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 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 110 109
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 +48
Contract jobs citing Publishing 17 8 15
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.77% 0.46% 0.67%
As % of the General category 1.32% 0.65% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 8
10th Percentile £394 £510 £516
25th Percentile £400 £581 £816
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £900
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -33.33% +63.64%
75th Percentile £609 £638 £925
90th Percentile £641 - -
Central London median daily rate £538 £600 £900
% change year-on-year -10.42% -33.33% +63.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.86 - £19.92
Median hourly rate £41.26 - £20.61
75th Percentile £42.65 - £21.29
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £41.26 - £23.58
% change year-on-year - - -32.62%

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 general skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,291 1,232 1,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 58.60% 70.56% 65.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 829 781 1,048
10th Percentile £356 £330 £338
25th Percentile £454 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £706 £688 £688
90th Percentile £813 £775 £811
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 9
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £19.33
25th Percentile £19.05 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.83 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.22% +36.77% -36.42%
75th Percentile £45.08 £58.75 £27.50
90th Percentile £53.50 £108.75 £54.95
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £32.83 £25.00
% change year-on-year -20.46% +31.30% -28.57%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in the City of London over the 6 months to 12 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in the City of London

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
1 3 (17.65%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (5.88%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (11.76%) Spatial Data
3 1 (5.88%) Metadata
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
1 4 (23.53%) Report Analyst
1 4 (23.53%) Workday Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Content Designer
2 3 (17.65%) Data Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Designer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Operations Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Content Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Data Governance Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Data Governance Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Governance Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Head of Information
4 1 (5.88%) Information Governance Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.88%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) GeoJSON
1 3 (17.65%) Matplotlib
1 3 (17.65%) Pandas
1 3 (17.65%) Polars
1 3 (17.65%) scikit-learn
2 1 (5.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.76%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (11.76%) NHS
3 1 (5.88%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
1 4 (23.53%) Information Governance
1 4 (23.53%) User Experience
1 4 (23.53%) User Research
1 4 (23.53%) Validation
2 3 (17.65%) Agile
2 3 (17.65%) Anomaly Detection
2 3 (17.65%) Content Strategy
2 3 (17.65%) Data Cleansing
2 3 (17.65%) Data Transformation
2 3 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
2 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
2 3 (17.65%) Prototyping
2 3 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (11.76%) Content Management
3 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
3 2 (11.76%) Situational Awareness
3 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.76%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Python
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
3 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Accessibility
1 4 (23.53%) QA
2 3 (17.65%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.88%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Workday
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft