Publishing Contracts in the East of England

Publishing
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 36 116
Rank change year-on-year -42 +80 -8
Contract jobs citing Publishing 14 67 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.11% 4.25% 0.052%
As % of the General category 1.92% 7.41% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £178 - -
25th Percentile £235 £550 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% - -
75th Percentile £425 £650 -
90th Percentile £482 - -
England median daily rate £450 £546 £475
% change year-on-year -17.62% +15.00% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 36 0
10th Percentile £40.75 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £43.75 - -
England median hourly rate £41.50 £43.00 £46.09
% change year-on-year -3.49% -6.70% +110.82%

All General Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 729 904 1,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 57.77% 57.32% 58.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 303 596
10th Percentile £185 £250 £208
25th Percentile £340 £335 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £614
90th Percentile £680 £650 £738
England median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.20% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 344 260
10th Percentile £14.43 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.70 £14.25
Median hourly rate £41.45 £40.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +1.72% +129.97% -10.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £64.78 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +12.24%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in the East of England

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Publishing in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Publishing in the East of England

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in the East of England

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Publishing in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Publishing in the East of England

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -29 13 £140 - 4
Essex - 1 £520 - 1
Publishing
England

Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (21.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 3 (21.43%) CMS
1 3 (21.43%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (57.14%) FrameMaker
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Contentsquare
1 3 (21.43%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Metadata
General
1 5 (35.71%) Aerospace
2 4 (28.57%) Automotive
3 3 (21.43%) Marketing
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Aviation
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Author
1 10 (71.43%) Technical Author
2 1 (7.14%) Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Technology Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (71.43%) SGML
1 10 (71.43%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Desktop Publishing
2 3 (21.43%) Analytics
2 3 (21.43%) Content Management
2 3 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (21.43%) SEO
3 1 (7.14%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (7.14%) Business Case
3 1 (7.14%) Business Continuity
3 1 (7.14%) Change Management
3 1 (7.14%) Project Governance
3 1 (7.14%) Project Management
3 1 (7.14%) Project Planning
3 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
3 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) HNC
1 10 (71.43%) HND
2 8 (57.14%) Degree
3 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Adobe
1 3 (21.43%) Google
2 1 (7.14%) Twitter