Desktop Publishing Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Publishing (DTP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Desktop Publishing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Desktop Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 311 420
Rank change year-on-year -58 +109 -
Contract jobs citing Desktop Publishing 8 65 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.052% 0.35% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% 0.43% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 37 0
10th Percentile £40.75 - -
25th Percentile £41.00 - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £43.30 - -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Desktop Publishing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,664 15,267 19,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.31% 83.13% 88.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,216 9,199 13,235
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £365 £387 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,319 1,592 1,214
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.50 £17.71
Median hourly rate £23.00 £40.94 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.82% +2.35% +84.42%
75th Percentile £46.30 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.03 £75.00 £76.07
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -5.12% +60.38%

Desktop Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Desktop Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Publishing in the UK excluding London

Desktop Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Publishing in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Publishing in the UK excluding London

Desktop Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Publishing in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Publishing in the UK excluding London

Desktop Publishing
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Publishing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
East of England -47 8 - - 6
Desktop Publishing
UK

Desktop Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 6 (75.00%) FrameMaker
General
1 8 (100.00%) Publishing
2 4 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (37.50%) Automotive
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Aviation
5 1 (12.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Author
1 8 (100.00%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) SGML
1 8 (100.00%) XML
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) HNC
1 8 (100.00%) HND
2 6 (75.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Twitter