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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 533 529 619
Rank change year-on-year -4 +90 +183
Contract jobs citing Post-Production 26 44 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.12% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.13% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 31 10
10th Percentile £315 £350 £202
25th Percentile £333 £363 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £453
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +21.55% -4.74%
75th Percentile £580 £975 £497
90th Percentile £719 £1,050 £521
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.25 - -
Median hourly rate £29.50 - -
75th Percentile £30.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and 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 29,811 32,761 44,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.51% 85.67% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,528 20,142 30,042
10th Percentile £300 £309 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,799 1,460 1,542
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.64
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.01%
75th Percentile £44.68 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £43.00 £40.64
% change year-on-year -47.37% +5.81% +76.70%

Post-Production
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Post-Production as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Post-Production 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 17 September 2025.

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 9 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 17 September 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 +16 21 £450 -26.53% 17
London +19 17 £413 -58.75% 12
UK excluding London -9 8 £525 +16.67% 6
Work from Home 0 7 £335 -66.50% 14
Scotland -10 4 £585 +23.16%
South East +23 2 £508 +1.50% 3
North of England -13 1 £525 -8.70%
North West -16 1 £525 -8.70%
South West - 1 - -

Post-Production
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Photoshop
2 1 (3.85%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (3.85%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (3.85%) DaVinci Resolve
2 1 (3.85%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (7.69%) AWS
2 2 (7.69%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.85%) Azure
3 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
3 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.85%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) VLAN
2 2 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (7.69%) NAS
2 2 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.85%) IPv4
3 1 (3.85%) Network Security
3 1 (3.85%) SAN
3 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Metadata
2 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Marketing
3 5 (19.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (15.38%) Advertising
4 4 (15.38%) Finance
5 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Banking
5 3 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (7.69%) Legal
6 2 (7.69%) Publishing
7 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Games
7 1 (3.85%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Senior
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Producer
3 3 (11.54%) Lead
4 2 (7.69%) Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) IT Support
4 2 (7.69%) Product Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Content Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Coordinator
5 1 (3.85%) Post-Production Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Post-Production Support
5 1 (3.85%) Production Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Video Content Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) EDI
1 1 (3.85%) Hugging Face
1 1 (3.85%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Onboarding
1 5 (19.23%) Social Media
2 4 (15.38%) Motion Graphics
2 4 (15.38%) Video\Live Streaming
3 2 (7.69%) Digital Media
3 2 (7.69%) Photography
3 2 (7.69%) Video Editing
4 1 (3.85%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (3.85%) Animation
4 1 (3.85%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (3.85%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.85%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (26.92%) Workflow
2 6 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (23.08%) Visual Effects
3 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (19.23%) Project Management
4 4 (15.38%) Customer Experience
4 4 (15.38%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (15.38%) Storytelling
4 4 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (11.54%) Agile
5 3 (11.54%) Budget Management
5 3 (11.54%) Cash Management
5 3 (11.54%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 3 (11.54%) Customer Service
5 3 (11.54%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps
6 2 (7.69%) Business Analysis
6 2 (7.69%) Content Management
6 2 (7.69%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Bash
1 1 (3.85%) Python
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) Degree
1 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
1 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.85%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (3.85%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Adobe
1 3 (11.54%) Workday
2 2 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (3.85%) Apple
3 1 (3.85%) Databricks
3 1 (3.85%) Dell
3 1 (3.85%) Facebook
3 1 (3.85%) Instagram
3 1 (3.85%) Isilon
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) OpenAI
3 1 (3.85%) QNAP
3 1 (3.85%) Twitter