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 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 507 576
Rank change year-on-year -61 +69 +187
Contract jobs citing Video Editing 18 17 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.054% 0.044%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.17% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 11
10th Percentile £203 £209 £145
25th Percentile £209 £237 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £309 £225
Median % change year-on-year +5.35% +37.11% -43.75%
75th Percentile £358 £353 £394
90th Percentile £500 £371 £488
UK excluding London median daily rate £358 £292 £225
% change year-on-year +22.79% +29.67% -

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 12,727 10,252 13,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.27% 32.29% 30.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,027 6,073 8,768
10th Percentile £276 £263 £260
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £545
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% -2.12% -2.68%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 612 320 622
10th Percentile £14.26 £18.51 £14.56
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.60 £18.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +46.38%
75th Percentile £61.18 £64.81 £61.96
90th Percentile £74.64 £80.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.52 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -15.32% -8.45% +69.61%

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 18 January 2026.

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 18 January 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 -54 14 £325 +5.35% 20
UK excluding London -62 8 £358 +22.79% 13
London -10 6 £218 -20.51% 8
Work from Home -9 5 £212 -35.91% 9
North of England - 5 £358 - 5
North West - 5 £358 -
Midlands - 2 £500 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £500 - 3
South West -6 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 2 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Adobe Premiere
2 3 (16.67%) CapCut
2 3 (16.67%) Quicktime
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 PowerPoint
4 1 (5.56%) Pro Tools
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) 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%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Marketing
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Games
5 1 (5.56%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Multimedia
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (11.11%) Analyst
1 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
1 2 (11.11%) Graphic Artist
1 2 (11.11%) Motion Graphics Artist
2 1 (5.56%) Administrator
2 1 (5.56%) Designer
2 1 (5.56%) Instructional Designer
2 1 (5.56%) Post-Production Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Post-Production Support
2 1 (5.56%) Site Manager
2 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
2 1 (5.56%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) HTML
1 2 (11.11%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Graphic Design
1 3 (16.67%) Learning Management System
1 3 (16.67%) Social Media
2 2 (11.11%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (5.56%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.56%) Life Science
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 5 (27.78%) AI
2 5 (27.78%) Data Science
2 5 (27.78%) Generative AI
3 3 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
3 3 (16.67%) Content Development
3 3 (16.67%) Digital Content Management
3 3 (16.67%) Social Media Management
4 2 (11.11%) Agile
4 2 (11.11%) Content Management
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Project Management
4 2 (11.11%) Prototyping
4 2 (11.11%) Rapid Prototyping
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.56%) B2B
5 1 (5.56%) B2C
5 1 (5.56%) Deadline-Driven
5 1 (5.56%) SEO
5 1 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Adobe
2 2 (11.11%) YouTube
3 1 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft