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

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 545 652
Rank change year-on-year +11 +107 +182
Contract jobs citing Video Editing 13 24 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.063% 0.020%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.21% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 2
10th Percentile £197 £225 £418
25th Percentile £205 £263 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £272 £355 £450
Median % change year-on-year -23.52% -21.11% +24.14%
75th Percentile £375 £388 £475
90th Percentile £443 £444 £483
UK excluding London median daily rate - £375 £425
% change year-on-year - -11.76% +54.55%
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 11,568 11,537 16,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.41% 30.33% 32.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,064 7,065 11,117
10th Percentile £300 £300 £300
25th Percentile £406 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.07% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £759 £807 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 478 451
10th Percentile £15.13 £14.41 £16.66
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +12.36% +67.92%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.00 £66.22
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £57.35 £49.00
% change year-on-year -47.69% +17.04% +123.85%

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
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 16 September 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 8 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 16 September 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 +16 11 £272 +6.05% 36
London +34 9 £272 -1.27% 13
Work from Home +35 6 £207 -44.93% 27
UK excluding London -12 3 - - 26
Scotland -16 1 - -
North West - 1 - - 3
North of England - 1 - - 3
East of England - 1 - - 6

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 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 3 (23.08%) Alfresco
2 3 (23.08%) Moodle
3 1 (7.69%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (15.38%) Camtasia
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (7.69%) DaVinci Resolve
3 1 (7.69%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (7.69%) Photoshop
3 1 (7.69%) Pro Tools
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Canva
2 2 (15.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
3 1 (7.69%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Intranet
1 1 (7.69%) NAS
General
1 3 (23.08%) Games
1 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (23.08%) Marketing
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Publishing
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Multimedia
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 1 (7.69%) Content Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Coordinator
2 1 (7.69%) Designer
2 1 (7.69%) Finance Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Graphic Artist
2 1 (7.69%) Instructional Designer
2 1 (7.69%) Lead
2 1 (7.69%) Motion Graphics Artist
2 1 (7.69%) Post-Production Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Post-Production Support
2 1 (7.69%) Project Leader
2 1 (7.69%) Resource Coordinator
2 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Video Content Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) EDI
2 2 (15.38%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) HTML5
3 1 (7.69%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Learning Management System
2 4 (30.77%) e-Learning
3 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
3 3 (23.08%) Social Media
4 2 (15.38%) PMI
5 1 (7.69%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (7.69%) Animation
5 1 (7.69%) Life Science
5 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
5 1 (7.69%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (7.69%) Photography
5 1 (7.69%) Podcast
5 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
5 1 (7.69%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Instructional Design
2 4 (30.77%) User Experience
3 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (23.08%) Infographics
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Storyboarding
4 2 (15.38%) Coaching
4 2 (15.38%) Desktop Publishing
4 2 (15.38%) Logistics
4 2 (15.38%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (15.38%) Post-Production
4 2 (15.38%) Validation
5 1 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (7.69%) Change Management
5 1 (7.69%) Content Management
5 1 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Service Management
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
2 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) MBA
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Accessibility
2 3 (23.08%) WCAG
3 1 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (7.69%) GRC
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Adobe
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Facebook
3 1 (7.69%) Instagram
3 1 (7.69%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) Twitter
3 1 (7.69%) YouTube