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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 111 116
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +31
Contract jobs citing Publishing 7 11 16
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.39% 0.58% 0.66%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.86% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 9
10th Percentile £462 £396 £292
25th Percentile £555 £513 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £647 £638 £640
90th Percentile £664 - £725
Central London median daily rate £594 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -1.04% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.86 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £41.26 - £75.00
75th Percentile £42.65 - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £41.26 - £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 general skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,206 1,272 1,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 67.15% 67.34% 64.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 815 776 1,126
10th Percentile £339 £349 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £583 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% +1.30% -2.54%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £688
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 11
10th Percentile £19.98 £12.35 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.36 £14.00 £19.75
Median hourly rate £31.00 £22.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -12.00% -47.09%
75th Percentile £42.65 - £42.38
90th Percentile £50.63 £29.05 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £22.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +18.68% -15.38% -44.97%

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 January 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 1 (14.29%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Metadata
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Operations Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Data Governance Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Data Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Governance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Information Governance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Information Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (28.57%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
3 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (14.29%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Information Governance
1 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
2 2 (28.57%) Information Management
2 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Records Management
2 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Content Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Security Management
3 1 (14.29%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft