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 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 514 529
Rank change year-on-year -126 +15 +150
Contract jobs citing Video Editing 5 11 52
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.037% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.031% 0.11% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 23
10th Percentile - £169 £159
25th Percentile - £210 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £319 £350
Median % change year-on-year +56.86% -8.93% +77.22%
75th Percentile - £458 £388
90th Percentile - £538 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £425 £350
% change year-on-year +17.65% +21.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 16,262 10,169 13,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.46% 34.38% 29.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,985 6,390 8,312
10th Percentile £315 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 435 942
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.89 £20.21 £15.39
Median hourly rate £41.00 £33.05 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year +24.05% -7.29% +59.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.40 £82.19 £71.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £32.43 £35.00
% change year-on-year +35.55% -7.34% +59.09%

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 5 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 14 June 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 -116 2 £500 +56.86% 13
London -88 1 - - 6
UK excluding London -114 1 £500 +17.65% 7
Midlands - 1 £500 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 1

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 1 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) CapCut
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Canva
2 1 (20.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Social Media Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Social Media
2 2 (40.00%) Graphic Design
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 3 (60.00%) Digital Content Management
1 3 (60.00%) Social Media Management
2 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Copywriting
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) SEO
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) Facebook
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) Hootsuite
1 1 (20.00%) Instagram
1 1 (20.00%) TikTok
1 1 (20.00%) YouTube