Publishing Contracts in Manchester

Publishing
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 - 106
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing Publishing 1 0 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.11% - 0.63%
As % of the General category 0.19% - 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £477
25th Percentile £184 - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 - £529
Median % change year-on-year - - +83.91%
75th Percentile £191 - £572
90th Percentile - - £624
North West median daily rate £356 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -35.27% +10.00% +70.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
North West median hourly rate £24.76 £46.18 £35.00
% change year-on-year -46.38% +31.94% +12.90%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 524 731 928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 56.59% 48.19% 49.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 477 647
10th Percentile £250 £313 £304
25th Percentile £375 £388 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +2.83%
75th Percentile £558 £588 £588
90th Percentile £676 £675 £659
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 62 39
10th Percentile - £12.27 £14.52
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £19.63
Median hourly rate £19.77 £21.73 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% -13.10% +38.89%
75th Percentile £40.31 £31.50 £37.30
90th Percentile £72.75 £59.75 £45.05
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in Manchester

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Publishing in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Publishing in Manchester

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Publishing in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Publishing in Manchester

Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

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

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Content Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Content Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Digital UX Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UX Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Identification
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility