Publishing Contract Job Trends in the South East

Publishing
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 176 200
Rank change year-on-year +9 +24 +34
Contract jobs citing Publishing 5 6 13
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.14% 0.14% 0.24%
As % of the General category 0.24% 0.26% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 11
10th Percentile - - £120
25th Percentile - £350 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £195
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +92.31% -60.31%
75th Percentile - £431 £459
90th Percentile - £443 £735
England median daily rate £475 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.99 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -
75th Percentile £27.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £68.75
% change year-on-year -19.81% -37.45% +25.00%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,103 2,280 3,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 58.14% 53.76% 56.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,331 1,306 2,032
10th Percentile £200 £225 £208
25th Percentile £345 £363 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -0.20% +0.20%
75th Percentile £583 £608 £625
90th Percentile £664 £678 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 127 175
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.50 £15.21
25th Percentile £15.14 £26.00 £22.44
Median hourly rate £20.00 £53.00 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -62.26% +3.07% +95.44%
75th Percentile £32.66 £70.00 £63.90
90th Percentile £71.55 £75.00 £75.15
England median hourly rate £25.00 £33.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -25.37% +11.67% +20.00%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Publishing job vacancy trend in the South East

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Publishing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Publishing

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Publishing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Publishing

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Berkshire +12 3 £350 - 15
Thames Valley +6 3 £350 - 19
Hampshire +9 2 - -
Publishing
England

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) CMS
2 1 (20.00%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (20.00%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Content Marketing Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Content Editor
2 1 (20.00%) Web Content Editor
2 1 (20.00%) Web Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Blog
1 2 (40.00%) Educational Technology
1 2 (40.00%) Podcast
1 2 (40.00%) Social Media
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Content Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Content Strategy
1 2 (40.00%) Document Management
1 2 (40.00%) Lead Generation
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) SEO
1 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (40.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Content Development
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) YouTube
2 1 (20.00%) Sitecore
2 1 (20.00%) Virgin Media