Publishing Contracts 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 111 155
Rank change year-on-year -6 +44 -6
Contract jobs citing Publishing 5 14 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.28% 0.64% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.40% 0.97% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 10
10th Percentile £495 £781 £388
25th Percentile £525 £875 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £900 £525
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +71.43% -8.70%
75th Percentile - £925 £584
90th Percentile - - £611
Central London median daily rate £600 £900 £488
% change year-on-year -33.33% +84.62% -15.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £20.61 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -41.13% -19.54%
Central London median hourly rate - £23.58 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -32.62% -19.54%

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 1,247 1,447 2,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.01% 66.32% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 779 1,029 1,601
10th Percentile £332 £338 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -4.96% +5.22%
75th Percentile £688 £695 £738
90th Percentile £775 £825 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £553 £600
% change year-on-year +4.07% -7.92% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 13
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.13 £15.10
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £16.61
Median hourly rate £29.58 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.23% +14.29% -52.81%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £96.38 £32.05 £58.75
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.15% -31.43% -21.35%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in the City of London

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Publishing in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Publishing in the City of London

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Publishing in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Publishing in the City of London

Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
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