Publishing Contract Job Trends in England

Publishing
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 415 359
Rank change year-on-year -18 -56 +70
Contract jobs citing Publishing 176 77 190
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.29% 0.51%
As % of the General category 0.73% 0.45% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 39 76
10th Percentile £288 £314 £300
25th Percentile £401 £350 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £504
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -10.76% +0.85%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £600
90th Percentile £600 £683 £856
UK median daily rate £460 £425 £449
% change year-on-year +8.24% -5.35% -10.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 51
10th Percentile £22.50 £30.05 £33.07
25th Percentile £25.56 £32.50 -
Median hourly rate £44.94 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.32% -19.81% +22.86%
75th Percentile £65.94 £37.50 -
90th Percentile £68.75 £41.00 -
UK median hourly rate £44.94 £34.48 £43.00
% change year-on-year +30.32% -19.81% +22.86%

All General Skills
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 general skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 24,252 16,937 21,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.00% 63.89% 57.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,640 10,873 13,632
10th Percentile £313 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £535
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -3.27% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,754 845 1,766
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.36 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.92
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.21 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -17.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £51.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £73.75 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £27.21 £31.97
% change year-on-year +17.60% -14.89% +4.68%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Publishing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Publishing job vacancy trend in England

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Publishing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Publishing

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in England

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Publishing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Publishing

Publishing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Publishing in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Publishing in England

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 5 July 2026. 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
London -35 93 £450 -5.26% 90
North of England -46 35 £507 +11.12% 3
Yorkshire -32 23 £500 -13.04%
South West -4 21 £425 -35.85% 11
Midlands -53 11 £500 +42.86% 4
West Midlands -54 11 £500 +42.86% 1
South East -55 8 £455 +30.00% 15
North West -41 7 £540 +18.41% 3
North East -32 5 £525 +23.53%
East of England -28 4 £425 +203.57% 3
Publishing
UK

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 13 (7.39%) CMS
2 8 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.27%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.70%) Confluence
5 2 (1.14%) Apache
5 2 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.14%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.14%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.57%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.57%) Drupal
6 1 (0.57%) IIS
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Photoshop
2 5 (2.84%) Adobe After Effects
2 5 (2.84%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.27%) InDesign
3 4 (2.27%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.14%) FrameMaker
5 2 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.57%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.57%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.57%) SPSS
6 1 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (5.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.98%) Workday HCM
3 6 (3.41%) Sprinklr
4 3 (1.70%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.57%) Primavera
5 1 (0.57%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 29 (16.48%) Azure
2 17 (9.66%) SaaS
3 16 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 13 (7.39%) AWS
4 13 (7.39%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.39%) GCP
5 11 (6.25%) Figma
6 8 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (3.98%) OCI
8 5 (2.84%) GitHub
8 5 (2.84%) Google Tag Manager
8 5 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.27%) Datadog
9 4 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.27%) Lucidchart
10 3 (1.70%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.70%) Canva
10 3 (1.70%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.41%) DNS
1 6 (3.41%) Firewall
1 6 (3.41%) VPN
2 5 (2.84%) SSL
3 2 (1.14%) DHCP
3 2 (1.14%) Internet
3 2 (1.14%) Intranet
4 1 (0.57%) BGP
4 1 (0.57%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.57%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.57%) HTTP
4 1 (0.57%) IPsec
4 1 (0.57%) LAN
4 1 (0.57%) Network Security
4 1 (0.57%) OSPF
4 1 (0.57%) SMTP
4 1 (0.57%) SNMP
4 1 (0.57%) WAN
4 1 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.52%) Power BI
1 15 (8.52%) Relational Database
2 11 (6.25%) Geospatial Data
2 11 (6.25%) Metadata
3 6 (3.41%) GIS
4 5 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.84%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.84%) Tableau
5 4 (2.27%) Power Query
5 4 (2.27%) Spatial Data
5 4 (2.27%) Star Schema
6 3 (1.70%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.14%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.14%) MySQL
7 2 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.14%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.57%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.57%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 11 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.98%) Maven
2 7 (3.98%) SonarQube
3 4 (2.27%) GitLab
3 4 (2.27%) JIRA
4 3 (1.70%) Git
5 2 (1.14%) MSI
6 1 (0.57%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.57%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.57%) ESLint
6 1 (0.57%) Gradle
6 1 (0.57%) JUnit
6 1 (0.57%) Spock
6 1 (0.57%) Storybook
6 1 (0.57%) webpack
General
1 44 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 41 (23.30%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (17.61%) Finance
4 16 (9.09%) Marketing
5 14 (7.95%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.68%) Legal
7 8 (4.55%) Advertising
7 8 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.27%) Banking
10 4 (2.27%) Games
11 3 (1.70%) Law
11 3 (1.70%) Local Government
11 3 (1.70%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.14%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.14%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.14%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (17.05%) Developer
2 25 (14.20%) Analyst
3 20 (11.36%) Designer
4 18 (10.23%) Senior
5 16 (9.09%) Content Designer
6 12 (6.82%) Python Developer
7 11 (6.25%) Data Engineer
8 10 (5.68%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (5.68%) Lead
9 9 (5.11%) Administrator
9 9 (5.11%) Kafka Developer
10 8 (4.55%) Junior
11 7 (3.98%) Junior Designer
11 7 (3.98%) Report Analyst
11 7 (3.98%) Workday Analyst
12 5 (2.84%) Digital Analyst
12 5 (2.84%) Product Manager
12 5 (2.84%) Project Manager
12 5 (2.84%) Support Manager
12 5 (2.84%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.80%) REST
2 18 (10.23%) Pandas
2 18 (10.23%) Polars
3 12 (6.82%) GeoJSON
4 10 (5.68%) JSON
4 10 (5.68%) SAP Basis
5 9 (5.11%) Apache Avro
5 9 (5.11%) FastAPI
5 9 (5.11%) Flask
5 9 (5.11%) Kafka
5 9 (5.11%) Matplotlib
5 9 (5.11%) NumPy
5 9 (5.11%) scikit-learn
6 8 (4.55%) HTML
7 7 (3.98%) Node.js
7 7 (3.98%) SLSA
7 7 (3.98%) YAML
8 5 (2.84%) XML
9 4 (2.27%) CSS
9 4 (2.27%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.36%) Onboarding
2 18 (10.23%) Management Information System
3 11 (6.25%) Taxonomies
4 9 (5.11%) Equities
4 9 (5.11%) Hedge funds
5 7 (3.98%) Graphic Design
5 7 (3.98%) Marketing Technology
6 5 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.27%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.27%) Digital Media
7 4 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.27%) Social Media
8 3 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.70%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.70%) NHS
8 3 (1.70%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.14%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.14%) Blog
9 2 (1.14%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.41%) Linux
2 5 (2.84%) Android
2 5 (2.84%) Windows
3 4 (2.27%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (16.48%) Agile
2 28 (15.91%) Analytics
3 26 (14.77%) Data Pipeline
3 26 (14.77%) User Experience
4 25 (14.20%) CI/CD
5 23 (13.07%) Data Transformation
6 22 (12.50%) AI
6 22 (12.50%) Containerisation
7 20 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (10.80%) Performance Tuning
8 19 (10.80%) Roadmaps
9 18 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (10.23%) Observability
9 18 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (10.23%) Project Management
10 17 (9.66%) Data Modelling
10 17 (9.66%) Decision-Making
11 16 (9.09%) DevOps
12 15 (8.52%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 41 (23.30%) Python
2 37 (21.02%) SQL
3 10 (5.68%) Java
4 8 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.98%) Groovy
6 5 (2.84%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.27%) Bash
7 4 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.70%) C#
8 3 (1.70%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.14%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.57%) Bicep
10 1 (0.57%) C++
10 1 (0.57%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.57%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.57%) R
10 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (19.89%) Security Cleared
2 25 (14.20%) SC Cleared
3 22 (12.50%) Degree
4 6 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.41%) PMP
5 4 (2.27%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.14%) HNC
6 2 (1.14%) HND
6 2 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.57%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.66%) Accessibility
2 15 (8.52%) Data Quality
3 14 (7.95%) QA
4 7 (3.98%) WCAG
5 6 (3.41%) PMO
6 4 (2.27%) JSP 440
7 2 (1.14%) GDPR
7 2 (1.14%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (8.52%) Docker
2 2 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.57%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.57%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (11.93%) Kubernetes
2 17 (9.66%) Terraform
3 10 (5.68%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.84%) Ansible
5 4 (2.27%) Grafana
5 4 (2.27%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.70%) Puppet
6 3 (1.70%) systemd
6 3 (1.70%) yum
7 2 (1.14%) SCCM
8 1 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.36%) Google
3 11 (6.25%) Okta
3 11 (6.25%) SAP
4 10 (5.68%) Adobe
5 8 (4.55%) Workday
6 7 (3.98%) Sonatype
7 6 (3.41%) TikTok
8 4 (2.27%) Oracle
8 4 (2.27%) Pinterest
8 4 (2.27%) Snapchat
9 3 (1.70%) Citrix
9 3 (1.70%) Instagram
10 2 (1.14%) Apple
10 2 (1.14%) ESRI
10 2 (1.14%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.14%) Optimizely
10 2 (1.14%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.14%) UiPath
10 2 (1.14%) YouTube