Publishing Contracts in the North West

Publishing
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in the North West. 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 115 129 139
Rank change year-on-year +14 +10 +13
Contract jobs citing Publishing 5 8 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.25% 0.29% 0.56%
As % of the General category 0.44% 0.54% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile £218 - £249
25th Percentile £270 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £356 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -35.27% +10.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £473 - £569
90th Percentile £544 - £626
England median daily rate £513 £425 £513
% change year-on-year +20.59% -17.07% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
Median hourly rate £24.76 £46.18 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.38% +31.94% +12.90%
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.60% +22.86% +12.90%

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,131 1,478 1,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 57.47% 53.65% 51.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 686 905 1,142
10th Percentile £265 £300 £305
25th Percentile £380 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 191 82
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.50 £14.88
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.50 £19.28
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%
75th Percentile £49.06 £36.72 £38.39
90th Percentile £75.38 £51.91 £52.90
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in the North West

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Publishing in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Publishing in the North West

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in the North West

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Publishing in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Publishing in the North West

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cheshire +1 3 £473 -13.95% 2
Lancashire -2 1 - - 4
Manchester - 1 £188 - 8
Publishing
England

Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (20.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Content Designer
1 1 (20.00%) Designer
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Content Designer
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Designer
1 1 (20.00%) Digital UX Designer
1 1 (20.00%) Lead
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
1 1 (20.00%) PMO Lead
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (20.00%) UX Designer
1 1 (20.00%) Wintel Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) PMI
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Content Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Content Writing
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Identification
2 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) VB
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) MCSA
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) McAfee
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (20.00%) Symantec
1 1 (20.00%) VMware