Publishing Contracts in Cheshire

Publishing
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 56 58
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -8
Contract jobs citing Publishing 3 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.67% 0.40% 0.94%
As % of the General category 0.96% 0.64% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £379 - £216
25th Percentile £415 - £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £550 £276
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% +99.10% -12.30%
75th Percentile £532 - £361
90th Percentile £567 - £437
North West median daily rate £356 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -35.27% +10.00% +70.21%

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 313 313 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 69.71% 62.10% 58.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 200 205
10th Percentile £325 £276 £219
25th Percentile £388 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £580 £563 £566
90th Percentile £688 £627 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 19
10th Percentile £19.00 £16.57 £14.65
25th Percentile £27.20 £17.72 £23.15
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.58 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.22% -19.52% +45.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £37.25 £33.95
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £36.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in Cheshire

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Publishing in Cheshire

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in Cheshire

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Publishing in Cheshire

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Knutsford - 2 £473 -
Warrington - 1 - -
Publishing
North West

Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Architect
1 1 (33.33%) PMO Lead
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Wintel Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) MCP
2 1 (33.33%) MCSA
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) McAfee
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (33.33%) Symantec
1 1 (33.33%) VMware