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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 176 199
Rank change year-on-year +21 +23 +35
Contract jobs citing Publishing 6 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% 0.17% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.29% 0.34% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 13
10th Percentile - - £120
25th Percentile - £350 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -28.21%
75th Percentile - £431 £500
90th Percentile - £443 £708
England median daily rate £475 £532 £500
% change year-on-year -10.63% +6.30% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 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 £42.00 £43.00 £68.75
% change year-on-year -2.33% -37.45% +214.47%

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 2,044 2,338 3,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 58.70% 50.93% 57.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,271 1,301 2,111
10th Percentile £200 £215 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £613 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 188 172
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.77 £15.21
25th Percentile £14.20 £29.44 £22.47
Median hourly rate £18.87 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.10% +9.24% +133.33%
75th Percentile £47.50 £70.00 £64.69
90th Percentile £76.50 £77.14 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.68% +40.00% +10.93%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Publishing 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 17 September 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 +21 5 £350 - 15
Thames Valley +10 5 £350 - 24
Hampshire +10 1 - - 5
Publishing
England

Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) CMS
1 3 (50.00%) Umbraco
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (16.67%) Sitecore CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Content Editor
1 3 (50.00%) Web Content Editor
1 3 (50.00%) Web Editor
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Content Marketing Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Blog
1 1 (16.67%) Educational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Podcast
1 1 (16.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Document Management
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Content Development
2 1 (16.67%) Content Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Content Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Generation
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) SEO
2 1 (16.67%) Storytelling
2 1 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Virgin Media
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Sitecore
3 1 (16.67%) YouTube