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 6 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 369 415
Rank change year-on-year -27 +46 +1
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 71 60 93
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.32% 0.36% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.53% 0.50% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 48 40 66
10th Percentile £31,270 £62,100 £33,564
25th Percentile £39,994 - £42,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £64,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.97% +18.52% -10.37%
75th Percentile £69,500 £125,313 £68,000
90th Percentile £97,875 £175,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,000 £48,900
% change year-on-year -21.88% +30.88% -18.84%

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 13,505 11,960 15,446
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.93% 72.58% 61.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8,619 6,676 10,477
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,126
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -7.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
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 6 August 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 11 (15.49%) CMS
2 5 (7.04%) WordPress
3 2 (2.82%) Confluence
4 1 (1.41%) Drupal
4 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.82%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.41%) InDesign
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.49%) SaaS
2 8 (11.27%) AWS
3 5 (7.04%) AWS Lambda
3 5 (7.04%) Serverless
4 4 (5.63%) Google Analytics
4 4 (5.63%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.82%) Canva
5 2 (2.82%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.41%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.41%) GitHub
6 1 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.41%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.41%) MailChimp
6 1 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.41%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) DynamoDB
1 4 (5.63%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (5.63%) Power BI
1 4 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (4.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.41%) Metadata
3 1 (1.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (8.45%) JIRA
2 3 (4.23%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.41%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.41%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.41%) Git
3 1 (1.41%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.41%) webpack
General
1 21 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 20 (28.17%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (25.35%) Marketing
4 14 (19.72%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (18.31%) Multimedia
6 12 (16.90%) Advertising
7 9 (12.68%) Law
8 8 (11.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (7.04%) Finance
10 4 (5.63%) Banking
10 4 (5.63%) Health Technology
10 4 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (5.63%) Retail
10 4 (5.63%) Tech for Good
11 3 (4.23%) Legal
11 3 (4.23%) Manufacturing
11 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
11 3 (4.23%) Public Speaking
12 1 (1.41%) Automotive
12 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (25.35%) Senior
2 8 (11.27%) Account Manager
2 8 (11.27%) Developer
2 8 (11.27%) Senior Account Manager
2 8 (11.27%) Senior Manager
3 7 (9.86%) Senior Developer
4 6 (8.45%) Development Manager
4 6 (8.45%) Product Manager
5 5 (7.04%) Analyst
5 5 (7.04%) Business Development Manager
5 5 (7.04%) Business Manager
6 4 (5.63%) AWS Developer
6 4 (5.63%) Python Developer
6 4 (5.63%) React Developer
6 4 (5.63%) Senior Python Developer
6 4 (5.63%) Senior React Developer
6 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow Manager
7 3 (4.23%) Data Manager
7 3 (4.23%) Lead
7 3 (4.23%) Senior PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.45%) HTML
2 5 (7.04%) React
3 4 (5.63%) CSS
3 4 (5.63%) RESTful
3 4 (5.63%) Swagger
3 4 (5.63%) XML
4 3 (4.23%) CSS3
4 3 (4.23%) HTML5
4 3 (4.23%) JSON
4 3 (4.23%) Node.js
4 3 (4.23%) Semantic HTML
5 2 (2.82%) EDI
5 2 (2.82%) Middleware
6 1 (1.41%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (25.35%) Social Media
2 9 (12.68%) Mobile App
3 7 (9.86%) Web Conferencing
4 6 (8.45%) Podcast
5 5 (7.04%) Product Ownership
6 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.82%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.82%) Blog
7 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.82%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.41%) Educational Technology
8 1 (1.41%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.41%) Taxonomies
8 1 (1.41%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.41%) Android
2 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (23.94%) Analytics
2 16 (22.54%) B2B
3 15 (21.13%) Agile
3 15 (21.13%) Decision-Making
4 13 (18.31%) Project Management
5 12 (16.90%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (14.08%) CRM
7 9 (12.68%) Lead Generation
7 9 (12.68%) Storytelling
7 9 (12.68%) Strategic Thinking
8 8 (11.27%) AI
8 8 (11.27%) B2B Sales
8 8 (11.27%) Business Development
8 8 (11.27%) Line Management
8 8 (11.27%) User Experience
9 6 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (8.45%) Logistics
9 6 (8.45%) UX Design
10 5 (7.04%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.86%) SQL
2 6 (8.45%) Python
3 5 (7.04%) TypeScript
4 4 (5.63%) JavaScript
4 4 (5.63%) PHP
5 1 (1.41%) Bash
5 1 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 8 (11.27%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) DBS Check
2 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (22.54%) Accessibility
2 8 (11.27%) QA
3 5 (7.04%) WCAG
4 2 (2.82%) PMO
5 1 (1.41%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.41%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) Kibana
Vendors
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.04%) Google
3 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.82%) Adobe
4 2 (2.82%) dotdigital
4 2 (2.82%) Freshdesk
4 2 (2.82%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.41%) Apple
5 1 (1.41%) Databricks
5 1 (1.41%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.41%) Instagram
5 1 (1.41%) New Relic
5 1 (1.41%) Oracle
5 1 (1.41%) YouTube