Publishing Contracts in England

Publishing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Publishing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 420 403
Rank change year-on-year +61 -17 -22
Contract jobs citing Publishing 178 252 429
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.50% 0.60%
As % of the General category 0.82% 0.84% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 167 326
10th Percentile £211 £325 £291
25th Percentile £310 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £495
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +3.54% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £895 £668 £650
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -15.00% +1.01% +14.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 10 11
10th Percentile £36.25 £17.65 £19.73
25th Percentile - £22.06 £28.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% +12.90% +37.78%
75th Percentile - £38.75 £40.88
90th Percentile - £51.07 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +22.86% +12.90% +61.04%

All General Skills
England

Publishing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,593 29,947 40,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.42% 59.25% 56.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,921 20,994 27,954
10th Percentile £275 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,773 988 1,324
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £18.44 £14.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%
75th Percentile £51.50 £61.25 £45.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.26 £57.97
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in England

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Publishing in England.

Daily rate trend for Publishing in England

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in England

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Publishing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Publishing in England

Publishing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Publishing in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Publishing in England

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +26 77 £450 -14.89% 69
East of England +65 58 £400 -27.27% 14
South East +21 12 £413 -9.84% 13
South West +16 12 £425 -18.07% 4
North of England +18 10 £502 +0.40% 7
Midlands +11 10 £268 -40.56% 11
North West +6 8 £550 +10.00% 5
West Midlands +14 5 £434 -3.67% 5
East Midlands - 5 £173 - 6
Yorkshire +20 1 - - 2
North East +15 1 £454 -11.41% 1
Publishing
UK

Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (14.04%) CMS
2 22 (12.36%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (3.37%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (3.37%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (2.81%) Drupal
6 3 (1.69%) Headless CMS
7 2 (1.12%) Confluence
8 1 (0.56%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.56%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (4.49%) MS Visio
4 5 (2.81%) Acrobat
4 5 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.81%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (2.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.56%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (7.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (3.37%) SAP Hybris
3 4 (2.25%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.12%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.56%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.56%) Endur
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.56%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.99%) AWS
2 13 (7.30%) Power Platform
3 10 (5.62%) Azure
4 6 (3.37%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 4 (2.25%) OCI
5 4 (2.25%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 3 (1.69%) GCP
7 2 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.12%) Bitrise
7 2 (1.12%) GitHub
7 2 (1.12%) Serverless
8 1 (0.56%) Amazon MSK
8 1 (0.56%) Amplience
8 1 (0.56%) AWS CodeBuild
8 1 (0.56%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.56%) Discord
8 1 (0.56%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.56%) Miro
8 1 (0.56%) Pendo
8 1 (0.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.12%) Firewall
1 2 (1.12%) Internet
1 2 (1.12%) Intranet
2 1 (0.56%) DMZ
2 1 (0.56%) HTTP
2 1 (0.56%) MPLS
2 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (13.48%) Metadata
2 14 (7.87%) Data Vault
2 14 (7.87%) NoSQL
2 14 (7.87%) SQL Server
3 13 (7.30%) Power BI
4 8 (4.49%) Pentaho
4 8 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.49%) Qlik Sense
4 8 (4.49%) QlikView
4 8 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Power View
5 6 (3.37%) PowerPivot
5 6 (3.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (2.81%) Big Data
7 4 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.25%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.69%) Star Schema
9 2 (1.12%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (6.18%) JIRA
2 4 (2.25%) ERwin
2 4 (2.25%) Git
3 2 (1.12%) Appium
3 2 (1.12%) git-flow
3 2 (1.12%) XCTest
3 2 (1.12%) XCUITest
4 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
General
1 28 (15.73%) Public Sector
2 26 (14.61%) Social Skills
3 25 (14.04%) Finance
4 19 (10.67%) Marketing
5 13 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (6.74%) Retail
7 7 (3.93%) Electronics
7 7 (3.93%) Multimedia
7 7 (3.93%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.37%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.69%) Legal
10 3 (1.69%) Local Government
10 3 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Advertising
11 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Back Office
12 1 (0.56%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 56 (31.46%) Author
1 56 (31.46%) Technical Author
2 24 (13.48%) Architect
3 18 (10.11%) Data Architect
4 16 (8.99%) Project Manager
5 13 (7.30%) Senior
6 9 (5.06%) Designer
7 8 (4.49%) Analyst
7 8 (4.49%) Content Designer
7 8 (4.49%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (4.49%) Digital Project Manager
8 7 (3.93%) Developer
9 6 (3.37%) SAP Manager
9 6 (3.37%) SharePoint Engineer
10 5 (2.81%) Content Manager
10 5 (2.81%) Digital Content Manager
10 5 (2.81%) Security Manager
11 4 (2.25%) Data Manager
11 4 (2.25%) Enterprise Architect
11 4 (2.25%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (32.58%) XML
2 56 (31.46%) SGML
3 12 (6.74%) HTML
4 10 (5.62%) CSS
5 4 (2.25%) REST
6 3 (1.69%) React
7 2 (1.12%) .NET
7 2 (1.12%) JSON
7 2 (1.12%) Node.js
7 2 (1.12%) React Native
7 2 (1.12%) Spring
7 2 (1.12%) SwiftUI
7 2 (1.12%) UIKit
8 1 (0.56%) Ajax
8 1 (0.56%) J2EE
8 1 (0.56%) RESTful
8 1 (0.56%) SOAP
8 1 (0.56%) Web Services
8 1 (0.56%) XSD
8 1 (0.56%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.11%) Reference Data
2 10 (5.62%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.49%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.81%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.81%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.81%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.25%) Animation
5 4 (2.25%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (2.25%) Freedom of Information Act
5 4 (2.25%) Handset
6 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.12%) Podcast
7 2 (1.12%) Social Media
8 1 (0.56%) BBC
8 1 (0.56%) Blog
8 1 (0.56%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.56%) Life Science
8 1 (0.56%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.56%) Media Streaming
8 1 (0.56%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.25%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.69%) Android
3 1 (0.56%) OpenVMS
3 1 (0.56%) Unix
3 1 (0.56%) VMS
3 1 (0.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (33.71%) Desktop Publishing
2 35 (19.66%) Agile
3 28 (15.73%) Business Intelligence
4 24 (13.48%) Content Management
5 23 (12.92%) Data Modelling
6 20 (11.24%) Project Management
7 18 (10.11%) Project Delivery
8 16 (8.99%) User Experience
9 15 (8.43%) Data Architecture
9 15 (8.43%) Data Lineage
10 14 (7.87%) Analytics
10 14 (7.87%) UML
11 13 (7.30%) E-Commerce
11 13 (7.30%) SEO
12 11 (6.18%) Enterprise Architecture
12 11 (6.18%) ETL
12 11 (6.18%) Migration
12 11 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (5.62%) Data Analysis
13 10 (5.62%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.48%) SQL
2 11 (6.18%) JavaScript
3 8 (4.49%) T-SQL
4 6 (3.37%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.69%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.12%) Java
6 2 (1.12%) Python
6 2 (1.12%) Swift
6 2 (1.12%) VBA
7 1 (0.56%) C#
7 1 (0.56%) COBOL
7 1 (0.56%) DCL
7 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.56%) Scala
7 1 (0.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 56 (31.46%) HNC
1 56 (31.46%) HND
2 29 (16.29%) Security Cleared
3 26 (14.61%) SC Cleared
4 20 (11.24%) Degree
5 4 (2.25%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.69%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.69%) PhD
7 2 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.12%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.12%) PMP
7 2 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.56%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.43%) Accessibility
2 14 (7.87%) QA
3 10 (5.62%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.81%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.81%) PMO
5 2 (1.12%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.56%) GDPR
6 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.56%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) AppManager
1 1 (0.56%) Control-M
1 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (11.80%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.11%) SAP
3 16 (8.99%) Adobe
4 15 (8.43%) Oracle
5 14 (7.87%) Sparx
6 8 (4.49%) Informatica
6 8 (4.49%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.37%) VMware
8 4 (2.25%) Hotjar
8 4 (2.25%) Screaming Frog
9 3 (1.69%) Google
10 2 (1.12%) Apple
10 2 (1.12%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.12%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.56%) Cisco
11 1 (0.56%) OpenLink
11 1 (0.56%) Remedy
11 1 (0.56%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.56%) Sybase
11 1 (0.56%) Trayport