Desktop Publishing Contracts

Desktop Publishing (DTP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 533 517 682
Rank change year-on-year -16 +165 -
Contract jobs citing Desktop Publishing 1 68 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.16% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% 0.18% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 40 0
Median hourly rate - £43.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £43.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,864 36,803 49,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.90% 85.25% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,568 23,445 34,342
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,367 2,552 1,711
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.74 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.40 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.91 £61.30 £64.56
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%

Desktop Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Desktop Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Publishing in the UK

Desktop Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Publishing.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Publishing in the UK

Desktop Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Publishing.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Publishing in the UK

Desktop Publishing
Top 2 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 June 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
England -10 1 - - 10
London - 1 - - 5

Desktop Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Canva
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Learning Management System
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
1 1 (100.00%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Infographics
1 1 (100.00%) Instructional Design
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe