Publishing Contracts in London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Publishing over the 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Publishing England / London
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	243	175	199
Rank change year-on-year	-68	+24
Contract jobs citing Publishing	181	310	269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	0.87%	1.43%	1.15%
As % of the General category	1.91%	3.23%	2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted	148	235	193
Median daily rate	£425	£425	£438
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	-2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£237	£288	£300
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£556	£593	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£404	£400	£393
% change year-on-year	+0.93%	+1.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	7	5
Median hourly rate	-	£26.25	£22.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-	+19.31%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£15.00	£15.50	£33.00
% change year-on-year	-3.22%	-53.03%

Publishing is in the common skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for common skills.

General Skills London
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills	9491	9598	10879
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London	45.78%	44.21%	46.37%
Number of daily rates quoted	6810	7090	7846
Median daily rate	£525	£500	£475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.00%	+5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£350	£320	£300
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£650	£650
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£400	£400
% change year-on-year	+3.12%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	88	106	118
Median hourly rate	£22.50	£22.27	£22.83
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+1.05%	-2.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£14.40	£10.03	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£45.00	£45.25	£52.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£30.00	£25.00	£22.50
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	+11.11%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in London citing Publishing as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the General category.

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in London

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Publishing in London.

Contractor daily rate trend for Publishing in London

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Publishing in London over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Publishing in London

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing in London.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Publishing in London

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the London region over the 3 months to 22 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
City of London	-20	30	£400	-	14
Croydon	-5	2	£475	+11.76%
Feltham	-	1	-	-
Twickenham	-	1	£363	-
Canary Wharf	-	1	£185	-
Publishing England

Publishing
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Publishing also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the London region with a requirement for Publishing.

1	139 (40.06%)	Agile Software Development
2	71 (20.46%)	HTML
3	69 (19.88%)	JavaScript
4	55 (15.85%)	CSS
4	55 (15.85%)	Scrum
5	49 (14.12%)	Java
6	47 (13.54%)	Finance
7	39 (11.24%)	CMS
8	37 (10.66%)	TDD
8	37 (10.66%)	User Experience
9	36 (10.37%)	SQL
10	35 (10.09%)	Marketing
11	34 (9.80%)	Analytics
12	33 (9.51%)	HTML5
13	30 (8.65%)	DevOps

14	29 (8.36%)	Linux
15	28 (8.07%)	Project Management
15	28 (8.07%)	Content Management
15	28 (8.07%)	Analytical Skills
16	27 (7.78%)	Adobe
17	26 (7.49%)	Migration
17	26 (7.49%)	E-Commerce
17	26 (7.49%)	SQL Server
18	25 (7.20%)	Legal
18	25 (7.20%)	Degree
18	25 (7.20%)	Kanban
19	24 (6.92%)	SEO
20	23 (6.63%)	MySQL
20	23 (6.63%)	REST
20	23 (6.63%)	User Stories

Publishing
Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	39 (11.24%)	CMS
2	17 (4.90%)	WordPress
3	11 (3.17%)	SAS
4	10 (2.88%)	Confluence
5	9 (2.59%)	SharePoint
6	7 (2.02%)	Apache
6	7 (2.02%)	Drupal
7	5 (1.44%)	Adobe Experience Manager
7	5 (1.44%)	Tomcat
8	4 (1.15%)	Apache Solr
9	3 (0.86%)	Exchange Server 2013
9	3 (0.86%)	nginx
9	3 (0.86%)	SharePoint 2010
9	3 (0.86%)	WebSphere
10	2 (0.58%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
10	2 (0.58%)	CoreMedia CMS
10	2 (0.58%)	Elasticsearch
10	2 (0.58%)	JBoss
10	2 (0.58%)	Joomla!
10	2 (0.58%)	MS Exchange

Applications
1	22 (6.34%)	Microsoft Excel
1	22 (6.34%)	Microsoft Office
2	15 (4.32%)	Photoshop
3	10 (2.88%)	MS Visio
4	9 (2.59%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	7 (2.02%)	Adobe Illustrator
5	7 (2.02%)	Spreadsheet
6	5 (1.44%)	OmniGraffle
7	2 (0.58%)	Adobe After Effects
7	2 (0.58%)	Adobe Captivate
7	2 (0.58%)	Adobe Creative Suite
7	2 (0.58%)	Adobe Premiere
7	2 (0.58%)	InDesign
7	2 (0.58%)	Microsoft Project
8	1 (0.29%)	InfoPath

