Blog Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Blogs
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blog in contract job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Blog over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Blog 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.21% - 0.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.65% - 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hampshire median daily rate - - -
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 - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Southampton

Blog falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 43 37 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 26.06% 24.03% 26.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 25 33
10th Percentile £161 £194 £165
25th Percentile £236 £237 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £360 £400
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -10.00% -14.44%
75th Percentile £549 £500 £500
90th Percentile £578 £583 £631
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - £22.40
25th Percentile £22.50 - £24.13
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £27.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.93%
75th Percentile £60.25 - -
90th Percentile £67.90 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £50.71
% change year-on-year -23.08% -35.91% -8.44%

Blog
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Blog job vacancy trend in Southampton

Blog
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Content Marketing Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Educational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) Podcast
1 2 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Content Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Lead Generation
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) SEO
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) YouTube