Publishing Contracts in the UK excluding London

Publishing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 267 361
Rank change year-on-year -41 +94 +7
Contract jobs citing Publishing 28 133 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.64% 0.42%
As % of the General category 0.35% 1.17% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 37 69
10th Percentile £306 £194 £323
25th Percentile £313 £321 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 £350 £488
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -28.21% +17.47%
75th Percentile £388 £450 £575
90th Percentile £876 £600 £655
UK median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 45 4
Median hourly rate £24.76 £43.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.42% +22.86% +12.90%
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £43.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.60% +22.86% +12.90%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7,944 11,365 13,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.23% 54.72% 56.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,914 6,491 9,285
10th Percentile £213 £205 £228
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £597 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £693
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 586 1,652 782
10th Percentile £13.88 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.00 £16.54
Median hourly rate £24.71 £28.42 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% -6.94% +65.08%
75th Percentile £55.76 £52.84 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £69.95
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in the UK excluding London

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Publishing in the UK excluding London

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in the UK excluding London

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Publishing in the UK excluding London

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 Publishing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Scotland -1 10 £375 +7.14% 7
South East +42 8 £350 -15.15% 40
North West +14 5 £356 -35.27% 9
North of England +14 5 £356 -29.08% 13
South West +37 3 £531 +25.00% 10
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2
Wales - 1 £950 - 1
Publishing
UK

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (21.43%) CMS
1 6 (21.43%) SharePoint
1 6 (21.43%) Umbraco
2 2 (7.14%) EPiServer
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.14%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (7.14%) WordPress
3 1 (3.57%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (14.29%) Yammer
3 3 (10.71%) Azure
3 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
4 2 (7.14%) Canva
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) Intranet
2 2 (7.14%) DNS
3 1 (3.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Finance
5 2 (7.14%) Legal
5 2 (7.14%) Marketing
5 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.57%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Analyst
1 5 (17.86%) Change Analyst
1 5 (17.86%) Content Editor
1 5 (17.86%) Designer
2 4 (14.29%) Architect
2 4 (14.29%) Content Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Lead
3 3 (10.71%) Web Content Editor
3 3 (10.71%) Web Editor
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Data Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Digital Content Editor
4 2 (7.14%) Digital Editor
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Trainer
4 2 (7.14%) Wintel Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) HTML
2 1 (3.57%) Babylonjs
2 1 (3.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (7.14%) CMDB
3 2 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (7.14%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (7.14%) Social Media
4 1 (3.57%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.57%) Linked Data
4 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.57%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Android
1 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
1 2 (7.14%) Mac OS
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
1 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
1 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
1 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Agile
2 7 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 6 (21.43%) Project Management
4 5 (17.86%) Analytics
4 5 (17.86%) Change Management
4 5 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (17.86%) Migration
5 4 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (14.29%) Infographics
5 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.29%) User Research
6 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (10.71%) Change Control
6 3 (10.71%) Content Management
6 3 (10.71%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (10.71%) Data Modelling
7 2 (7.14%) IT Strategy
7 2 (7.14%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (7.14%) Service Design
7 2 (7.14%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) VB
2 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.14%) VBScript
3 1 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (3.57%) Python
3 1 (3.57%) R
3 1 (3.57%) SQL
3 1 (3.57%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.57%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) MCP
3 2 (7.14%) MCSA
3 2 (7.14%) MCSE
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 2 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (7.14%) GDPR
2 2 (7.14%) NCSC
3 1 (3.57%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.14%) BitLocker
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
2 3 (10.71%) Virgin Media
3 2 (7.14%) Facebook
3 2 (7.14%) Instagram
3 2 (7.14%) McAfee
3 2 (7.14%) Symantec
3 2 (7.14%) Twitter
3 2 (7.14%) VMware
4 1 (3.57%) Sitecore