Publishing Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Publishing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 245 358
Rank change year-on-year -28 +113 -11
Contract jobs citing Publishing 31 100 120
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.31% 0.65% 0.46%
As % of the General category 0.50% 1.11% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 36 87
10th Percentile £250 £211 £325
25th Percentile £355 £300 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -17.07% +2.50%
75th Percentile £528 £451 £600
90th Percentile £809 £600 £683
UK median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 42 1
Median hourly rate - £43.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +7.50% +36.12%
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £43.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.60% +22.86% +12.90%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Publishing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,176 9,033 15,091
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.35% 58.87% 58.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 5,908 10,633
10th Percentile £325 £331 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 477 347
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.03 £19.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.61 £29.31
Median hourly rate £32.05 £38.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.92% -23.76% +61.29%
75th Percentile £64.69 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.93 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Publishing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Publishing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Publishing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Publishing.

Publishing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Publishing over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Publishing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Publishing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Publishing.

Publishing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (25.81%) CMS
2 4 (12.90%) Umbraco
3 2 (6.45%) EPiServer
3 2 (6.45%) WordPress
4 1 (3.23%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) BigCommerce
2 2 (6.45%) Canva
2 2 (6.45%) IBM Blueworks
3 1 (3.23%) Azure AKS
3 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (19.35%) Finance
1 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Marketing
3 3 (9.68%) Legal
3 3 (9.68%) Multimedia
4 2 (6.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Digital Health
5 1 (3.23%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (3.23%) Health Technology
5 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Developer
2 4 (12.90%) Content Editor
3 3 (9.68%) Content Designer
3 3 (9.68%) Designer
4 2 (6.45%) Content Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Digital Content Editor
4 2 (6.45%) Digital Editor
4 2 (6.45%) Lead
4 2 (6.45%) Process Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Product Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Tester
4 2 (6.45%) Web Content Editor
4 2 (6.45%) Web Editor
5 1 (3.23%) Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Business Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) Coordinator
5 1 (3.23%) Data Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Taxonomist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) HTML
2 2 (6.45%) XML
3 1 (3.23%) Babylonjs
3 1 (3.23%) CSS
3 1 (3.23%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (3.23%) Node.js
3 1 (3.23%) OAuth
3 1 (3.23%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (3.23%) Visualforce
3 1 (3.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (6.45%) Social Media
3 1 (3.23%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.23%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.23%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.23%) Life Science
3 1 (3.23%) Linked Data
3 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.23%) Photography
3 1 (3.23%) PMI
3 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) Taxonomies
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Migration
2 6 (19.35%) Analytics
3 5 (16.13%) Content Management
3 5 (16.13%) CRM
4 4 (12.90%) Project Management
4 4 (12.90%) SEO
5 3 (9.68%) Agile
5 3 (9.68%) User Experience
5 3 (9.68%) User Research
5 3 (9.68%) UX Design
6 2 (6.45%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (6.45%) Content Development
6 2 (6.45%) Content Strategy
6 2 (6.45%) Decision-Making
6 2 (6.45%) Ideation Sessions
6 2 (6.45%) Order to Cash
6 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.45%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (6.45%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (6.45%) Social Media Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.45%) XQuery
3 1 (3.23%) Apex Code
3 1 (3.23%) SQL
3 1 (3.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) CISA
3 1 (3.23%) CISM
3 1 (3.23%) CRISC
3 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.23%) COBIT
3 1 (3.23%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.23%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) Facebook
1 2 (6.45%) IBM
1 2 (6.45%) Instagram
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle
1 2 (6.45%) Twitter
1 2 (6.45%) Virgin Media
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) Optimizely
2 1 (3.23%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud