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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 398 381
Rank change year-on-year -70 -17 +29
Contract jobs citing Publishing 179 122 150
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.43% 0.47%
As % of the General category 0.67% 0.68% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 59 62
10th Percentile £307 £300 £316
25th Percentile £404 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £523
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -9.09% +4.50%
75th Percentile £575 £607 £600
90th Percentile £657 £676 £731
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 28
10th Percentile £14.85 £19.25 £31.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £23.68 -
Median hourly rate £26.50 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.14% -19.81% -37.45%
75th Percentile £34.50 £43.00 -
90th Percentile £45.40 £43.38 -
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £34.48 £43.00
% change year-on-year -1.39% -19.81% -33.85%

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 26,613 18,020 18,925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.81% 64.01% 58.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,501 11,462 11,360
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,509 1,070 803
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.74 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.46 £16.45 £17.50
Median hourly rate £28.40 £25.08 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.24% -28.36% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £45.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £78.51 £71.28 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.38 £25.00 £32.28
% change year-on-year +9.52% -22.55% +8.50%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -49 107 £543 -1.31% 273
North of England -56 25 £500 +11.11% 27
Yorkshire -25 17 £500 -13.04% 5
South West -23 16 £425 -8.11% 8
South East -60 12 £460 +31.43% 48
Midlands -51 7 £425 +21.29% 12
East Midlands -11 4 £425 -5.67% 2
North East -33 4 £394 -7.35% 6
North West -52 4 £562 +24.78% 16
West Midlands -47 3 - - 10
East of England -44 1 £450 +63.64% 13
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 36 (20.11%) CMS
2 11 (6.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 10 (5.59%) SharePoint
4 7 (3.91%) Confluence
4 7 (3.91%) Headless CMS
5 5 (2.79%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (2.23%) Apache
6 4 (2.23%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (2.23%) Apache Spark
6 4 (2.23%) WordPress
7 3 (1.68%) Jupyter
7 3 (1.68%) Umbraco
8 2 (1.12%) ArcGIS
8 2 (1.12%) Drupal
9 1 (0.56%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.56%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.35%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.79%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.79%) Photoshop
4 4 (2.23%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (2.23%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (1.68%) InDesign
5 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.56%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.56%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (0.56%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.56%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (2.23%) Shopify
2 2 (1.12%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.56%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.76%) AWS
2 21 (11.73%) Power Platform
3 19 (10.61%) Azure
4 18 (10.06%) GCP
5 13 (7.26%) Adobe Analytics
6 9 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.03%) GitHub
6 9 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (5.03%) Microsoft Copilot
7 7 (3.91%) Copilot Studio
7 7 (3.91%) Figma
7 7 (3.91%) Google Analytics
7 7 (3.91%) OCI
8 6 (3.35%) Amazon S3
8 6 (3.35%) Bloomreach
8 6 (3.35%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.35%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (3.35%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.79%) Collibra
10 4 (2.23%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.47%) DNS
2 6 (3.35%) SSL
2 6 (3.35%) VPN
3 5 (2.79%) Firewall
4 2 (1.12%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (1.12%) Internet
4 2 (1.12%) Network Security
5 1 (0.56%) BGP
5 1 (0.56%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.56%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.56%) IPsec
5 1 (0.56%) Junos
5 1 (0.56%) NFC
5 1 (0.56%) NX-OS
5 1 (0.56%) OSPF
5 1 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.56%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.56%) VLAN
5 1 (0.56%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.56%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (12.85%) Metadata
2 18 (10.06%) Power BI
3 11 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.35%) Power Query
4 6 (3.35%) Relational Database
4 6 (3.35%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.79%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.79%) Star Schema
5 5 (2.79%) Tableau
6 4 (2.23%) BigQuery
6 4 (2.23%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.23%) GIS
6 4 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.68%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (1.68%) Spatial Data
8 2 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.12%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.12%) Tableau Desktop
9 1 (0.56%) Flink
Development Applications
1 13 (7.26%) Jenkins
2 9 (5.03%) JIRA
3 8 (4.47%) Maven
4 7 (3.91%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.79%) GitLab
6 4 (2.23%) Git
6 4 (2.23%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 1 (0.56%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.56%) Gradle
7 1 (0.56%) JUnit
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 56 (31.28%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.20%) Finance
3 22 (12.29%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.73%) Marketing
5 20 (11.17%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.70%) Advertising
7 8 (4.47%) Legal
8 7 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.79%) Banking
9 5 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.79%) Local Government
9 5 (2.79%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.23%) Games
10 4 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.23%) Retail
11 3 (1.68%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.68%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.68%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.12%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 26 (14.53%) Developer
2 25 (13.97%) Senior
3 19 (10.61%) Analyst
4 13 (7.26%) Architect
5 12 (6.70%) DevOps Engineer
5 12 (6.70%) Lead
6 11 (6.15%) Designer
6 11 (6.15%) Web Specialist
7 7 (3.91%) Business Analyst
7 7 (3.91%) Content Designer
7 7 (3.91%) Marketing Specialist
7 7 (3.91%) Project Manager
7 7 (3.91%) Web Marketing Specialist
8 6 (3.35%) Data Engineer
8 6 (3.35%) Python Developer
8 6 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.79%) Consultant
9 5 (2.79%) Systems Analyst
9 5 (2.79%) Technical Specialist
10 4 (2.23%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.85%) HTML
2 21 (11.73%) CSS
3 20 (11.17%) Terraform
4 15 (8.38%) REST
5 11 (6.15%) JSON
6 9 (5.03%) Node.js
7 8 (4.47%) RESTful
7 8 (4.47%) YAML
8 7 (3.91%) SLSA
9 6 (3.35%) FastAPI
10 5 (2.79%) JWT
10 5 (2.79%) Kafka
10 5 (2.79%) Semantic HTML
11 4 (2.23%) .NET
11 4 (2.23%) Apache Avro
11 4 (2.23%) NumPy
11 4 (2.23%) OAuth
11 4 (2.23%) OAuth2
11 4 (2.23%) SAML
11 4 (2.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.82%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.03%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.47%) Graphic Design
4 7 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.91%) Replication
5 6 (3.35%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (3.35%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.35%) Reference Data
5 6 (3.35%) Taxonomies
6 5 (2.79%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.23%) Data Fabric
7 4 (2.23%) Digital Media
7 4 (2.23%) Equities
7 4 (2.23%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.68%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.68%) Blog
8 3 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.68%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.12%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.35%) Linux
2 5 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.68%) Windows
4 2 (1.12%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.56%) macOS
5 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (27.93%) Analytics
2 43 (24.02%) Agile
3 42 (23.46%) AI
4 36 (20.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (19.55%) CI/CD
6 27 (15.08%) DevOps
7 25 (13.97%) Data Modelling
8 23 (12.85%) Content Management
8 23 (12.85%) Migration
8 23 (12.85%) User Experience
9 22 (12.29%) Decision-Making
10 21 (11.73%) Business Intelligence
10 21 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (10.61%) Roadmaps
12 18 (10.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (10.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 17 (9.50%) UX Design
14 15 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
15 14 (7.82%) Containerisation
15 14 (7.82%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.88%) Python
1 32 (17.88%) SQL
2 22 (12.29%) JavaScript
3 8 (4.47%) Java
4 7 (3.91%) Groovy
5 6 (3.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (2.79%) Bash
7 4 (2.23%) C#
8 3 (1.68%) Bicep
8 3 (1.68%) PHP
8 3 (1.68%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.12%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.12%) R
9 2 (1.12%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 31 (17.32%) Security Cleared
2 26 (14.53%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.38%) Degree
4 10 (5.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.79%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.79%) PMP
6 4 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.12%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.12%) Tableau Certification
8 1 (0.56%) CBAP
8 1 (0.56%) CCSAS
8 1 (0.56%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.56%) PhD
8 1 (0.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.73%) Data Quality
2 16 (8.94%) Accessibility
3 11 (6.15%) WCAG
4 9 (5.03%) QA
5 4 (2.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.23%) PMO
6 2 (1.12%) GDPR
6 2 (1.12%) ISO 14001
6 2 (1.12%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.12%) SLA
7 1 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.56%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.56%) NCSC
7 1 (0.56%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (7.82%) Docker
2 4 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.56%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (11.17%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.47%) Grafana
3 6 (3.35%) Ansible
3 6 (3.35%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.23%) systemd
5 3 (1.68%) Puppet
5 3 (1.68%) yum
6 1 (0.56%) Kibana
Vendors
1 35 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.29%) Google
3 17 (9.50%) Adobe
4 8 (4.47%) Sonatype
5 7 (3.91%) Apple
6 5 (2.79%) Sitecore
7 4 (2.23%) Amplitude
7 4 (2.23%) MuleSoft
7 4 (2.23%) Optimizely
7 4 (2.23%) Tealium
8 3 (1.68%) Oracle
8 3 (1.68%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.12%) Cisco
9 2 (1.12%) Citrix
9 2 (1.12%) Databricks
9 2 (1.12%) ESRI
9 2 (1.12%) Foundry
9 2 (1.12%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.12%) SAP
9 2 (1.12%) TikTok