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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 409 356
Rank change year-on-year -61 -53 +46
Contract jobs citing Publishing 176 110 170
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.39% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.67% 0.61% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 53 61
10th Percentile £318 £325 £350
25th Percentile £406 £385 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £475 £533
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -10.88% +10.75%
75th Percentile £575 £614 £610
90th Percentile £643 £688 £731
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £513
% change year-on-year +3.05% -7.36% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 23 43
10th Percentile £14.85 £20.70 £33.07
25th Percentile £22.84 £27.21 -
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.02 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% -13.91% -40.69%
75th Percentile £37.09 £43.00 -
90th Percentile £45.66 £43.60 -
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £35.75 £43.00
% change year-on-year -4.90% -16.86% -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 26,193 17,941 19,065
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.30% 64.02% 58.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,300 11,368 11,469
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £533
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -6.10% -3.09%
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 2,374 1,041 878
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.70 £16.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £25.15 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.30% -30.14% +25.22%
75th Percentile £56.21 £45.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.51 £69.65 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £28.26 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.68% -28.36% +27.27%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -36 104 £517 -6.05% 450
North of England -61 23 £500 +11.11% 54
South West -21 18 £425 -35.85% 22
Yorkshire -23 16 £500 -13.04% 14
South East -56 11 £460 +31.43% 89
Midlands -50 8 £402 +14.86% 23
East Midlands -17 4 £425 -5.67% 7
West Midlands -41 4 £400 +14.29% 16
North East -42 4 £394 -7.35% 9
North West -54 3 £562 +24.78% 31
East of England -38 2 £475 +43.94% 26
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 (20.45%) CMS
2 11 (6.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 9 (5.11%) SharePoint
4 7 (3.98%) Headless CMS
5 6 (3.41%) Confluence
6 5 (2.84%) Apache Spark
7 4 (2.27%) Apache
7 4 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (2.27%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (2.27%) WordPress
8 3 (1.70%) Drupal
8 3 (1.70%) Jupyter
8 3 (1.70%) Umbraco
9 2 (1.14%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.57%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.57%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (2.84%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (2.84%) Photoshop
2 4 (2.27%) Adobe After Effects
2 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.27%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.70%) InDesign
4 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.57%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.57%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (0.57%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.57%) SPSS
5 1 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.27%) Shopify
2 2 (1.14%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 29 (16.48%) AWS
2 19 (10.80%) Power Platform
3 18 (10.23%) GCP
4 17 (9.66%) Azure
5 13 (7.39%) Adobe Analytics
6 9 (5.11%) Figma
6 9 (5.11%) GitHub
6 9 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.98%) Google Analytics
7 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Copilot
7 7 (3.98%) OCI
8 6 (3.41%) Amazon S3
8 6 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.41%) Bloomreach
8 6 (3.41%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.84%) Collibra
9 5 (2.84%) Copilot Studio
9 5 (2.84%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.27%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.41%) DNS
1 6 (3.41%) SSL
1 6 (3.41%) VPN
2 5 (2.84%) Firewall
3 2 (1.14%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (1.14%) Internet
3 2 (1.14%) Intranet
3 2 (1.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.57%) BGP
4 1 (0.57%) DHCP
4 1 (0.57%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.57%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.57%) IPsec
4 1 (0.57%) Junos
4 1 (0.57%) NFC
4 1 (0.57%) NX-OS
4 1 (0.57%) OSPF
4 1 (0.57%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.57%) SNMP
4 1 (0.57%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (13.07%) Metadata
2 18 (10.23%) Power BI
3 9 (5.11%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.98%) Relational Database
5 6 (3.41%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.84%) Data Lake
6 5 (2.84%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.84%) Power Query
6 5 (2.84%) Star Schema
6 5 (2.84%) Tableau
7 4 (2.27%) BigQuery
7 4 (2.27%) GIS
8 3 (1.70%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (1.70%) Spark SQL
8 3 (1.70%) Spatial Data
9 2 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.14%) Tableau Desktop
10 1 (0.57%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (7.39%) Jenkins
2 9 (5.11%) JIRA
3 8 (4.55%) Maven
4 7 (3.98%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.84%) GitLab
6 4 (2.27%) Git
6 4 (2.27%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 1 (0.57%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.57%) Gradle
7 1 (0.57%) JUnit
