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 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 163 175
Rank change year-on-year -50 +12 +19
Contract jobs citing Publishing 11 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the General category 0.32% 0.24% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 5
10th Percentile £363 - -
25th Percentile £430 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% - -
75th Percentile £478 - £450
90th Percentile £490 - £555
England median daily rate £460 £450 £532
% change year-on-year +2.22% -15.33% +11.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.50 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - £25.99
75th Percentile £34.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.25 £42.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -28.82% -1.16% -37.45%

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 3,436 2,083 2,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 51.79% 58.83% 49.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,858 1,280 1,350
10th Percentile £260 £200 £219
25th Percentile £413 £353 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £499 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -0.25% -
75th Percentile £625 £600 £622
90th Percentile £725 £675 £698
England median daily rate £525 £503 £538
% change year-on-year +4.48% -6.51% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 502 193 218
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.00 £14.86
25th Percentile £19.33 £14.30 £26.36
Median hourly rate £42.00 £18.87 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +122.58% -67.10% +9.24%
75th Percentile £76.98 £51.10 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £75.88
England median hourly rate £31.90 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +26.84% -34.02% +35.37%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -39 7 £460 +31.43% 10
Berkshire -28 6 £460 +31.43% 1
Hampshire - 1 - - 1
Middlesex - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 7
Surrey - 1 £300 - 3
West Sussex - 1 £405 -
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 (9.09%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) FrameMaker
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) GCP
2 3 (27.27%) Apigee
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Azure API Management
2 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (27.27%) GitHub
2 3 (27.27%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (18.18%) dbt
4 1 (9.09%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Contentsquare
4 1 (9.09%) Google Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (18.18%) Tableau
1 2 (18.18%) Tableau Desktop
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Advertising
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Apigee Developer
1 3 (27.27%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) Tableau Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Analytics Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Author
3 1 (9.09%) Content Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Insight Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing Analytics Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Operations Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Report Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) JWT
1 3 (27.27%) OAuth
1 3 (27.27%) OAuth2
1 3 (27.27%) OpenAPI
1 3 (27.27%) REST
1 3 (27.27%) RESTful
1 3 (27.27%) SAML
1 3 (27.27%) SOAP
1 3 (27.27%) Swagger
1 3 (27.27%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Podcast
1 1 (9.09%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Analytics
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) API Design
4 3 (27.27%) API Management
4 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
4 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
4 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (27.27%) Microservices
4 3 (27.27%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Data Privacy
5 2 (18.18%) Dimensional Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 2 (18.18%) Predictive Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Tableau Certification
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
1 1 (9.09%) QA
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Google
2 3 (27.27%) MuleSoft
3 2 (18.18%) Adobe