Publishing Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Publishing
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 16 25
Rank change year-on-year -11 +9 +8
Contract jobs citing Publishing 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.54% 1.01% 0.56%
As % of the General category 0.94% 1.82% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £106
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £112
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.64%
75th Percentile - - £118
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £625 £350 £288
% change year-on-year +78.57% +21.63% -44.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.99 -
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £25.99 -
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

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 general skills in Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 106 55 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 57.61% 55.56% 57.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 33 70
10th Percentile £222 £166 £150
25th Percentile £322 £388 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £547 £638 £537
90th Percentile £600 £673 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 12
10th Percentile £15.58 - £17.13
25th Percentile £18.09 £23.50 £25.19
Median hourly rate £23.63 £25.99 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.07% -0.04% +8.33%
75th Percentile £27.81 £47.50 £32.32
90th Percentile £89.63 £59.50 £47.11
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £51.06
% change year-on-year -51.08% -16.76% +56.90%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Publishing job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Publishing

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Publishing

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP