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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 417 361
Rank change year-on-year -36 -56 +44
Contract jobs citing Publishing 184 97 172
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.35% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.73% 0.55% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 43 68
10th Percentile £300 £325 £315
25th Percentile £401 £363 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £450 £532
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -15.33% +9.03%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £614
90th Percentile £649 £718 £731
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 43
10th Percentile £20.97 £32.90 £31.61
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 £52.50 £43.00 -
90th Percentile £68.75 £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 25,277 17,733 19,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.35% 64.31% 57.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,970 11,266 11,992
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £424 £400 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -6.88% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £651
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 2,056 987 1,075
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.45 £16.21 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.93 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +26.94% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.70 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.16 £25.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +23.88% -31.10% +32.73%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -32 104 £500 -1.96% 263
North of England -48 28 £500 +11.11% 14
Yorkshire -18 20 £500 -13.04% 3
South West -21 19 £425 -35.85% 11
Midlands -48 13 £402 +14.86% 11
South East -55 11 £460 +31.43% 36
West Midlands -43 9 £400 +14.29% 8
North East -40 6 £413 -2.94% 1
East Midlands -14 4 £425 -5.67% 3
North West -58 2 £562 +24.78% 10
East of England -37 1 £500 +51.52% 8
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 34 (18.48%) CMS
2 8 (4.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 8 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.72%) Headless CMS
4 4 (2.17%) Apache Spark
4 4 (2.17%) Sitecore CMS
4 4 (2.17%) WordPress
5 3 (1.63%) Apache
5 3 (1.63%) Drupal
5 3 (1.63%) Umbraco
6 2 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.09%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.09%) Confluence
6 2 (1.09%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.54%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.54%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (3.80%) Photoshop
2 5 (2.72%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.17%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.17%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.63%) InDesign
5 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.09%) 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 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (2.17%) Shopify
1 4 (2.17%) Sprinklr
2 3 (1.63%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.54%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 28 (15.22%) AWS
2 20 (10.87%) Azure
3 18 (9.78%) GCP
4 16 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.43%) Figma
5 10 (5.43%) OCI
6 9 (4.89%) Adobe Analytics
7 8 (4.35%) GitHub
7 8 (4.35%) SaaS
8 7 (3.80%) Google Analytics
8 7 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (3.26%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.26%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.72%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.72%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.17%) Bloomreach
11 4 (2.17%) Datadog
11 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (2.17%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.26%) DNS
1 6 (3.26%) SSL
1 6 (3.26%) VPN
2 5 (2.72%) Firewall
3 2 (1.09%) Internet
3 2 (1.09%) 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 23 (12.50%) Metadata
2 16 (8.70%) Power BI
3 15 (8.15%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.26%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (3.26%) Tableau
6 5 (2.72%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.72%) Power Query
7 4 (2.17%) GIS
7 4 (2.17%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.17%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.63%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.63%) Spatial Data
8 3 (1.63%) Tableau Desktop
9 2 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (1.09%) MySQL
9 2 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.09%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.54%) QGIS
10 1 (0.54%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 16 (8.70%) Jenkins
2 11 (5.98%) Maven
3 10 (5.43%) SonarQube
4 5 (2.72%) GitLab
4 5 (2.72%) JIRA
5 4 (2.17%) Git
5 4 (2.17%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 1 (0.54%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.54%) Gradle
6 1 (0.54%) JUnit
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.54%) Spock
6 1 (0.54%) Storybook
General
1 52 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.48%) Finance
3 32 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.41%) Marketing
5 19 (10.33%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.43%) Legal
6 10 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.89%) Advertising
8 8 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.26%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.17%) Games
11 4 (2.17%) Local Government
12 3 (1.63%) Banking
12 3 (1.63%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.63%) Multimedia
13 2 (1.09%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.09%) Front Office
13 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 33 (17.93%) Developer
2 22 (11.96%) Analyst
2 22 (11.96%) Senior
3 18 (9.78%) Designer
4 14 (7.61%) Content Designer
5 13 (7.07%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (6.52%) Lead
6 12 (6.52%) Python Developer
7 10 (5.43%) Architect
8 9 (4.89%) Kafka Developer
9 8 (4.35%) Junior
10 7 (3.80%) Junior Designer
10 7 (3.80%) Python Engineer
11 5 (2.72%) Content Manager
11 5 (2.72%) Conversion Analyst
11 5 (2.72%) Data Engineer
11 5 (2.72%) Digital Analyst
11 5 (2.72%) Junior Content Designer
11 5 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.72%) Web Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.41%) HTML
1 21 (11.41%) REST
2 20 (10.87%) Terraform
3 17 (9.24%) CSS
4 14 (7.61%) JSON
4 14 (7.61%) Node.js
5 12 (6.52%) Pandas
5 12 (6.52%) Polars
6 11 (5.98%) YAML
7 10 (5.43%) SLSA
8 9 (4.89%) Apache Avro
8 9 (4.89%) FastAPI
8 9 (4.89%) Flask
8 9 (4.89%) Kafka
8 9 (4.89%) NumPy
9 8 (4.35%) RESTful
10 5 (2.72%) GeoJSON
10 5 (2.72%) Semantic HTML
11 4 (2.17%) OAuth2
11 4 (2.17%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.78%) Management Information System
2 11 (5.98%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.89%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (4.89%) Equities
3 9 (4.89%) Hedge funds
3 9 (4.89%) Taxonomies
4 8 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.35%) Graphic Design
5 6 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.26%) Reference Data
6 4 (2.17%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.17%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (2.17%) Social Media
7 3 (1.63%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.63%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.63%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.63%) Replication
7 3 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.09%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.26%) Linux
2 5 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.09%) 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 43 (23.37%) Analytics
2 36 (19.57%) CI/CD
3 35 (19.02%) Agile
3 35 (19.02%) AI
4 26 (14.13%) User Experience
5 25 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (12.50%) DevOps
7 22 (11.96%) Containerisation
8 21 (11.41%) Data Modelling
8 21 (11.41%) Decision-Making
9 20 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
9 20 (10.87%) Content Management
9 20 (10.87%) Data Transformation
9 20 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (10.33%) Data Pipeline
10 19 (10.33%) UX Design
11 18 (9.78%) Migration
11 18 (9.78%) Roadmaps
12 17 (9.24%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 38 (20.65%) Python
2 33 (17.93%) SQL
3 18 (9.78%) JavaScript
4 13 (7.07%) Java
5 10 (5.43%) Groovy
6 5 (2.72%) Bash
7 4 (2.17%) C#
7 4 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.63%) PHP
9 2 (1.09%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.09%) R
9 2 (1.09%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.54%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.54%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (16.30%) Security Cleared
2 23 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.78%) Degree
4 6 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.72%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.72%) PMP
6 3 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.63%) Tableau Certification
7 2 (1.09%) DV Cleared
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 22 (11.96%) Accessibility
2 16 (8.70%) Data Quality
3 13 (7.07%) WCAG
4 10 (5.43%) QA
5 6 (3.26%) PMO
6 4 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.09%) GDPR
7 2 (1.09%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.54%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.54%) NCSC
8 1 (0.54%) NIST
8 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (9.24%) Docker
2 3 (1.63%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.54%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (15.22%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.26%) Ansible
3 5 (2.72%) Grafana
3 5 (2.72%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.17%) systemd
5 3 (1.63%) Puppet
5 3 (1.63%) yum
Vendors
1 26 (14.13%) Google
2 22 (11.96%) Microsoft
3 16 (8.70%) Adobe
4 11 (5.98%) Sonatype
5 6 (3.26%) Optimizely
6 5 (2.72%) SAP
7 4 (2.17%) Amplitude
7 4 (2.17%) Okta
7 4 (2.17%) Sitecore
7 4 (2.17%) Tealium
7 4 (2.17%) TikTok
8 3 (1.63%) Apple
8 3 (1.63%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.63%) Oracle
9 2 (1.09%) Citrix
9 2 (1.09%) ESRI
9 2 (1.09%) Instagram
9 2 (1.09%) Snapchat
9 2 (1.09%) UiPath
9 2 (1.09%) YouTube