Podcast Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Podcasts
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Podcast in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Podcast over the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 336 394
Rank change year-on-year -89 +58 +84
Contract jobs citing Podcast 2 8 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.063% 0.009%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.030% 0.19% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £300 £350
% change year-on-year +75.00% -14.29% -28.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - -
75th Percentile £27.50 £33.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 -
% change year-on-year -23.08% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Podcast 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,682 4,214 6,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.82% 33.17% 29.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,157 2,588 3,748
10th Percentile £206 £204 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £590
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 525 273 670
10th Percentile £14.72 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £14.54
Median hourly rate £41.94 £31.08 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.94% +19.54% +16.80%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £83.88 £66.36
UK median hourly rate £36.32 £32.50 £27.75
% change year-on-year +11.75% +17.12% +23.33%

Podcast
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Podcast relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Podcast job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Podcast
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Podcast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Podcast

Podcast
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Podcast.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Podcast

Podcast
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 Podcast within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
South East -50 1 - - 9
West Midlands - 1 £525 -
Midlands - 1 £525 -
Podcast
UK

Podcast
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Intranet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Content Marketing Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blog
1 1 (50.00%) Educational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
1 1 (50.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Content Development
1 1 (50.00%) Content Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Content Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Generation
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) SEO
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) YouTube