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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 409 348
Rank change year-on-year -13 -61 +55
Contract jobs citing Publishing 179 74 196
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.30% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.78% 0.47% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 38 73
10th Percentile £288 £350 £275
25th Percentile £400 £389 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £505 £434
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +16.49% -13.30%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £600 £686 £875
UK median daily rate £453 £460 £425
% change year-on-year -1.58% +8.18% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 6 51
10th Percentile £22.50 £32.50 £33.07
25th Percentile £33.94 £32.63 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £35.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -18.60% +22.86%
75th Percentile £68.75 £37.50 -
90th Percentile £78.58 £46.25 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £35.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +57.14% -18.60% +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 22,978 15,739 21,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.39% 64.32% 57.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,039 10,135 13,766
10th Percentile £313 £281 £281
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -1.66% -2.93%
75th Percentile £630 £644 £650
90th Percentile £745 £770 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.08% -3.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,585 736 1,832
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.30 £12.88
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.23 £27.85 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -11.59% +2.78%
75th Percentile £63.38 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £31.25 £27.70 £30.00
% change year-on-year +12.82% -7.67% -6.25%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -33 93 £451 -14.05% 50
North of England -44 37 £500 +12.68% 11
Yorkshire -30 26 £500 -13.04% 4
South West -6 18 £425 -51.43% 10
East of England -13 12 £425 - 2
West Midlands -43 10 £500 - 1
Midlands -56 10 £500 +11.11% 2
North West -37 6 £558 +35.15% 6
North East -19 5 £525 +23.53% 2
South East -71 5 £450 +28.57% 17
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 12 (6.70%) CMS
2 6 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.23%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.68%) Confluence
5 2 (1.12%) Apache
5 2 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.12%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.12%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.56%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.56%) Drupal
6 1 (0.56%) IIS
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.35%) Photoshop
3 5 (2.79%) Adobe After Effects
3 5 (2.79%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (2.23%) InDesign
4 4 (2.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.12%) FrameMaker
5 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.56%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.56%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.56%) SPSS
6 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (7.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.91%) Workday HCM
3 6 (3.35%) Sprinklr
4 3 (1.68%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.56%) Primavera
5 1 (0.56%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 31 (17.32%) Azure
2 20 (11.17%) SaaS
3 17 (9.50%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.26%) Power Platform
5 11 (6.15%) AWS
5 11 (6.15%) Figma
6 10 (5.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (5.59%) GCP
7 7 (3.91%) OCI
8 5 (2.79%) Google Tag Manager
9 4 (2.23%) Lucidchart
9 4 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.68%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.68%) Canva
10 3 (1.68%) Datadog
10 3 (1.68%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.12%) Snowflake
11 2 (1.12%) Textract
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.35%) Firewall
2 5 (2.79%) DNS
2 5 (2.79%) VPN
3 4 (2.23%) SSL
4 2 (1.12%) DHCP
4 2 (1.12%) Internet
4 2 (1.12%) Intranet
5 1 (0.56%) BGP
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.56%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.56%) HTTP
5 1 (0.56%) IPsec
5 1 (0.56%) LAN
5 1 (0.56%) Network Security
5 1 (0.56%) OSPF
5 1 (0.56%) SMTP
5 1 (0.56%) SNMP
5 1 (0.56%) VLAN
5 1 (0.56%) WAN
5 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.38%) Metadata
2 14 (7.82%) Relational Database
3 12 (6.70%) Power BI
4 11 (6.15%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (3.35%) GIS
5 6 (3.35%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.79%) Tableau
7 4 (2.23%) Spatial Data
8 2 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.12%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.12%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.12%) MySQL
8 2 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.12%) Power Query
8 2 (1.12%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.12%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.56%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 8 (4.47%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.91%) Maven
2 7 (3.91%) SonarQube
3 4 (2.23%) GitLab
3 4 (2.23%) JIRA
4 2 (1.12%) Git
