Publishing Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Publishing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 10 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Contract jobs citing Publishing 17 58 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 3.59% 10.12% -
As % of the General category 6.03% 18.07% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £165 - -
25th Percentile £201 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £275 £600 -
% change year-on-year -54.17% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 30 0
10th Percentile £40.75 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 -
75th Percentile £43.38 - -
90th Percentile £43.75 - -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 -

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

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 common skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 282 321 384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 59.62% 56.02% 50.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 89 202
10th Percentile £172 £241 £250
25th Percentile £363 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.63% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £613 £575 £675
90th Percentile £734 £605 £750
East of England median daily rate £503 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.79% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 101 92
10th Percentile £16.85 £15.00 £21.55
25th Percentile £19.05 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -28.33% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £26.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year -13.46% +46.73% -10.55%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Publishing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Publishing job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Publishing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Publishing

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 8 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in Hertfordshire

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Publishing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Publishing

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 8 October 2025. 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
Stevenage -23 12 - -
Rickmansworth - 3 £140 -
Welwyn Garden City - 2 £275 - 1
Publishing
East of England

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (17.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 3 (17.65%) CMS
1 3 (17.65%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (58.82%) FrameMaker
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Contentsquare
1 3 (17.65%) Google Analytics
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Metadata
General
1 6 (35.29%) Aerospace
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Automotive
3 3 (17.65%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Aviation
4 1 (5.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Author
1 12 (70.59%) Technical Author
2 2 (11.76%) IT Support
2 2 (11.76%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (70.59%) SGML
1 12 (70.59%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Android
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Desktop Publishing
2 3 (17.65%) Analytics
2 3 (17.65%) Content Management
2 3 (17.65%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (17.65%) SEO
3 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
3 2 (11.76%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL
3 2 (11.76%) ITSM
3 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
3 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) HNC
1 12 (70.59%) HND
2 10 (58.82%) Degree
3 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Adobe
1 3 (17.65%) Google
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) Twitter