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 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 548 600
Rank change year-on-year -28 +52 +193
Contract jobs citing Video Editing 18 18 16
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.050% 0.049% 0.035%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 5
10th Percentile £203 £212 £173
25th Percentile £206 £237 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £218 £292 £215
Median % change year-on-year -25.28% +35.70% -60.91%
75th Percentile £282 £345 £438
90th Percentile £346 £371 £468
UK excluding London median daily rate £291 £309 £293
% change year-on-year -5.83% +5.47% -19.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - £16.61
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £17.25
75th Percentile £16.50 - £17.89
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 12,858 11,420 14,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.62% 31.20% 31.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,973 6,722 9,685
10th Percentile £275 £285 £270
25th Percentile £406 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.86% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £668
90th Percentile £738 £788 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 667 380 494
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.75 £16.87
25th Percentile £18.22 £22.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.13 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.13% -20.62% +26.43%
75th Percentile £55.50 £66.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.16 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.11 £33.02 £46.18
% change year-on-year -17.91% -28.50% +56.54%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Video Editing over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Video Editing in the UK

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 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 Video Editing within the UK over the 6 months to 28 November 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 -24 16 £218 -25.28% 26
London +12 11 £218 -20.73% 13
Work from Home +15 8 £212 -35.91% 17
UK excluding London -38 6 £291 -5.83% 21
North of England - 3 £291 - 3
North West - 3 £291 - 2
South West -1 1 - - 5
Scotland - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - - 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 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (16.67%) Alfresco
2 3 (16.67%) CMS
2 3 (16.67%) Moodle
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Adobe Premiere
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (11.11%) Photoshop
4 1 (5.56%) Camtasia
4 1 (5.56%) DaVinci Resolve
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (5.56%) Pro Tools
4 1 (5.56%) Quicktime
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Canva
2 3 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.56%) Google Analytics
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
3 1 (5.56%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Intranet
1 1 (5.56%) NAS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 5 (27.78%) Marketing
2 4 (22.22%) Games
2 4 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (16.67%) Publishing
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (11.11%) Graphic Artist
2 2 (11.11%) Motion Graphics Artist
3 1 (5.56%) Administrator
3 1 (5.56%) Content Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Coordinator
3 1 (5.56%) Designer
3 1 (5.56%) Finance Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Instructional Designer
3 1 (5.56%) Lead
3 1 (5.56%) Post-Production Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Post-Production Support
3 1 (5.56%) Project Leader
3 1 (5.56%) Resource Coordinator
3 1 (5.56%) Site Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Technical Writer
3 1 (5.56%) Video Content Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) EDI
1 4 (22.22%) HTML
2 2 (11.11%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (5.56%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Learning Management System
2 5 (27.78%) e-Learning
3 3 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 3 (16.67%) Social Media
4 2 (11.11%) Motion Graphics
4 2 (11.11%) PMI
5 1 (5.56%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (5.56%) Graphic Design
5 1 (5.56%) Life Science
5 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.56%) Photography
5 1 (5.56%) Podcast
5 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
5 1 (5.56%) SCORM
5 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Instructional Design
2 4 (22.22%) Project Management
2 4 (22.22%) User Experience
3 3 (16.67%) Content Management
3 3 (16.67%) Infographics
3 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (16.67%) Storyboarding
4 2 (11.11%) Agile
4 2 (11.11%) Coaching
4 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (11.11%) Desktop Publishing
4 2 (11.11%) Logistics
4 2 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (11.11%) Post-Production
4 2 (11.11%) Storytelling
4 2 (11.11%) Validation
5 1 (5.56%) Change Management
5 1 (5.56%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (5.56%) SEO
5 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 3 (16.67%) WCAG
3 1 (5.56%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Adobe
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) YouTube
3 1 (5.56%) Facebook
3 1 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Instagram
3 1 (5.56%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) Synthesia