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 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 533 529
Rank change year-on-year -129 -4 +104
Contract jobs citing Post-Production 24 28 44
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.086% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.095% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 19 32
10th Percentile £442 £329 £351
25th Percentile £467 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £508 £563
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -9.78% +30.81%
75th Percentile £573 £559 £963
90th Percentile £613 £683 £1,045
UK excluding London median daily rate - £508 £450
% change year-on-year - +12.78% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 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 45,698 29,569 32,758
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.55% 90.41% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,932 18,352 20,483
10th Percentile £325 £300 £311
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
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 2,947 1,755 1,552
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.20 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.63 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.69
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.09% +2.13%
75th Percentile £67.89 £45.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.40 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +87.36% -47.37% +12.13%

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 6 September 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 7 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 6 September 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 -111 22 £519 +8.36% 45
London -75 13 £519 +25.76% 33
Work from Home -54 9 £640 +91.04% 9
UK excluding London -101 9 - - 11
South East -69 7 - - 3
Scotland -31 1 - -
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 1 (4.17%) CMS
1 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) NUKE
2 5 (20.83%) Houdini
3 4 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (12.50%) CINEMA 4D
4 3 (12.50%) DaVinci Resolve
5 2 (8.33%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (4.17%) SAP APO
1 1 (4.17%) SAP IBP
1 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) AWS
2 4 (16.67%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (4.17%) Google Ads
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) Broadband
2 2 (8.33%) DHCP
2 2 (8.33%) DNS
2 2 (8.33%) HTTP
2 2 (8.33%) SSL
2 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (4.17%) Internet
3 1 (4.17%) PCoIP
3 1 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Forms
General
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Advertising
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Banking
4 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Billing
5 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Architect
1 5 (20.83%) Senior
2 4 (16.67%) Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) Cloud Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) Platform Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Payroll Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Healthcare Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Operations Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Gherkin
1 2 (8.33%) REST
1 2 (8.33%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (4.17%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.17%) ATL
2 1 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (4.17%) SAP Core Interface
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Social Media
2 4 (16.67%) Motion Graphics
3 3 (12.50%) Animation
4 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
4 2 (8.33%) Public Cloud
4 2 (8.33%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (4.17%) AI Agents
5 1 (4.17%) Digital Media
5 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.17%) Life Science
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (4.17%) Media Streaming
5 1 (4.17%) Photography
5 1 (4.17%) Video Editing
5 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Linux
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Agile
2 8 (33.33%) AI
3 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (25.00%) Visual Effects
4 5 (20.83%) Project Management
4 5 (20.83%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (20.83%) Workflow
5 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
6 3 (12.50%) Change Management
6 3 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) Migration
6 3 (12.50%) Workflow Development
7 2 (8.33%) Asset Management
7 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (8.33%) Infographics
7 2 (8.33%) Target Operating Model
7 2 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Python
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) Apex Code
2 1 (4.17%) Google Apps Script
2 1 (4.17%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) AWS Certification
2 1 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (8.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Foundry
2 4 (16.67%) Adobe
3 3 (12.50%) Oracle
4 2 (8.33%) Google
4 2 (8.33%) Salesforce
4 2 (8.33%) SAP
4 2 (8.33%) Sony
4 2 (8.33%) VMware
5 1 (4.17%) Avid
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.17%) Teradici