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 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 149 192
Rank change year-on-year -40 +43 +11
Contract jobs citing Publishing 9 5 11
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.18% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.34% 0.27% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile £419 £275 £257
25th Percentile £438 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £325 £413
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% -21.21% -19.90%
75th Percentile - £350 £423
90th Percentile £645 £665 £494
England median daily rate £475 £525 £442
% change year-on-year -9.52% +18.85% -19.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
75th Percentile £27.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £29.88 £38.88
% change year-on-year +84.07% -23.14% +11.07%

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 general skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,655 1,823 3,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 51.97% 60.26% 53.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,751 1,125 1,721
10th Percentile £233 £210 £205
25th Percentile £375 £385 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £662 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 93 281
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.54 £12.78
25th Percentile £18.32 £18.50 £18.32
Median hourly rate £27.94 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -8.33% -33.33%
75th Percentile £78.13 £62.24 £59.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £66.74
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.41 £26.00
% change year-on-year -17.78% +16.94% -19.38%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in the South East over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in the South East

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 9 March 2026. 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
Thames Valley -35 5 £600 +84.62% 3
Berkshire -25 4 £550 +69.23% 3
Hampshire - 2 - -
Oxfordshire -12 1 £600 -29.41%
Surrey - 1 £413 - 3
West Sussex - 1 £600 - 1
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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) SaaS
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Storage
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) IaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
3 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DHCP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Content Marketing Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Workstream Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Workstream Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Blog
1 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (22.22%) Educational Technology
1 2 (22.22%) Podcast
1 2 (22.22%) Social Media
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Analytics
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) Content Marketing
4 2 (22.22%) Content Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Lead Generation
4 2 (22.22%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Security Patching
4 2 (22.22%) SEO
4 2 (22.22%) Storytelling
4 2 (22.22%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) PMP
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) YouTube
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Virgin Media