Business Applications
1	8 (2.31%)	Eloqua
1	8 (2.31%)	FastStats
2	4 (1.15%)	Dynamics CRM
3	3 (0.86%)	SAP CRM
3	3 (0.86%)	SAP Hybris
4	1 (0.29%)	BondVision
4	1 (0.29%)	Dynamics AX
4	1 (0.29%)	Eikon
4	1 (0.29%)	Magento
4	1 (0.29%)	SAP Oil and Gas
4	1 (0.29%)	Shopify
4	1 (0.29%)	Unit4 Business World
4	1 (0.29%)	WebTrends

Cloud Services
1	18 (5.19%)	Amazon AWS
2	10 (2.88%)	Google Analytics
3	7 (2.02%)	Office 365
4	5 (1.44%)	Microsoft Azure
5	3 (0.86%)	GitHub
5	3 (0.86%)	Slack
6	2 (0.58%)	Amazon EC2
6	2 (0.58%)	AWS CloudFormation
6	2 (0.58%)	Force.com
6	2 (0.58%)	G Suite
6	2 (0.58%)	Google Play
6	2 (0.58%)	Heroku
6	2 (0.58%)	MailChimp
6	2 (0.58%)	Mimecast
6	2 (0.58%)	Salesforce Service Cloud
6	2 (0.58%)	Trello
7	1 (0.29%)	Amazon S3
7	1 (0.29%)	Basecamp
7	1 (0.29%)	PaaS
7	1 (0.29%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	7 (2.02%)	SAN
2	6 (1.73%)	HTTP
3	4 (1.15%)	LAN
4	3 (0.86%)	DHCP
4	3 (0.86%)	DNS
4	3 (0.86%)	Internet
5	2 (0.58%)	Firewall
5	2 (0.58%)	LDAP
5	2 (0.58%)	Skype
5	2 (0.58%)	SSL
5	2 (0.58%)	VPN
5	2 (0.58%)	Wi-Fi
6	1 (0.29%)	BIG-IP
6	1 (0.29%)	F5 BIG-IP LTM
6	1 (0.29%)	Intranet
6	1 (0.29%)	NAS
6	1 (0.29%)	NetScaler
6	1 (0.29%)	PuTTY
6	1 (0.29%)	Software-Defined Networking
6	1 (0.29%)	TCP/IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	26 (7.49%)	SQL Server
2	23 (6.63%)	MySQL
3	19 (5.48%)	Relational Database
4	13 (3.75%)	Data Warehouse
5	11 (3.17%)	NoSQL
6	10 (2.88%)	SQL Server Integration Services
7	8 (2.31%)	Big Data
7	8 (2.31%)	MarkLogic
7	8 (2.31%)	QlikView
8	6 (1.73%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
9	5 (1.44%)	Enterprise Data Warehouse
10	4 (1.15%)	BusinessObjects
10	4 (1.15%)	MongoDB
10	4 (1.15%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
11	3 (0.86%)	OLAP
11	3 (0.86%)	Power BI
11	3 (0.86%)	SQL Server 2008
11	3 (0.86%)	SQL Server 2014
12	2 (0.58%)	Blockchain
12	2 (0.58%)	SQL Server 2016

Development Applications
1	20 (5.76%)	JIRA
2	19 (5.48%)	Git (software)
3	14 (4.03%)	Jenkins
3	14 (4.03%)	Team Foundation Server
4	11 (3.17%)	JUnit
5	10 (2.88%)	Cucumber
5	10 (2.88%)	Subversion
5	10 (2.88%)	Visual Studio
6	9 (2.59%)	Selenium
7	8 (2.31%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8	6 (1.73%)	Jasmine
8	6 (1.73%)	Mocha
8	6 (1.73%)	Mockito
9	5 (1.44%)	Grunt
9	5 (1.44%)	gulp
10	4 (1.15%)	Maven
10	4 (1.15%)	VSS/SourceSafe
11	3 (0.86%)	Android Studio
11	3 (0.86%)	Axure RP
11	3 (0.86%)	Dreamweaver

General
1	47 (13.54%)	Finance
2	35 (10.09%)	Marketing
3	25 (7.20%)	Legal
4	17 (4.90%)	Banking
5	10 (2.88%)	Advertising
6	8 (2.31%)	Law
7	7 (2.02%)	Retail
8	4 (1.15%)	Back Office
8	4 (1.15%)	Pharmaceutical
8	4 (1.15%)	Telecoms
9	3 (0.86%)	Financial Institution
9	3 (0.86%)	Multimedia
10	2 (0.58%)	Games
10	2 (0.58%)	Investment Banking
11	1 (0.29%)	Billing
11	1 (0.29%)	Electronics
11	1 (0.29%)	Front Office
11	1 (0.29%)	Manufacturing
11	1 (0.29%)	Music Industry
11	1 (0.29%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	114 (32.85%)	Developer
2	55 (15.85%)	Analyst
3	29 (8.36%)	Project Manager
4	28 (8.07%)	Designer
5	27 (7.78%)	Java Developer
6	19 (5.48%)	Business Analyst
7	17 (4.90%)	Content Designer
7	17 (4.90%)	Scrum Master
7	17 (4.90%)	Senior Developer
8	16 (4.61%)	Architect
9	14 (4.03%)	Full Stack Developer
10	11 (3.17%)	Agile Scrum Master
11	10 (2.88%)	DevOps Engineer
12	9 (2.59%)	Content Manager
12	9 (2.59%)	JavaScript Developer
13	8 (2.31%)	Agile Project Manager
13	8 (2.31%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13	8 (2.31%)	HTML Developer
13	8 (2.31%)	Marketing Analyst
13	8 (2.31%)	Salesforce Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	71 (20.46%)	HTML
2	55 (15.85%)	CSS
3	33 (9.51%)	HTML5
4	23 (6.63%)	REST
5	20 (5.76%)	Spring
6	19 (5.48%)	jQuery
6	19 (5.48%)	XML
7	16 (4.61%)	Web Services
8	15 (4.32%)	Node.js
9	14 (4.03%)	CSS3
9	14 (4.03%)	Hibernate
10	13 (3.75%)	RESTful
10	13 (3.75%)	XSLT
11	12 (3.46%)	.NET
11	12 (3.46%)	Java EE
11	12 (3.46%)	Sass
11	12 (3.46%)	SOAP
12	10 (2.88%)	Redux
13	9 (2.59%)	AngularJS
13	9 (2.59%)	React

Miscellaneous
1	37 (10.66%)	User Experience
2	28 (8.07%)	Analytical Skills
3	20 (5.76%)	Social Media
4	9 (2.59%)	Computer Science
4	9 (2.59%)	Mobile App
5	8 (2.31%)	Data Protection Act
5	8 (2.31%)	e-Learning
6	7 (2.02%)	Data Centre
7	6 (1.73%)	Management Information System
8	5 (1.44%)	Learning Management System
8	5 (1.44%)	Reference Data
8	5 (1.44%)	SCORM
9	4 (1.15%)	Animation
9	4 (1.15%)	Blog
9	4 (1.15%)	Semantic Web
10	3 (0.86%)	Greenfield Project
10	3 (0.86%)	Linked Data
10	3 (0.86%)	Mashup
10	3 (0.86%)	Photography
10	3 (0.86%)	Video Editing

Operating Systems
1	29 (8.36%)	Linux
2	17 (4.90%)	Windows
3	8 (2.31%)	Windows Server
4	7 (2.02%)	Unix
5	6 (1.73%)	Android
6	4 (1.15%)	Windows Server 2008
7	3 (0.86%)	Apple iOS
7	3 (0.86%)	CoreOS
7	3 (0.86%)	Windows Server 2012
8	2 (0.58%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	2 (0.58%)	Ubuntu
9	1 (0.29%)	Mac OS X
9	1 (0.29%)	Windows 7
9	1 (0.29%)	Windows 8
9	1 (0.29%)	Windows Vista

