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 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 255 357
Rank change year-on-year -66 +102 +20
Contract jobs citing Publishing 46 120 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.66% 0.30%
As % of the General category 0.49% 1.22% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 36 46
10th Percentile £251 £317 £198
25th Percentile £331 £350 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £430 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.24% -4.44% -9.09%
75th Percentile £464 £552 £538
90th Percentile £517 £600 £735
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 40 2
10th Percentile £37.02 £41.83 £46.02
25th Percentile £40.75 - £46.05
Median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £46.09
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -6.70% +44.55%
75th Percentile £43.00 - £46.14
90th Percentile £43.75 - £46.16
UK median hourly rate £41.50 £43.00 £46.09
% change year-on-year -3.49% -6.70% +72.30%

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 9,406 9,867 12,260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 61.32% 53.89% 55.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,641 5,667 8,040
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £360 £363 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £690 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 847 1,177 824
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.86 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.25 £15.21
Median hourly rate £22.14 £38.12 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.92% +52.48% +25.00%
75th Percentile £46.71 £60.00 £57.77
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.25 £71.07
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +13.11%

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 14 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Publishing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 14 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 -37 14 £330 -45.00% 22
Scotland -19 9 £375 +4.17% 2
North of England -34 8 £450 -10.00% 19
South East +24 6 £350 +16.67% 42
Midlands -8 6 £350 -19.77% 13
North West -27 5 £450 -11.76% 9
West Midlands -11 3 £350 -19.77% 4
East Midlands - 3 £450 - 9
Yorkshire -15 2 £575 +21.05% 10
South West - 2 £663 - 15
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1
North East - 1 £425 -
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 10 (21.74%) CMS
2 9 (19.57%) Umbraco
3 4 (8.70%) SharePoint
4 3 (6.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (6.52%) WordPress
5 2 (4.35%) EPiServer
6 1 (2.17%) Drupal
6 1 (2.17%) Joomla!
6 1 (2.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (17.39%) FrameMaker
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.35%) AutoCAD
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.35%) MicroStation
3 2 (4.35%) Photoshop
3 2 (4.35%) Revit
4 1 (2.17%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (2.17%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) SaaS
2 4 (8.70%) Google Analytics
3 3 (6.52%) Contentsquare
4 2 (4.35%) Canva
4 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.17%) Azure
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.17%) Figma
5 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) Intranet
2 1 (2.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) Metadata
2 1 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (2.17%) GIS
2 1 (2.17%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Axure RP
1 1 (2.17%) Balsamiq
1 1 (2.17%) Dreamweaver
General
1 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Finance
2 8 (17.39%) Marketing
3 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.87%) Aerospace
6 4 (8.70%) Automotive
6 4 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (4.35%) Legal
8 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.17%) Aviation
9 1 (2.17%) Banking
9 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.17%) Games
9 1 (2.17%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.17%) Law
9 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (21.74%) Author
1 10 (21.74%) Technical Author
2 9 (19.57%) Designer
3 8 (17.39%) Content Designer
4 5 (10.87%) Content Editor
5 3 (6.52%) Architect
5 3 (6.52%) Service Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Service Transition Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Transition Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Web Content Editor
5 3 (6.52%) Web Editor
6 2 (4.35%) Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Coordinator
6 2 (4.35%) Data Architect
6 2 (4.35%) Developer
6 2 (4.35%) Digital Content Editor
6 2 (4.35%) Digital Editor
6 2 (4.35%) Draughtsman
6 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow Architect
7 1 (2.17%) GIS Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (21.74%) SGML
1 10 (21.74%) XML
2 5 (10.87%) HTML
3 1 (2.17%) Cocoa
3 1 (2.17%) Cocoa Touch
3 1 (2.17%) CSS
3 1 (2.17%) EDI
3 1 (2.17%) Flash
3 1 (2.17%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.70%) Social Media
3 2 (4.35%) CMDB
3 2 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.35%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.17%) Blog
4 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) Agile
2 10 (21.74%) Desktop Publishing
3 9 (19.57%) Analytics
3 9 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (15.22%) Content Management
4 7 (15.22%) ITIL
4 7 (15.22%) User Research
5 6 (13.04%) ITSM
5 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (13.04%) Service Management
5 6 (13.04%) Waterfall
6 5 (10.87%) Acceptance Criteria
6 5 (10.87%) Change Management
6 5 (10.87%) Computer Science
6 5 (10.87%) Project Delivery
6 5 (10.87%) Project Management
7 4 (8.70%) DevOps
7 4 (8.70%) Programme Delivery
7 4 (8.70%) Programme Governance
7 4 (8.70%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
1 2 (4.35%) SQL
2 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.17%) Objective-C
2 1 (2.17%) Python
2 1 (2.17%) R
2 1 (2.17%) Swift
2 1 (2.17%) T-SQL
2 1 (2.17%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 15 (32.61%) Degree
2 12 (26.09%) HNC
2 12 (26.09%) HND
3 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 5 (10.87%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.04%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.35%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (4.35%) GDPR
2 2 (4.35%) ISO 9001
2 2 (4.35%) PMO
2 2 (4.35%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) ServiceNow
3 4 (8.70%) Adobe
3 4 (8.70%) Google
3 4 (8.70%) Twitter
4 3 (6.52%) Facebook
4 3 (6.52%) Instagram
4 3 (6.52%) Virgin Media
5 2 (4.35%) Autodesk
6 1 (2.17%) Avaya
6 1 (2.17%) ESRI
6 1 (2.17%) Genesys
6 1 (2.17%) Sitecore
6 1 (2.17%) YouTube