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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 110 112
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +55
Contract jobs citing Publishing 7 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.37% 0.054% 0.30%
As % of the General category 0.58% 0.094% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile - - £634
25th Percentile £325 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £750
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -26.67% +61.29%
75th Percentile £375 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £22.34 - -
25th Percentile £25.47 - -
Median hourly rate £27.21 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £68.75
% change year-on-year -19.81% -37.45% +25.00%

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 1,202 1,063 1,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.77% 56.88% 51.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 758 656 697
10th Percentile £243 £207 £220
25th Percentile £400 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -0.99% +1.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £638
90th Percentile £650 £725 £731
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 52 49
10th Percentile £15.04 £13.00 £14.46
25th Percentile £18.05 £15.19 £16.54
Median hourly rate £26.61 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.69% +19.10% +17.65%
75th Percentile £38.91 £29.95 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £42.88 £51.75
England median hourly rate £25.00 £33.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -25.37% +11.67% +20.00%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Publishing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Publishing job vacancy trend 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 20 October 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
Coventry - 3 - -
Warwickshire - 2 £350 -
Birmingham - 1 - - 2
Publishing
England

Publishing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (71.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (57.14%) CMS
3 3 (42.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) AutoCAD
1 2 (28.57%) MicroStation
1 2 (28.57%) Navisworks
1 2 (28.57%) Revit
2 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Google Workspace
2 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Aerospace
2 3 (42.86%) Automotive
2 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Games
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Content Editor
2 2 (28.57%) Coordinator
2 2 (28.57%) Draughtsman
3 1 (14.29%) Content Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) AI
1 3 (42.86%) Customer Experience
1 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
1 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Management
1 3 (42.86%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Building Information Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
2 2 (28.57%) CAD
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Content Management
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Copywriting
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Due Diligence
3 1 (14.29%) SEO
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) HNC
1 2 (28.57%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Google
2 3 (42.86%) Salesforce
3 2 (28.57%) Autodesk