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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 505 564
Rank change year-on-year -100 +59 +142
Contract jobs citing Post-Production 14 13 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.032% 0.045% 0.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.049% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 10
10th Percentile £347 £245 £348
25th Percentile £386 £297 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £394 £463
Median % change year-on-year +39.68% -14.86% -7.50%
75th Percentile £763 £536 £763
90th Percentile £925 - £950
UK excluding London median daily rate - £508 £385
% change year-on-year - +31.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.25 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.96% - -
75th Percentile £35.75 £26.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £26.50 -

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 37,733 26,318 38,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.81% 90.56% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,910 17,091 24,889
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,221 949 2,344
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.19 £12.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.45 £16.00
Median hourly rate £34.50 £32.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% -1.54% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £58.69
90th Percentile £76.00 £76.25 £71.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £31.52 £31.80
% change year-on-year -4.82% -0.88% -12.28%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Post-Production over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Post-Production in the UK

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 3 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 26 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
England -99 12 £550 +33.33% 13
London -39 11 £550 +69.23% 8
Work from Home -35 5 £900 - 7

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 (14.29%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (7.14%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) GCP
1 2 (14.29%) Google Ads
2 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Relational Database
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Marketing
3 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Publishing
5 2 (14.29%) General Ledger
5 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 1 (7.14%) Advertising
6 1 (7.14%) Law
6 1 (7.14%) Legal
6 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (14.29%) Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Consultant
1 2 (14.29%) Developer
1 2 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Functional Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Financials Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Financials Functional Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow Developer
2 1 (7.14%) Business Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Marketing Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Marketing Project Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Manufacturing Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) AngularJS
1 2 (14.29%) CSS
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
1 2 (14.29%) REST
1 2 (14.29%) SOAP
1 2 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (7.14%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (14.29%) Animation
2 2 (14.29%) CMDB
2 2 (14.29%) Digital Media
2 2 (14.29%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (14.29%) Media Streaming
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (14.29%) Social Media
2 2 (14.29%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (7.14%) New Media
3 1 (7.14%) Reinsurance
3 1 (7.14%) Social Network
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 4 (28.57%) Validation
3 3 (21.43%) AI
3 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Application Security
4 2 (14.29%) Budgeting
4 2 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 2 (14.29%) Line Management
4 2 (14.29%) LLM
4 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (14.29%) SDLC
4 2 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) Google Apps Script
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Adobe
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) Google
2 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 2 (14.29%) Sony
2 2 (14.29%) Workday
3 1 (7.14%) Facebook
3 1 (7.14%) Instagram
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce