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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 98 132
Rank change year-on-year -30 +34 +38
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Publishing 5 25 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.23% 1.03% 0.48%
As % of the General category 0.37% 1.88% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 10
10th Percentile £333 £275 £232
25th Percentile £356 £391 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +73.08%
75th Percentile £469 £553 £498
90th Percentile £483 £577 £502
England median daily rate £450 £538 £475
% change year-on-year -16.32% +13.21% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.85 -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £46.09
% change year-on-year -1.16% -6.70% +110.82%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,357 1,329 1,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.21% 54.62% 54.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 792 1,049
10th Percentile £270 £300 £255
25th Percentile £380 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £580 £585 £588
90th Percentile £688 £680 £675
England median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.67% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 97 108
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.06 £15.72
25th Percentile £14.92 £18.00 £16.85
Median hourly rate £28.75 £32.90 £26.60
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +23.67% +33.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £71.80 £57.50 £63.23
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +14.58%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Publishing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Publishing

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in the North West over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in the North West

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Publishing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Publishing

Publishing
DemandTrendContract 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 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheshire -28 3 £463 -16.21% 3
Manchester -5 2 £406 +3.90% 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:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) SaaS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Service Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Service Transition Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Transition Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Content Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (80.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Governance
2 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Release Management
2 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Service Design
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow