Post-Production Contract Job Trends

Post-Production
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Post-Production skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 527 531
Rank change year-on-year -119 +4 +108
Contract jobs citing Post-Production 17 24 41
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.032% 0.073% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% 0.081% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 16 34
10th Percentile - £384 £354
25th Percentile - £439 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £508 £563
Median % change year-on-year +26.11% -9.78% +18.42%
75th Percentile - £548 £950
90th Percentile - £624 £1,035
UK excluding London median daily rate - £508 £425
% change year-on-year - +19.41% -12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.25 £28.25 -
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% - -
75th Percentile £35.75 £30.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Post-Production 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 45,167 29,748 33,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.91% 90.41% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,886 18,653 21,488
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,759 1,659 1,873
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.47 £17.30 £18.14
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £74.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.05 £40.94
% change year-on-year +90.72% -43.70% +3.38%

Post-Production
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Post-Production relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Post-Production job vacancy trend in the UK

Post-Production
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Post-Production.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Post-Production

Post-Production
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Post-Production.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Post-Production

Post-Production
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Post-Production within the UK over the 6 months to 5 August 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
England -131 16 £640 +26.11% 38
Work from Home -51 8 £640 +12.78% 17
London -57 8 £640 +48.41% 22
UK excluding London -107 7 - - 15
South East -67 6 - - 4
East of England - 1 - - 1

Post-Production
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) CMS
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Houdini
1 5 (29.41%) NUKE
2 4 (23.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (17.65%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (11.76%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (11.76%) DaVinci Resolve
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) GCP
2 3 (17.65%) AWS
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) Google Ads
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Broadband
2 2 (11.76%) DHCP
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) HTTP
2 2 (11.76%) SSL
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Advertising
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Marketing
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Publishing
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Billing
5 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Consultant
1 3 (17.65%) Functional Consultant
1 3 (17.65%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Functional Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) Payroll Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Operations Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) AngularJS
1 2 (11.76%) REST
1 2 (11.76%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (5.88%) ATL
2 1 (5.88%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Social Media
2 4 (23.53%) Motion Graphics
3 2 (11.76%) Animation
3 2 (11.76%) Digital Media
3 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.76%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (11.76%) Public Cloud
3 2 (11.76%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (5.88%) AI Agents
4 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.88%) Media Streaming
4 1 (5.88%) Photography
4 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) AI
1 6 (35.29%) Project Management
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Visual Effects
3 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (23.53%) Workflow
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) System Integration Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Application Security
5 2 (11.76%) Budget Management
5 2 (11.76%) Budgeting
5 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.76%) Infographics
5 2 (11.76%) LLM
5 2 (11.76%) Prototyping
5 2 (11.76%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (11.76%) Sprint Review
5 2 (11.76%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (11.76%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Python
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) Google Apps Script
2 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
3 1 (5.88%) Apex Code
3 1 (5.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (11.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Ansible
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Adobe
1 4 (23.53%) Foundry
2 3 (17.65%) Google
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Salesforce
3 2 (11.76%) Sony
3 2 (11.76%) VMware
4 1 (5.88%) SAP