Video Editing Contracts

Video Editing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Video Editing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Video Editing 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 523 536 675
Rank change year-on-year +13 +139 +153
Contract jobs citing Video Editing 11 49 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.11% 0.016%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% 0.38% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 20 4
10th Percentile £164 £219 £139
25th Percentile £193 £220 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £350 £198
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +77.22% -28.18%
75th Percentile £488 £388 £314
90th Percentile £548 £399 £426
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £350 -
% change year-on-year +64.29% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Video Editing falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 10,600 13,020 18,334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.58% 30.16% 32.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,573 8,265 12,603
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £676
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 927 581
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.32 £11.87
Median hourly rate £30.90 £35.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +58.44% -16.60%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.25 £60.63
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.58 £22.50
% change year-on-year -15.67% +58.11% +5.19%

Video Editing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Video Editing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Video Editing in the UK

Video Editing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Video Editing.

Daily rate trend for Video Editing in the UK

Video Editing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Video Editing over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Video Editing in the UK

Video Editing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Video Editing.

Hourly rate trend for Video Editing in the UK

Video Editing
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Video Editing 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 +33 10 £363 +61.11% 242
London +55 9 £279 +34.82% 123
Work from Home +34 7 £279 -23.10% 74
UK excluding London -1 2 £575 +64.29% 131
Scotland -10 1 - - 5
South West - 1 £575 - 14

Video Editing
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 3 (27.27%) Alfresco
1 3 (27.27%) Moodle
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Final Cut Pro
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (18.18%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (18.18%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (18.18%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (18.18%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (18.18%) CINEMA 4D
2 2 (18.18%) Photoshop
3 1 (9.09%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Canva
2 2 (18.18%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Intranet
General
1 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Games
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Designer
3 2 (18.18%) Motion Designer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Designer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Motion Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Content Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Instructional Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Project Leader
4 1 (9.09%) Video Content Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Video Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) EDI
2 1 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Learning Management System
2 5 (45.45%) Social Media
3 4 (36.36%) Animation
3 4 (36.36%) e-Learning
4 3 (27.27%) Motion Graphics
4 3 (27.27%) Onboarding
5 2 (18.18%) Graphic Design
5 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
6 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
6 1 (9.09%) Photography
6 1 (9.09%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Instructional Design
2 4 (36.36%) Storyboarding
3 3 (27.27%) Storytelling
4 2 (18.18%) Logistics
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
4 2 (18.18%) Typography
5 1 (9.09%) Coaching
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) Desktop Publishing
5 1 (9.09%) Infographics
5 1 (9.09%) Line Management
5 1 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (9.09%) Post-Production
5 1 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) Accessibility
2 3 (27.27%) WCAG
3 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (9.09%) GRC
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Adobe
2 2 (18.18%) YouTube
3 1 (9.09%) Facebook
3 1 (9.09%) Instagram
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) Twitter