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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 123 150
Rank change year-on-year -3 +27 +13
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Publishing 4 7 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.20% 0.30% 0.58%
As % of the General category 0.27% 0.45% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 13
10th Percentile £393 £298 £321
25th Percentile £428 £426 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £548 £675 £550
90th Percentile £579 £810 £604
London median daily rate £510 £555 £500
% change year-on-year -8.11% +11.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate £34.48 £26.56 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.82% -64.59% +328.57%
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £34.48 £33.07 £72.50
% change year-on-year +4.26% -54.39% +231.62%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,484 1,549 2,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 74.50% 67.11% 62.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 985 1,026 1,519
10th Percentile £325 £350 £325
25th Percentile £419 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £723
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 15 13
10th Percentile £18.69 £14.80 -
25th Percentile £25.22 £22.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% -1.82% -32.10%
75th Percentile £50.75 £52.50 £38.00
90th Percentile £63.93 £87.00 £63.46
London median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.62
% change year-on-year -12.53% +3.99% -7.68%

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
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 26 August 2025.

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
DemandTrendContract 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 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kensington and Chelsea +1 2 - -
City of London 0 2 £490 -8.92% 31
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 (25.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Geospatial Data
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Local Government
3 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Producer
1 2 (50.00%) Web Producer
2 1 (25.00%) Content Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Content Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Python Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Web Content Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Web Content Producer
2 1 (25.00%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) API Integration
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes