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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 316 393
Rank change year-on-year +3 +77 +55
Permanent jobs citing Publishing 69 113 139
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.74% 0.50%
As % of the General category 0.71% 1.05% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 42 44 128
10th Percentile £30,700 £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £64,250 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £76,000 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +59.16% -13.18%
75th Percentile £76,000 - £60,839
90th Percentile - £149,500 £79,125
UK median annual salary £60,100 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.54% +30.00% -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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,673 10,774 17,218
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.05% 70.27% 61.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6,123 6,226 13,756
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,799 £32,343
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,056
UK median annual salary £52,501 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -9.84%

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 February 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 5 (7.25%) CMS
2 2 (2.90%) WordPress
3 1 (1.45%) Apache
3 1 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.45%) DNN
3 1 (1.45%) Drupal
3 1 (1.45%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Photoshop
2 2 (2.90%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (2.90%) InDesign
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.45%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.45%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.45%) Notion
Business Applications
1 10 (14.49%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (30.43%) AWS
2 19 (27.54%) Serverless
3 15 (21.74%) Amazon S3
3 15 (21.74%) AWS Lambda
4 14 (20.29%) Amazon SQS
5 10 (14.49%) Power Platform
6 6 (8.70%) Google Analytics
7 2 (2.90%) GCP
7 2 (2.90%) GitHub
7 2 (2.90%) SaaS
8 1 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.45%) Azure
8 1 (1.45%) Canva
8 1 (1.45%) dbt
8 1 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.45%) Google Ads
8 1 (1.45%) MailChimp
8 1 (1.45%) OCI
8 1 (1.45%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.94%) Tableau
2 10 (14.49%) Power BI
3 1 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.45%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) Git
3 1 (1.45%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (1.45%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.45%) Subversion
3 1 (1.45%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.45%) webpack
General
1 57 (82.61%) Social Skills
2 34 (49.28%) Marketing
3 20 (28.99%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (26.09%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (21.74%) Retail
6 14 (20.29%) Health Technology
6 14 (20.29%) Tech for Good
7 13 (18.84%) Finance
8 6 (8.70%) Advertising
8 6 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (7.25%) Automotive
10 4 (5.80%) Multimedia
11 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
12 2 (2.90%) Brand Awareness
12 2 (2.90%) Legal
12 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
12 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
13 1 (1.45%) Electronics
13 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (28.99%) Lead
2 18 (26.09%) Analyst
3 15 (21.74%) Senior
4 14 (20.29%) AWS Developer
4 14 (20.29%) Developer
4 14 (20.29%) Lead Developer
4 14 (20.29%) Lead Python Developer
4 14 (20.29%) Python Developer
4 14 (20.29%) React Developer
5 10 (14.49%) Commercial Analyst
5 10 (14.49%) Commercial Data Analyst
5 10 (14.49%) Data Analyst
5 10 (14.49%) Data Scientist
6 8 (11.59%) Senior Manager
7 7 (10.14%) Lead Software Developer
7 7 (10.14%) Software Developer
8 6 (8.70%) Account Manager
9 5 (7.25%) IT Support
9 5 (7.25%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (7.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (20.29%) RESTful
2 5 (7.25%) HTML
3 2 (2.90%) CSS
3 2 (2.90%) XML
4 1 (1.45%) EDI
4 1 (1.45%) JSON
4 1 (1.45%) React
4 1 (1.45%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.84%) FMCG
2 11 (15.94%) Social Media
3 10 (14.49%) Data Structures
3 10 (14.49%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (10.14%) Podcast
5 5 (7.25%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (7.25%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (5.80%) Cloud Native
6 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (5.80%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (4.35%) Blog
8 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.45%) e-Learning
9 1 (1.45%) Graphic Design
9 1 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (1.45%) Photography
9 1 (1.45%) Video Editing
9 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.25%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.45%) Linux
2 1 (1.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.88%) Agile
2 21 (30.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (27.54%) CI/CD
3 19 (27.54%) Mentoring
4 17 (24.64%) User Stories
5 15 (21.74%) Acceptance Criteria
5 15 (21.74%) Actionable Insight
5 15 (21.74%) Coaching
6 14 (20.29%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (20.29%) Code Quality
6 14 (20.29%) Continuous Integration
6 14 (20.29%) Extreme Programming
6 14 (20.29%) Operational Stability
6 14 (20.29%) Pair Programming
6 14 (20.29%) Process Improvement
6 14 (20.29%) Scrum
6 14 (20.29%) TDD
6 14 (20.29%) Time Management
7 12 (17.39%) B2B
7 12 (17.39%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 26 (37.68%) Python
2 11 (15.94%) SQL
3 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.45%) Bash
4 1 (1.45%) PHP
4 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (18.84%) Degree
2 10 (14.49%) ACCA
2 10 (14.49%) CIMA
3 4 (5.80%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (24.64%) QA
2 6 (8.70%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.35%) WCAG
4 1 (1.45%) GDPR
4 1 (1.45%) Section 508
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Ansible
1 1 (1.45%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (1.45%) Kibana
1 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.45%) Puppet
1 1 (1.45%) Rancher
1 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (17.39%) Salesforce
2 8 (11.59%) Google
3 3 (4.35%) Adobe
3 3 (4.35%) Instagram
4 2 (2.90%) Apple
4 2 (2.90%) Facebook
4 2 (2.90%) Freshdesk
4 2 (2.90%) TikTok
4 2 (2.90%) YouTube
5 1 (1.45%) Canon
5 1 (1.45%) dotdigital
5 1 (1.45%) Hootsuite
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.45%) New Relic
5 1 (1.45%) SAP
5 1 (1.45%) Sony
5 1 (1.45%) Spotify