Publishing Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Publishing
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 107 114
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +55
Contract jobs citing Publishing 3 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.052% 0.42%
As % of the General category 0.26% 0.092% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile - - £439
25th Percentile £325 £525 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £750
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -26.67% +51.52%
75th Percentile £375 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £469 £530 £481
% change year-on-year -11.56% +10.13% -9.20%

All General Skills
West Midlands

Publishing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,147 1,084 1,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.92% 56.87% 51.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 734 696 753
10th Percentile £215 £213 £250
25th Percentile £381 £374 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £638
90th Percentile £639 £734 £738
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 57 45
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £13.87
25th Percentile £19.13 £15.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £29.67 £23.82 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.54% +16.20% +25.00%
75th Percentile £40.41 £31.31 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £49.25 £43.15
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.00%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in the West Midlands

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Publishing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Publishing

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Publishing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Publishing

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Warwickshire - 2 £350 - 1
Publishing
England

Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) AutoCAD
1 2 (66.67%) MicroStation
1 2 (66.67%) Navisworks
1 2 (66.67%) Revit
2 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
General
1 1 (33.33%) Games
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Coordinator
1 2 (66.67%) Draughtsman
2 1 (33.33%) Content Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Building Information Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
1 2 (66.67%) CAD
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Copywriting
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) HNC
1 2 (66.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Autodesk