Processes & Methodologies
1	139 (40.06%)	Agile Software Development
2	55 (15.85%)	Scrum
3	37 (10.66%)	TDD
4	34 (9.80%)	Analytics
5	30 (8.65%)	DevOps
6	28 (8.07%)	Content Management
6	28 (8.07%)	Project Management
7	26 (7.49%)	E-Commerce
7	26 (7.49%)	Migration
8	25 (7.20%)	Kanban
9	24 (6.92%)	SEO
10	23 (6.63%)	User Stories
11	21 (6.05%)	BDD
11	21 (6.05%)	Business Intelligence
12	18 (5.19%)	OO
12	18 (5.19%)	Web Development
13	16 (4.61%)	Front End Development
13	16 (4.61%)	SDLC
13	16 (4.61%)	Web Application Development
14	15 (4.32%)	Continuous Improvement

Programming Languages
1	69 (19.88%)	JavaScript
2	49 (14.12%)	Java
3	36 (10.37%)	SQL
4	16 (4.61%)	PHP
5	14 (4.03%)	Python
6	13 (3.75%)	Ruby
7	12 (3.46%)	R
8	8 (2.31%)	Apex Code
9	7 (2.02%)	ES6
10	5 (1.44%)	C
10	5 (1.44%)	C#
11	4 (1.15%)	Scala
11	4 (1.15%)	SPARQL
11	4 (1.15%)	T-SQL
12	2 (0.58%)	Bash Shell
12	2 (0.58%)	C++
12	2 (0.58%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
12	2 (0.58%)	Go
12	2 (0.58%)	TypeScript
12	2 (0.58%)	VB.NET

Qualifications
1	25 (7.20%)	Degree
2	7 (2.02%)	Security Cleared
3	6 (1.73%)	Computer Science Degree
4	3 (0.86%)	CBAP
4	3 (0.86%)	IIBA
4	3 (0.86%)	ITIL Certification
4	3 (0.86%)	Master's Degree
4	3 (0.86%)	PRINCE2 Certification
5	2 (0.58%)	DV Cleared
5	2 (0.58%)	ISTQB
5	2 (0.58%)	SC Cleared
6	1 (0.29%)	CCNA
6	1 (0.29%)	CCSA
6	1 (0.29%)	Cisco Certification
6	1 (0.29%)	CISM
6	1 (0.29%)	CISSP
6	1 (0.29%)	ISEB
6	1 (0.29%)	JNCIA
6	1 (0.29%)	PMI Certification
6	1 (0.29%)	PMP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	21 (6.05%)	QA
2	8 (2.31%)	Data Quality
3	6 (1.73%)	PMO
4	4 (1.15%)	SLA
5	1 (0.29%)	Disclosure Scotland
5	1 (0.29%)	GDPR

System Software
1	8 (2.31%)	Active Directory
2	7 (2.02%)	Docker
3	4 (1.15%)	XenApp
4	3 (0.86%)	vSphere
5	2 (0.58%)	Hyper-V
5	2 (0.58%)	Virtual Desktop
6	1 (0.29%)	Microsoft App-V
6	1 (0.29%)	vCloud
6	1 (0.29%)	VMware Infrastructure

Systems Management
1	9 (2.59%)	Puppet
2	8 (2.31%)	Kubernetes
3	7 (2.02%)	Terraform
4	6 (1.73%)	Opscode Chef
4	6 (1.73%)	SCCM
5	4 (1.15%)	Ansible
5	4 (1.15%)	Consul
6	3 (0.86%)	Packer
6	3 (0.86%)	SCOM
7	2 (0.58%)	Graphite
7	2 (0.58%)	Nagios
7	2 (0.58%)	NetBackup
8	1 (0.29%)	CFEngine
8	1 (0.29%)	HP SiteScope
8	1 (0.29%)	Microsoft Clustering
8	1 (0.29%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
8	1 (0.29%)	Thomson Reuters DACS

Vendors
1	27 (7.78%)	Adobe
2	21 (6.05%)	Microsoft
3	15 (4.32%)	Google
4	12 (3.46%)	Oracle
4	12 (3.46%)	Salesforce.com
5	9 (2.59%)	Tableau
6	8 (2.31%)	Apteco
7	6 (1.73%)	HP
7	6 (1.73%)	SAP
7	6 (1.73%)	VMware
8	5 (1.44%)	Cisco
8	5 (1.44%)	Citrix
8	5 (1.44%)	Splunk
9	4 (1.15%)	Escenic
9	4 (1.15%)	IBM
10	3 (0.86%)	hybris
10	3 (0.86%)	NetApp
10	3 (0.86%)	Sophos
10	3 (0.86%)	Zuora
11	2 (0.58%)	Reuters