Publishing Contracts in the West Midlands

Publishing
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Publishing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 122 158
Rank change year-on-year +15 +36 -38
Contract jobs citing Publishing 5 21 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.26% 0.88% 0.28%
As % of the General category 0.46% 1.51% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 7
10th Percentile £340 £293 -
25th Percentile £369 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -8.72% +157.78%
75th Percentile £525 £487 £501
90th Percentile £570 £655 £535
England median daily rate £425 £514 £495
% change year-on-year -17.27% +3.79% +10.00%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,093 1,393 1,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.69% 58.24% 56.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 748 978 1,508
10th Percentile £263 £225 £250
25th Percentile £398 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.20% +5.32% +17.28%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £546
% change year-on-year -2.27% +0.67% +9.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 42 55
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.05 £11.55
25th Percentile £13.90 £12.70 £12.90
Median hourly rate £19.59 £17.85 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.75% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £39.34 £26.82 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.25 £56.63 £23.15
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £21.43
% change year-on-year -11.76% +58.69% -4.78%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in the West Midlands

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Publishing in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Publishing in the West Midlands

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in the West Midlands

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Publishing in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Publishing in the West Midlands

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
Birmingham +5 4 £378 -42.29% 1
Coventry - 1 £550 -
Publishing
England

Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (80.00%) CMS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Multimedia
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Copywriter
2 1 (20.00%) Content Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Copywriter
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Dask
1 1 (20.00%) Keras
1 1 (20.00%) NumPy
1 1 (20.00%) Pandas
1 1 (20.00%) PySpark
1 1 (20.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (20.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Handset
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Content Management
1 4 (80.00%) Copywriting
1 4 (80.00%) SEO
2 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) DataOps
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) MLOps
3 1 (20.00%) Open Source
3 1 (20.00%) Physics
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) Scala
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PhD