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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 114 117
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +37
Contract jobs citing Publishing 17 6 13
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.74% 0.34% 0.60%
As % of the General category 1.31% 0.48% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 6
10th Percentile £395 £423 -
25th Percentile £400 £488 £875
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £575 £900
Median % change year-on-year -16.70% -36.11% +80.00%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £925
90th Percentile £636 - -
Central London median daily rate £500 £575 £900
% change year-on-year -13.04% -36.11% +89.47%
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 1,302 1,250 1,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 56.93% 71.59% 66.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 820 783 1,024
10th Percentile £363 £330 £338
25th Percentile £462 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £716 £688 £700
90th Percentile £816 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £563 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -2.17% +4.31% -8.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 12 9
10th Percentile - £22.00 £19.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £24.47 £29.58 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.28% +23.23% +14.29%
75th Percentile £42.65 £48.75 £27.00
90th Percentile £53.37 £96.38 £32.05
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £24.00
% change year-on-year -10.18% +21.13% +14.29%

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 May 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
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
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
1 4 (23.53%) Content Designer
1 4 (23.53%) Designer
1 4 (23.53%) Report Analyst
1 4 (23.53%) Workday Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Data Engineer
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%) Integration Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Integration Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Project 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 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) NHS
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) User Research
2 4 (23.53%) Agile
2 4 (23.53%) Content Strategy
2 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
2 4 (23.53%) Prototyping
2 4 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (23.53%) User Experience
2 4 (23.53%) Validation
3 3 (17.65%) Anomaly Detection
3 3 (17.65%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (17.65%) Data Transformation
3 3 (17.65%) Information Governance
3 3 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
3 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.76%) Situational Awareness
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Identification
4 2 (11.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
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 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Accessibility
1 4 (23.53%) QA
2 3 (17.65%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Workday