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.57%) Storybook
General
1 55 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.48%) Finance
3 23 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.93%) Marketing
5 20 (11.36%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.82%) Advertising
7 8 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.98%) Legal
9 6 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.84%) Banking
10 5 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.84%) Local Government
10 5 (2.84%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.27%) Games
11 4 (2.27%) Retail
12 3 (1.70%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.70%) Multimedia
13 2 (1.14%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.14%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 26 (14.77%) Developer
2 24 (13.64%) Senior
3 19 (10.80%) Analyst
4 15 (8.52%) Designer
5 13 (7.39%) Lead
6 12 (6.82%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (6.25%) Content Designer
8 10 (5.68%) Architect
9 9 (5.11%) Web Specialist
10 7 (3.98%) Business Analyst
10 7 (3.98%) Data Engineer
10 7 (3.98%) Junior
10 7 (3.98%) Marketing Specialist
10 7 (3.98%) Project Manager
10 7 (3.98%) Python Developer
10 7 (3.98%) Web Marketing Specialist
11 6 (3.41%) Junior Designer
11 6 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.41%) Technical Specialist
12 5 (2.84%) Content Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.93%) HTML
2 19 (10.80%) CSS
3 18 (10.23%) Terraform
4 13 (7.39%) REST
5 11 (6.25%) JSON
6 9 (5.11%) Node.js
7 8 (4.55%) RESTful
7 8 (4.55%) YAML
8 7 (3.98%) SLSA
9 6 (3.41%) Kafka
10 5 (2.84%) Apache Avro
10 5 (2.84%) FastAPI
10 5 (2.84%) Flask
10 5 (2.84%) NumPy
10 5 (2.84%) Pandas
10 5 (2.84%) Polars
10 5 (2.84%) PySpark
11 4 (2.27%) OAuth
11 4 (2.27%) OAuth2
11 4 (2.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.52%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.11%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.55%) Graphic Design
4 7 (3.98%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.98%) Replication
5 6 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.41%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.41%) Reference Data
5 6 (3.41%) Taxonomies
6 5 (2.84%) Equities
6 5 (2.84%) Hedge funds
7 4 (2.27%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.27%) Data Fabric
7 4 (2.27%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.70%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.70%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.14%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.41%) Linux
2 5 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.70%) Windows
4 2 (1.14%) Android
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.57%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (27.84%) Analytics
2 42 (23.86%) Agile
3 41 (23.30%) AI
4 35 (19.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (19.32%) CI/CD
6 26 (14.77%) User Experience
7 25 (14.20%) Data Modelling
8 24 (13.64%) DevOps
9 22 (12.50%) Content Management
9 22 (12.50%) Migration
10 21 (11.93%) Business Intelligence
10 21 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (11.36%) Decision-Making
11 20 (11.36%) UX Design
12 18 (10.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 17 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (9.66%) Roadmaps
14 16 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
15 15 (8.52%) Containerisation
16 14 (7.95%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 32 (18.18%) Python
2 31 (17.61%) SQL
3 20 (11.36%) JavaScript
4 8 (4.55%) Java
5 7 (3.98%) Groovy
6 5 (2.84%) Bash
6 5 (2.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (2.27%) C#
8 3 (1.70%) PHP
9 2 (1.14%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.14%) R
9 2 (1.14%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.14%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.57%) Bicep
10 1 (0.57%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.57%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 31 (17.61%) Security Cleared
2 26 (14.77%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.09%) Degree
4 8 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.41%) PMP
6 5 (2.84%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.14%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.14%) Tableau Certification
9 1 (0.57%) CBAP
9 1 (0.57%) CCSAS
9 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.57%) PhD
9 1 (0.57%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.36%) Data Quality
2 19 (10.80%) Accessibility
3 11 (6.25%) WCAG
4 8 (4.55%) QA
5 5 (2.84%) PMO
6 4 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.14%) GDPR
7 2 (1.14%) ISO 14001
7 2 (1.14%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.14%) SLA
8 1 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.57%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.57%) NCSC
8 1 (0.57%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (7.39%) Docker
2 4 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.57%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.98%) Grafana
3 6 (3.41%) Ansible
3 6 (3.41%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.27%) systemd
5 3 (1.70%) Puppet
5 3 (1.70%) yum
6 1 (0.57%) Kibana
Vendors
1 29 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.50%) Google
3 17 (9.66%) Adobe
4 8 (4.55%) Sonatype
5 7 (3.98%) Apple
6 4 (2.27%) Amplitude
6 4 (2.27%) MuleSoft
6 4 (2.27%) Optimizely
6 4 (2.27%) Sitecore
6 4 (2.27%) Tealium
7 3 (1.70%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.14%) Cisco
8 2 (1.14%) Citrix
8 2 (1.14%) Databricks
8 2 (1.14%) ESRI
8 2 (1.14%) Instagram
8 2 (1.14%) TikTok
8 2 (1.14%) UiPath
8 2 (1.14%) YouTube
9 1 (0.57%) Workday