Publishing Contract Job Trends 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 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 82 72 103
Rank change year-on-year -10 +31 +35
Contract jobs citing Publishing 3 8 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.30% 0.68% 0.18%
As % of the General category 0.48% 1.16% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £201 £303 £280
25th Percentile £259 £381 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £391 £378
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +3.58% +45.19%
75th Percentile £409 £458 £439
90th Percentile £434 £500 £476
North West median daily rate £450 £510 £450
% change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% +73.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.85 -
North West median hourly rate - £16.85 -

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 623 688 860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 62.05% 58.35% 51.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 383 592
10th Percentile £275 £294 £233
25th Percentile £385 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £576 £586 £600
90th Percentile £657 £681 £688
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 26 41
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.96 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.93 £21.25 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.57 £33.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -33.14% +90.46% -11.97%
75th Percentile £35.50 £55.38 £30.00
90th Percentile £64.88 £65.00 £63.75
North West median hourly rate £24.50 £35.00 £21.18
% change year-on-year -30.00% +65.25% -0.63%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Publishing job vacancy trend in Manchester

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Publishing

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in Manchester

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Publishing

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Content Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Junior
2 1 (33.33%) Junior Content Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Junior Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Service Transition Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Content Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow