Publishing Contracts 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 120 150
Rank change year-on-year +1 +30 +2
Contract jobs citing Publishing 5 15 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.25% 0.61% 0.65%
As % of the General category 0.35% 0.93% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 16
10th Percentile £495 £781 £403
25th Percentile £525 £875 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £900 £488
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +84.62% -13.33%
75th Percentile - £925 £575
90th Percentile - - £598
London median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +3.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £23.58 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -32.62% -19.54%
London median hourly rate £35.00 £29.14 £35.00
% change year-on-year +20.13% -16.76% -19.54%

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 common skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,410 1,611 2,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 70.57% 66.00% 62.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 909 1,152 1,688
10th Percentile £329 £338 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £556 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -7.29% +5.26%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 15
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.20
25th Percentile £25.11 £21.36 £18.42
Median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.15% -31.43% -23.08%
75th Percentile £49.22 £30.25 £53.25
90th Percentile £74.63 £47.65 £58.75
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £32.25
% change year-on-year +19.30% -11.63% -11.64%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in Central London

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Publishing in Central London

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Publishing in Central London

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 May 2025. 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 -2 5 £600 -33.33% 2
Publishing
London

Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (20.00%) Anypoint
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) Mule
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Matillion
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Python Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Python Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (60.00%) Data Ingestion
2 2 (40.00%) API Integration
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven
2 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven Programming
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce