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 30 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 113 134
Rank change year-on-year -5 +21 +15
Contract jobs citing Publishing 3 8 14
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.18% 0.38% 0.50%
As % of the General category 0.24% 0.56% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 9
10th Percentile £394 £298 £292
25th Percentile £431 £426 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £576 £638 £588
90th Percentile £613 £660 £611
Central London median daily rate £503 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -8.64% +10.00% -9.09%
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 - - +328.57%

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 1,273 1,431 1,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 74.79% 68.21% 64.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 876 864 1,270
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% +3.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £799 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £600
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 13
10th Percentile £16.79 £13.18 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.08 £23.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.25 £45.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.22% +136.84% -53.09%
75th Percentile £51.56 £82.19 £42.32
90th Percentile £64.66 £109.38 £64.35
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.57% +55.56% -44.44%

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 30 October 2025.

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 (33.33%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
1 1 (33.33%) 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%) Information Governance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Information Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Content Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Information Management
1 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
1 1 (33.33%) Pattern Recognition
1 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft