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 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 410 395 355
Rank change year-on-year -15 -40 +51
Contract jobs citing Publishing 170 72 190
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.41% 0.30% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.76% 0.47% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 36 70
10th Percentile £288 £350 £211
25th Percentile £400 £393 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £600
90th Percentile £600 £694 £889
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 5 49
10th Percentile £22.50 - £36.25
25th Percentile £39.86 £32.50 -
Median hourly rate £56.50 £35.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.43% -18.60% +22.86%
75th Percentile £68.75 £37.50 -
90th Percentile £79.10 £48.00 -
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £35.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +61.43% -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 22,317 15,380 21,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.04% 64.14% 58.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,762 9,956 13,647
10th Percentile £310 £287 £281
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £510 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,495 664 1,773
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.80 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.22 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £61.34 £55.06 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.25
UK median hourly rate £30.08 £27.57 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.10% -7.69%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -25 87 £450 -14.29% 65
North of England -38 36 £500 -13.04% 14
Yorkshire -27 26 £475 -17.39% 7
South West -12 17 £425 -51.43% 12
East of England - 12 £425 - 2
West Midlands -45 11 £450 - 4
Midlands -58 11 £450 - 4
North West -39 7 £566 +19.65% 5
South East -58 5 £450 +28.57% 20
North East - 3 £525 - 3
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 11 (6.47%) CMS
2 5 (2.94%) Confluence
2 5 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.18%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.18%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.59%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.59%) Drupal
4 1 (0.59%) IIS
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.59%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.94%) Photoshop
3 4 (2.35%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (2.35%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.76%) InDesign
4 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.18%) FrameMaker
5 2 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.59%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.59%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.59%) SPSS
6 1 (0.59%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (9.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (4.12%) Sprinklr
2 7 (4.12%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.76%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.59%) Primavera
4 1 (0.59%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 32 (18.82%) Azure
2 22 (12.94%) SaaS
3 19 (11.18%) Entra ID
4 13 (7.65%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (5.88%) Figma
5 10 (5.88%) GCP
6 7 (4.12%) Google Tag Manager
7 5 (2.94%) AWS
7 5 (2.94%) OCI
8 3 (1.76%) Azure AKS
8 3 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.76%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.76%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.18%) Canva
9 2 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.18%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.18%) Lucidchart
9 2 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.76%) Firewall
2 2 (1.18%) DHCP
2 2 (1.18%) DNS
2 2 (1.18%) Intranet
2 2 (1.18%) VPN
3 1 (0.59%) BGP
3 1 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.59%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.59%) HTTP
3 1 (0.59%) Internet
3 1 (0.59%) IPsec
3 1 (0.59%) LAN
3 1 (0.59%) Network Security
3 1 (0.59%) OSPF
3 1 (0.59%) SMTP
3 1 (0.59%) SNMP
3 1 (0.59%) SSL
3 1 (0.59%) VLAN
3 1 (0.59%) WAN
3 1 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.24%) Metadata
1 14 (8.24%) Relational Database
2 12 (7.06%) Power BI
3 10 (5.88%) Geospatial Data
4 7 (4.12%) Tableau
5 6 (3.53%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.94%) GIS
7 4 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.35%) Spatial Data
8 2 (1.18%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.18%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.18%) Looker
8 2 (1.18%) MySQL
8 2 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.18%) Power Query
8 2 (1.18%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.18%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.59%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.71%) JIRA
2 5 (2.94%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.94%) Maven
2 5 (2.94%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.18%) Git
3 2 (1.18%) git-flow
3 2 (1.18%) MSI
4 1 (0.59%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.59%) ESLint
4 1 (0.59%) GitLab
4 1 (0.59%) Spock
4 1 (0.59%) Storybook
4 1 (0.59%) webpack
General
1 45 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
2 43 (25.29%) Social Skills
3 27 (15.88%) Finance
4 15 (8.82%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (8.24%) Marketing
6 12 (7.06%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.53%) Advertising
8 6 (3.53%) Banking
8 6 (3.53%) Legal
9 5 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.94%) Law
10 4 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.76%) Games
12 2 (1.18%) Retail
13 1 (0.59%) French Language
13 1 (0.59%) German Language
13 1 (0.59%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.59%) Local Government
13 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (17.65%) Developer
2 19 (11.18%) Analyst
2 19 (11.18%) Designer
2 19 (11.18%) Senior
3 16 (9.41%) Content Designer
4 12 (7.06%) Administrator
5 11 (6.47%) Data Engineer
6 10 (5.88%) Python Developer
7 9 (5.29%) Kafka Developer
8 8 (4.71%) Lead
8 8 (4.71%) Project Manager
9 7 (4.12%) Junior
9 7 (4.12%) Report Analyst
9 7 (4.12%) Workday Analyst
10 6 (3.53%) Junior Designer
10 6 (3.53%) Perl Developer
11 5 (2.94%) Digital Analyst
11 5 (2.94%) Product Manager
11 5 (2.94%) SAP Administrator
11 5 (2.94%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.59%) Pandas
1 18 (10.59%) Polars
2 16 (9.41%) REST
2 16 (9.41%) SAP Basis
3 12 (7.06%) GeoJSON
4 10 (5.88%) HTML
5 9 (5.29%) Apache Avro
5 9 (5.29%) FastAPI
5 9 (5.29%) Flask
5 9 (5.29%) Kafka
5 9 (5.29%) Matplotlib
5 9 (5.29%) NumPy
5 9 (5.29%) scikit-learn
6 6 (3.53%) JSON
6 6 (3.53%) Node.js
7 5 (2.94%) CSS
7 5 (2.94%) React Native
7 5 (2.94%) SLSA
7 5 (2.94%) YAML
8 4 (2.35%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.29%) Onboarding
2 24 (14.12%) Management Information System
3 17 (10.00%) Taxonomies
4 9 (5.29%) Equities
4 9 (5.29%) Hedge funds
5 7 (4.12%) Marketing Technology
6 6 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.53%) Social Media
7 5 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.94%) Reference Data
8 4 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.35%) Mobile Banking
8 4 (2.35%) NHS
9 3 (1.76%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.76%) Graphic Design
9 3 (1.76%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.18%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.18%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.59%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.12%) Android
1 7 (4.12%) Apple iOS
1 7 (4.12%) Windows
2 2 (1.18%) Linux
3 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.59%) Unix
3 1 (0.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.24%) Data Pipeline
2 28 (16.47%) Agile
3 26 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (15.29%) Roadmaps
4 22 (12.94%) CI/CD
4 22 (12.94%) Data Transformation
5 21 (12.35%) Analytics
6 20 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (11.18%) User Experience
8 18 (10.59%) Data Governance
8 18 (10.59%) Project Management
9 17 (10.00%) Data Modelling
9 17 (10.00%) Observability
9 17 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
9 17 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (10.00%) Visualisation
10 16 (9.41%) BPMN
10 16 (9.41%) Computer Science
10 16 (9.41%) Internal Audit
10 16 (9.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 40 (23.53%) SQL
2 33 (19.41%) Python
3 13 (7.65%) Java
4 9 (5.29%) C#
4 9 (5.29%) PowerShell
5 8 (4.71%) Perl
6 7 (4.12%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.94%) Groovy
7 5 (2.94%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.18%) C
8 2 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.18%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (1.18%) R
9 1 (0.59%) Bicep
9 1 (0.59%) C++
9 1 (0.59%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (18.24%) Security Cleared
2 23 (13.53%) Degree
3 21 (12.35%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.94%) PMP
6 2 (1.18%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.18%) HNC
6 2 (1.18%) HND
7 1 (0.59%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.59%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.18%) Accessibility
2 14 (8.24%) Data Quality
3 13 (7.65%) QA
4 7 (4.12%) WCAG
5 4 (2.35%) GDPR
5 4 (2.35%) JSP 440
6 3 (1.76%) PMO
7 2 (1.18%) PERC
8 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (5.88%) Docker
2 2 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.59%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.59%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.59%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (9.41%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (8.24%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.12%) Terraform
4 2 (1.18%) SCCM
5 1 (0.59%) Ansible
5 1 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (11.18%) Google
2 17 (10.00%) Okta
2 17 (10.00%) SAP
3 12 (7.06%) Microsoft
4 11 (6.47%) Adobe
5 8 (4.71%) Workday
6 5 (2.94%) Oracle
6 5 (2.94%) Sonatype
6 5 (2.94%) TikTok
7 4 (2.35%) Apple
7 4 (2.35%) Pinterest
7 4 (2.35%) Snapchat
8 3 (1.76%) Citrix
8 3 (1.76%) Facebook
9 2 (1.18%) ESRI
9 2 (1.18%) Instagram
9 2 (1.18%) Optimizely
9 2 (1.18%) UiPath
10 1 (0.59%) Botify
10 1 (0.59%) YouTube