Desktop Publishing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Desktop Publishing (DTP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Desktop Publishing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Desktop Publishing over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 469 -
Rank change year-on-year +162 - -
Contract jobs citing Desktop Publishing 39 2 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.008% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.009% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - £425
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 0 0
10th Percentile £41.65 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 - £28.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Desktop Publishing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,390 22,975 40,674
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.75% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,954 16,256 29,514
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £720
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 528 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.00 £30.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Desktop Publishing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Desktop Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Desktop Publishing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Desktop Publishing.

Desktop Publishing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Acrobat
1 4 (10.26%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (10.26%) Spreadsheet
General
1 39 (100.00%) Publishing
2 4 (10.26%) Multimedia
2 4 (10.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (89.74%) Author
1 35 (89.74%) Technical Author
2 4 (10.26%) Technical Illustrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (89.74%) SGML
1 35 (89.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (10.26%) CAD
Qualifications
1 35 (89.74%) HNC
1 35 (89.74%) HND
2 4 (10.26%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Adobe