Publishing Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Publishing
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 113 125
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 +20
Contract jobs citing Publishing 1 3 15
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.065% 0.18% 0.63%
As % of the General category 0.099% 0.26% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 12
10th Percentile - £358 £450
25th Percentile - £361 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £381 £572
Median % change year-on-year - -33.35% +40.80%
75th Percentile - £411 £700
90th Percentile - £419 -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.67%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,009 1,135 1,609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 65.69% 67.40% 67.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 680 992
10th Percentile £200 £190 £200
25th Percentile £359 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £602 £625 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 30 42
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.60 £12.13
25th Percentile £13.72 £18.77 £15.42
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.55 £19.34
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +16.57% +14.20%
75th Percentile £26.00 £24.18 £56.05
90th Percentile £56.25 £35.30 £62.40
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £32.41
% change year-on-year -14.27% -15.15% +29.64%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Publishing job vacancy trend in Scotland

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Publishing

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Publishing

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Glasgow -6 1 - - 1
Publishing
UK

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Storage
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance