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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 548 702
Rank change year-on-year +42 +154 +123
Contract jobs citing Video Editing 13 52 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.12% 0.018%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.39% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 25 5
10th Percentile £193 £149 £142
25th Percentile £231 £220 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £350 £235
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +48.94% +4.44%
75th Percentile £371 £388 £275
90th Percentile £488 £455 £410
UK excluding London median daily rate £371 £350 -
% change year-on-year +6.06% - -

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 9,915 13,252 19,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.91% 30.40% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,331 8,505 13,670
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.90% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 910 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.93 £27.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +11.46% +26.14% +9.64%

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 April 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 April 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 +38 13 £325 +44.44% 39
Work from Home +41 7 £325 -7.14% 17
London +33 7 £200 -3.61% 35
UK excluding London +17 5 £371 +6.06% 3
South West - 4 £371 -
South East +25 1 £275 - 1

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 1 (7.69%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Adobe After Effects
1 4 (30.77%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (30.77%) Adobe Premiere
1 4 (30.77%) Photoshop
2 3 (23.08%) Final Cut Pro
3 2 (15.38%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (15.38%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (7.69%) Camtasia
4 1 (7.69%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Figma
2 1 (7.69%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Intranet
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Local Government
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Designer
2 3 (23.08%) Content Editor
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Motion Designer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Designer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Motion Designer
3 2 (15.38%) Video Editor
4 1 (7.69%) Animator
4 1 (7.69%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Digital Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Graphic Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Instructional Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Social Media Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) CSS
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Animation
2 4 (30.77%) Social Media
3 3 (23.08%) Graphic Design
3 3 (23.08%) Learning Management System
3 3 (23.08%) Motion Graphics
4 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Media
5 1 (7.69%) e-Learning
5 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
5 1 (7.69%) Photography
5 1 (7.69%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Storytelling
2 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (15.38%) Prototyping
2 2 (15.38%) Typography
3 1 (7.69%) Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (7.69%) Content Development
3 1 (7.69%) Content Management
3 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (7.69%) Generative AI
3 1 (7.69%) Instructional Design
3 1 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
3 1 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (7.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (7.69%) Storyboarding
3 1 (7.69%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.69%) GRC
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Adobe
2 3 (23.08%) Ariba
2 3 (23.08%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) YouTube
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow