Publishing Contract Job Trends in Central London

Publishing
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 118 128
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 +26
Contract jobs citing Publishing 9 12 15
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.45% 0.53% 0.56%
As % of the General category 0.65% 0.79% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 8
10th Percentile £465 £423 £284
25th Percentile £563 £525 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £606
90th Percentile £660 £645 £651
London median daily rate £525 £555 £506
% change year-on-year -5.41% +9.63% -7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.86 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £41.26 - £75.00
75th Percentile £42.65 - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £18.50 £62.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year -70.40% +7.76% +220.53%

All General Skills
Central London

Publishing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,382 1,515 1,730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 68.38% 66.86% 64.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 931 953 1,254
10th Percentile £340 £348 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% -
75th Percentile £688 £685 £688
90th Percentile £784 £785 £800
London median daily rate £535 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 10 14
10th Percentile £19.82 £13.73 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.52 £22.00 £22.88
Median hourly rate £26.81 £33.75 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% +26.17% -37.79%
75th Percentile £42.47 £40.44 £60.44
90th Percentile £53.13 £64.38 £71.13
London median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £32.11
% change year-on-year -24.86% +9.02% +4.41%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Publishing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Publishing job vacancy trend in Central London

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Publishing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Publishing

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in Central London over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in Central London

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Publishing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Publishing

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
City of London -7 7 £619 +3.13% 6
West End of London - 1 £575 -
Publishing
London

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (11.11%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) git-flow
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Multimedia
3 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Operations Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Data Governance Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Data Governance Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Data Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Deployment Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Governance Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Information Governance Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Integration Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Integration Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Release Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (22.22%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
3 1 (11.11%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Information Governance
1 3 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
2 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
2 2 (22.22%) Information Management
2 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Records Management
2 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Case
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
3 1 (11.11%) Prototyping
3 1 (11.11%) Release Management
3 1 (11.11%) Situational Awareness
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (11.11%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft