (10.00%) CMS
2 2 (4.00%) Drupal
2 2 (4.00%) WordPress
3 1 (2.00%) Apache
3 1 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.00%) DNN
3 1 (2.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.00%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (2.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (2.00%) InDesign
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.00%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 27 (54.00%) AWS
2 25 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
2 25 (50.00%) Serverless
3 11 (22.00%) Amazon S3
3 11 (22.00%) Amazon SQS
4 4 (8.00%) Google Analytics
5 2 (4.00%) GCP
5 2 (4.00%) GitHub
6 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.00%) Azure
6 1 (2.00%) dbt
6 1 (2.00%) Figma
6 1 (2.00%) Firebase
6 1 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.00%) Google Play
6 1 (2.00%) Miro
6 1 (2.00%) OCI
6 1 (2.00%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (28.00%) DynamoDB
1 14 (28.00%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (4.00%) Tableau
3 1 (2.00%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.00%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Git
1 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.00%) Crashlytics
2 1 (2.00%) fastlane
2 1 (2.00%) Subversion
General
1 26 (52.00%) Health Technology
1 26 (52.00%) Tech for Good
2 25 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (26.00%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (22.00%) Influencing Skills
4 11 (22.00%) Marketing
5 7 (14.00%) Finance
6 5 (10.00%) Retail
7 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (6.00%) Automotive
9 2 (4.00%) Legal
9 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (2.00%) Advertising
10 1 (2.00%) Brand Awareness
10 1 (2.00%) Electronics
10 1 (2.00%) Law
10 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
10 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
10 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (52.00%) Developer
2 24 (48.00%) Python Developer
3 19 (38.00%) Senior
4 17 (34.00%) AWS Developer
5 16 (32.00%) React Developer
6 14 (28.00%) Senior Developer
7 13 (26.00%) Senior Python Developer
7 13 (26.00%) Software Developer
8 11 (22.00%) Lead
8 11 (22.00%) Lead Developer
8 11 (22.00%) Lead Python Developer
9 7 (14.00%) Senior Software Developer
10 6 (12.00%) Lead Software Developer
10 6 (12.00%) Senior React Developer
11 4 (8.00%) Account Manager
12 3 (6.00%) IT Manager
12 3 (6.00%) Product Manager
12 3 (6.00%) Senior Manager
12 3 (6.00%) Service Delivery Manager
12 3 (6.00%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (52.00%) RESTful
2 14 (28.00%) React
2 14 (28.00%) Swagger
3 3 (6.00%) HTML
4 1 (2.00%) CSS
4 1 (2.00%) EDI
4 1 (2.00%) OAuth
4 1 (2.00%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Social Media
2 4 (8.00%) FMCG
3 2 (4.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.00%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.00%) Photography
4 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.00%) Stable Diffusion
4 1 (2.00%) Video Editing
4 1 (2.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Android
1 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.00%) Linux
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (56.00%) Agile
2 26 (52.00%) Scrum
3 25 (50.00%) Operational Stability
3 25 (50.00%) Pair Programming
3 25 (50.00%) TDD
4 14 (28.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 14 (28.00%) Data Science
4 14 (28.00%) Software Testing
5 13 (26.00%) CI/CD
6 12 (24.00%) Coaching
6 12 (24.00%) Mentoring
7 11 (22.00%) Acceptance Criteria
7 11 (22.00%) Code Quality
7 11 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (22.00%) Continuous Integration
7 11 (22.00%) Extreme Programming
7 11 (22.00%) Process Improvement
7 11 (22.00%) Time Management
7 11 (22.00%) User Stories
8 9 (18.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (54.00%) Python
2 14 (28.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (4.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.00%) SQL
4 1 (2.00%) Java
4 1 (2.00%) Kotlin
4 1 (2.00%) Objective-C
4 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.00%) ACCA
2 1 (2.00%) CIMA
2 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (52.00%) QA
2 3 (6.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) Section 508
3 1 (2.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Ansible
1 1 (2.00%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.00%) Puppet
1 1 (2.00%) Rancher
1 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (14.00%) Google
2 3 (6.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.00%) Adobe
3 2 (4.00%) Instagram
3 2 (4.00%) SAP
3 2 (4.00%) TikTok
4 1 (2.00%) Apple
4 1 (2.00%) Canon
4 1 (2.00%) Facebook
4 1 (2.00%) HP
4 1 (2.00%) HubSpot
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) Sony
4 1 (2.00%) Spotify
4 1 (2.00%) YouTube