4 2 (1.12%) git-flow
4 2 (1.12%) MSI
5 1 (0.56%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.56%) ESLint
5 1 (0.56%) Spock
5 1 (0.56%) Storybook
5 1 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 44 (24.58%) Analytical Skills
1 44 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.20%) Finance
3 16 (8.94%) Marketing
4 15 (8.38%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (5.59%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.91%) Advertising
7 7 (3.91%) Banking
7 7 (3.91%) Legal
8 5 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.79%) Law
9 4 (2.23%) Games
9 4 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.12%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.12%) Local Government
11 1 (0.56%) French Language
11 1 (0.56%) German Language
11 1 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (17.88%) Developer
2 22 (12.29%) Analyst
3 20 (11.17%) Designer
4 19 (10.61%) Senior
5 16 (8.94%) Content Designer
6 12 (6.70%) Python Developer
7 11 (6.15%) Data Engineer
8 10 (5.59%) Administrator
9 9 (5.03%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (5.03%) Kafka Developer
10 8 (4.47%) Junior
10 8 (4.47%) Lead
11 7 (3.91%) Junior Designer
11 7 (3.91%) Report Analyst
11 7 (3.91%) Workday Analyst
12 6 (3.35%) Perl Developer
13 5 (2.79%) Digital Analyst
13 5 (2.79%) Product Manager
13 5 (2.79%) Project Manager
13 5 (2.79%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.06%) Pandas
1 18 (10.06%) Polars
2 16 (8.94%) REST
3 14 (7.82%) SAP Basis
4 12 (6.70%) GeoJSON
5 9 (5.03%) Apache Avro
5 9 (5.03%) FastAPI
5 9 (5.03%) Flask
5 9 (5.03%) HTML
5 9 (5.03%) Kafka
5 9 (5.03%) Matplotlib
5 9 (5.03%) NumPy
5 9 (5.03%) scikit-learn
6 8 (4.47%) JSON
7 7 (3.91%) Node.js
7 7 (3.91%) SLSA
7 7 (3.91%) YAML
8 5 (2.79%) React Native
9 4 (2.23%) OAuth
9 4 (2.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.41%) Onboarding
2 23 (12.85%) Management Information System
3 15 (8.38%) Taxonomies
4 10 (5.59%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (5.03%) Equities
5 9 (5.03%) Hedge funds
6 7 (3.91%) Marketing Technology
7 6 (3.35%) Graphic Design
7 6 (3.35%) Reference Data
8 4 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.23%) Digital Media
8 4 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.23%) Mobile Banking
8 4 (2.23%) NHS
8 4 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.23%) Social Media
9 3 (1.68%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.68%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.12%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.91%) Android
1 7 (3.91%) Apple iOS
1 7 (3.91%) Windows
2 5 (2.79%) Linux
3 3 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.56%) Unix
4 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (17.32%) Data Pipeline
2 27 (15.08%) CI/CD
3 23 (12.85%) Agile
3 23 (12.85%) Analytics
3 23 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (12.29%) Data Transformation
5 21 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (11.73%) User Experience
6 20 (11.17%) Data Modelling
6 20 (11.17%) Observability
6 20 (11.17%) Roadmaps
7 19 (10.61%) AI
7 19 (10.61%) Containerisation
7 19 (10.61%) Performance Tuning
8 17 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (8.94%) Computer Science
9 16 (8.94%) Data Governance
9 16 (8.94%) Project Management
9 16 (8.94%) Visualisation
10 15 (8.38%) BPMN
Programming Languages
1 42 (23.46%) SQL
2 39 (21.79%) Python
3 14 (7.82%) Java
4 9 (5.03%) C#
4 9 (5.03%) PowerShell
5 8 (4.47%) Perl
6 7 (3.91%) Groovy
7 6 (3.35%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.79%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.68%) Bash
10 2 (1.12%) C
10 2 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.12%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.56%) Bicep
11 1 (0.56%) C++
11 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.56%) R
11 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (17.88%) Security Cleared
2 23 (12.85%) Degree
3 22 (12.29%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.79%) PMP
6 3 (1.68%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.12%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.12%) HNC
7 2 (1.12%) HND
8 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.56%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.06%) Accessibility
2 14 (7.82%) Data Quality
3 11 (6.15%) QA
4 7 (3.91%) WCAG
5 4 (2.23%) JSP 440
5 4 (2.23%) PMO
6 2 (1.12%) GDPR
7 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (6.70%) Docker
2 2 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.56%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.56%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (9.50%) Kubernetes
2 14 (7.82%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (7.82%) Terraform
3 4 (2.23%) Ansible
4 3 (1.68%) Grafana
4 3 (1.68%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.12%) Puppet
5 2 (1.12%) SCCM
5 2 (1.12%) systemd
5 2 (1.12%) yum
6 1 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (10.61%) Google
2 16 (8.94%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.38%) Okta
3 15 (8.38%) SAP
4 12 (6.70%) Adobe
5 8 (4.47%) Workday
6 7 (3.91%) Sonatype
7 6 (3.35%) TikTok
8 5 (2.79%) Apple
8 5 (2.79%) Oracle
9 4 (2.23%) Pinterest
9 4 (2.23%) Snapchat
10 3 (1.68%) Citrix
10 3 (1.68%) Instagram
11 2 (1.12%) ESRI
11 2 (1.12%) Optimizely
11 2 (1.12%) UiPath
11 2 (1.12%) YouTube
12 1 (0.56%) BiZZdesign
12 1 (0.56%) Zscaler