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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 409 355
Rank change year-on-year -48 -54 +61
Contract jobs citing Publishing 186 102 172
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.37% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.72% 0.57% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 48 65
10th Percentile £300 £325 £317
25th Percentile £402 £367 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £530
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -11.56% +10.13%
75th Percentile £575 £596 £610
90th Percentile £640 £701 £731
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 44
10th Percentile £16.38 £32.90 £31.80
25th Percentile £22.50 £34.48 -
Median hourly rate £26.50 £42.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.65% -1.16% -37.45%
75th Percentile £44.87 £43.00 -
90th Percentile £64.50 £43.75 -
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £42.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -36.90% -2.33% -37.45%

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 25,858 17,927 19,154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.79% 64.43% 58.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,258 11,341 11,794
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £423 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,165 1,015 1,013
10th Percentile £13.67 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.11 £16.17 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.16 £25.15 £38.85
Median % change year-on-year +23.88% -35.26% +41.27%
75th Percentile £56.44 £49.13 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £71.80 £71.45
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +19.28% -32.93% +36.36%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -31 107 £500 -1.96% 223
North of England -52 28 £500 +11.11% 19
Yorkshire -25 21 £500 -13.04% 6
South West -25 19 £425 -35.85% 8
Midlands -46 11 £402 +14.86% 5
South East -52 11 £460 +31.43% 39
West Midlands -45 7 £400 +14.29% 4
North East -41 5 £413 -2.94% 1
East Midlands -17 4 £425 -5.67% 1
North West -49 2 £562 +24.78% 12
East of England -36 1 £500 +51.52% 15
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 32 (17.20%) CMS
2 9 (4.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.23%) Confluence
4 5 (2.69%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.69%) Headless CMS
5 4 (2.15%) Apache
5 4 (2.15%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (2.15%) WordPress
6 3 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.61%) Drupal
6 3 (1.61%) Umbraco
7 2 (1.08%) ArcGIS
7 2 (1.08%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.54%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.54%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (3.23%) Photoshop
2 5 (2.69%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.15%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.15%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.15%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.61%) InDesign
5 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.54%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.54%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.54%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.54%) SPSS
6 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.15%) Shopify
2 3 (1.61%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (1.61%) Sprinklr
3 2 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.13%) AWS
2 20 (10.75%) GCP
3 18 (9.68%) Azure
4 17 (9.14%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.38%) Adobe Analytics
5 10 (5.38%) Figma
6 9 (4.84%) GitHub
6 9 (4.84%) OCI
7 8 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.76%) Google Analytics
9 6 (3.23%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.69%) Collibra
10 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (2.69%) SaaS
11 4 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.15%) Datadog
11 4 (2.15%) Entra ID
11 4 (2.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.23%) DNS
1 6 (3.23%) SSL
1 6 (3.23%) VPN
2 5 (2.69%) Firewall
3 2 (1.08%) Internet
3 2 (1.08%) Intranet
4 1 (0.54%) BGP
4 1 (0.54%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.54%) Broadband
4 1 (0.54%) DHCP
4 1 (0.54%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.54%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.54%) IPsec
4 1 (0.54%) LAN
4 1 (0.54%) OSPF
4 1 (0.54%) S/MIME
4 1 (0.54%) SNMP
4 1 (0.54%) VLAN
4 1 (0.54%) WAN
4 1 (0.54%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.90%) Metadata
2 17 (9.14%) Power BI
3 13 (6.99%) Relational Database
4 9 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.69%) Data Lake
5 5 (2.69%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.69%) Power Query
5 5 (2.69%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.69%) Star Schema
5 5 (2.69%) Tableau
6 4 (2.15%) BigQuery
6 4 (2.15%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (2.15%) GIS
7 3 (1.61%) Spark SQL
7 3 (1.61%) Spatial Data
8 2 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.08%) Tableau Desktop
9 1 (0.54%) Flink
9 1 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (8.06%) Jenkins
2 10 (5.38%) Maven
3 9 (4.84%) JIRA
3 9 (4.84%) SonarQube
4 4 (2.15%) Git
4 4 (2.15%) GitLab
4 4 (2.15%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 1 (0.54%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.54%) Gradle
5 1 (0.54%) JUnit
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.54%) Storybook
General
1 54 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 35 (18.82%) Finance
3 27 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.75%) Marketing
5 18 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.84%) Advertising
6 9 (4.84%) Legal
6 9 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.69%) Banking
8 5 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.15%) Games
9 4 (2.15%) Local Government
10 3 (1.61%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.61%) Multimedia
10 3 (1.61%) Retail
11 2 (1.08%) Front Office
11 2 (1.08%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (17.20%) Developer
2 25 (13.44%) Senior
3 21 (11.29%) Analyst
4 17 (9.14%) Designer
5 13 (6.99%) Content Designer
5 13 (6.99%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (6.99%) Lead
6 11 (5.91%) Python Developer
7 10 (5.38%) Architect
8 8 (4.30%) Junior
8 8 (4.30%) Kafka Developer
9 7 (3.76%) Data Engineer
9 7 (3.76%) Junior Designer
9 7 (3.76%) Python Engineer
10 6 (3.23%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.23%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.23%) Web Specialist
11 5 (2.69%) Senior Manager
11 5 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.69%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.75%) HTML
2 19 (10.22%) REST
2 19 (10.22%) Terraform
3 17 (9.14%) CSS
4 14 (7.53%) Node.js
5 13 (6.99%) JSON
6 10 (5.38%) YAML
7 9 (4.84%) Kafka
7 9 (4.84%) Pandas
7 9 (4.84%) Polars
7 9 (4.84%) SLSA
8 8 (4.30%) Apache Avro
8 8 (4.30%) FastAPI
8 8 (4.30%) Flask
8 8 (4.30%) NumPy
8 8 (4.30%) RESTful
9 5 (2.69%) PySpark
10 4 (2.15%) OAuth
10 4 (2.15%) OAuth2
10 4 (2.15%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.14%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.84%) Cloud Native
2 9 (4.84%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (4.30%) Equities
3 8 (4.30%) Graphic Design
3 8 (4.30%) Hedge funds
3 8 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.76%) Taxonomies
5 6 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.23%) Reference Data
6 5 (2.69%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.15%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.15%) Data Fabric
7 4 (2.15%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.15%) Replication
8 3 (1.61%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.61%) Social Media
8 3 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.23%) Linux
2 5 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.08%) Windows
4 1 (0.54%) Amazon Linux
4 1 (0.54%) Android
4 1 (0.54%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.54%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (25.81%) Analytics
2 41 (22.04%) Agile
3 38 (20.43%) CI/CD
4 37 (19.89%) AI
5 32 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (14.52%) User Experience
7 24 (12.90%) Data Modelling
7 24 (12.90%) DevOps
8 21 (11.29%) Data Pipeline
8 21 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (11.29%) UX Design
9 20 (10.75%) Business Intelligence
9 20 (10.75%) Containerisation
9 20 (10.75%) Decision-Making
9 20 (10.75%) Migration
9 20 (10.75%) Roadmaps
10 19 (10.22%) Content Management
10 19 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (9.14%) Data Transformation
12 15 (8.06%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 37 (19.89%) Python
2 33 (17.74%) SQL
3 18 (9.68%) JavaScript
4 13 (6.99%) Java
5 9 (4.84%) Groovy
6 5 (2.69%) Bash
6 5 (2.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (2.15%) C#
8 3 (1.61%) PHP
9 2 (1.08%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.08%) R
9 2 (1.08%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.54%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.54%) Scala
10 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 23 (12.37%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.60%) Degree
4 6 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.69%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.69%) PMP
6 3 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.08%) Tableau Certification
8 1 (0.54%) CBAP
8 1 (0.54%) CCSAS
8 1 (0.54%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.54%) PhD
8 1 (0.54%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.29%) Accessibility
1 21 (11.29%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.45%) WCAG
3 9 (4.84%) QA
4 6 (3.23%) PMO
5 4 (2.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.08%) GDPR
6 2 (1.08%) ISO 14001
6 2 (1.08%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.08%) SLA
7 1 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.54%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.54%) NCSC
7 1 (0.54%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (8.06%) Docker
2 3 (1.61%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.54%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (13.98%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.23%) Ansible
2 6 (3.23%) Grafana
3 5 (2.69%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.15%) systemd
5 3 (1.61%) Puppet
5 3 (1.61%) yum
6 2 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.54%) Kibana
Vendors
1 26 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 25 (13.44%) Google
3 16 (8.60%) Adobe
4 10 (5.38%) Sonatype
5 5 (2.69%) Optimizely
6 4 (2.15%) Amplitude
6 4 (2.15%) Apple
6 4 (2.15%) Sitecore
6 4 (2.15%) Tealium
7 3 (1.61%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.61%) Oracle
7 3 (1.61%) TikTok
8 2 (1.08%) Databricks
8 2 (1.08%) Instagram
8 2 (1.08%) Okta
8 2 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.08%) SAP
8 2 (1.08%) UiPath
8 2 (1.08%) Workday
8 2 (1.08%) YouTube