Video Editing Contract Job Trends

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 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 656 538 546
Rank change year-on-year -118 +8 +115
Contract jobs citing Video Editing 3 12 47
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.037% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.017% 0.11% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 20
10th Percentile £307 £164 £219
25th Percentile £309 £193 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £363 £350
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% +3.57% +77.22%
75th Percentile £319 £488 £388
90th Percentile £320 £548 £399
UK excluding London median daily rate - £575 £350
% change year-on-year - +64.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £16.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +71.88% - -
75th Percentile £28.75 £16.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £16.00 -

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 17,434 11,307 13,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.09% 34.60% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,677 7,024 8,258
10th Percentile £313 £300 £281
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £627 £649 £663
90th Percentile £749 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 879 530 872
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.48 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.94 £18.87 £15.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £31.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.58% -13.71% +32.25%
75th Percentile £70.00 £58.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £87.50 £77.62 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £31.91 £36.05
% change year-on-year +37.78% -11.49% +2.99%

Video Editing
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Video Editing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Video Editing job vacancy trend in the UK

Video Editing
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Video Editing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Video Editing

Video Editing
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Video Editing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Video Editing

Video Editing
Top 2 Contract Job 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 13 July 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
London -72 3 £315 +13.00% 6
England -121 3 £315 -13.10% 10

Video Editing
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 (66.67%) Confluence
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (66.67%) Final Cut Pro
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
1 2 (66.67%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Lucidchart
2 1 (33.33%) Canva
2 1 (33.33%) Google Analytics
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
2 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) AI
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Copywriting
1 1 (33.33%) CRM
1 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) SEO
1 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Facebook
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Hootsuite
2 1 (33.33%) Instagram
2 1 (33.33%) TikTok
2 1 (33.33%) YouTube