Publishing Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Publishing
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 115 132
Rank change year-on-year -8 +17 +23
Contract jobs citing Publishing 3 9 14
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.17% 0.41% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.23% 0.61% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 10
10th Percentile £607 £319 £300
25th Percentile £608 £473 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £625 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +21.95% -6.82%
75th Percentile £633 £638 £593
90th Percentile £636 £656 £644
Central London median daily rate £619 £625 £513
% change year-on-year -1.00% +21.95% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +361.54%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,311 1,474 1,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 73.20% 67.71% 64.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 907 895 1,236
10th Percentile £325 £350 £354
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £588
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -1.28% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £775 £799 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £585
% change year-on-year -5.98% - +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 13
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.45 -
25th Percentile £24.36 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% +35.42% -52.94%
75th Percentile £51.56 £78.75 £46.75
90th Percentile £64.66 £103.75 £72.75
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -2.86% +30.84% -47.03%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Publishing job vacancy trend in the City of London

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Publishing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Publishing

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Publishing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Publishing

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Data Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Governance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Information
1 1 (33.33%) Information Governance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (66.67%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Information Governance
1 2 (66.67%) Information Management
1 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Records Management
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Retrieval
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
2 1 (33.33%) Pattern Recognition
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft