Publishing Contracts

Publishing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Publishing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 428 403
Rank change year-on-year +52 -25 -7
Contract jobs citing Publishing 231 278 558
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.50% 0.64%
As % of the General category 0.93% 0.86% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 179 410
10th Percentile £275 £311 £313
25th Percentile £350 £403 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +15.07%
75th Percentile £599 £598 £600
90th Percentile £816 £665 £654
UK excluding London median daily rate £371 £464 £450
% change year-on-year -19.95% +3.06% +25.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 10 13
10th Percentile £33.39 £17.65 £19.43
25th Percentile - £24.69 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% +12.90% +63.16%
75th Percentile - - £37.00
90th Percentile - £36.30 £47.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +22.86% +12.90% +102.28%

All General Skills
UK

Publishing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,780 32,506 49,948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.20% 58.50% 56.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,533 22,548 34,737
10th Percentile £275 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £769 £780 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,999 996 1,400
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.12 £32.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +42.22% +6.89%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £67.40 £71.89 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.42 £27.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +3.35% +41.03% +2.63%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Publishing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in the UK

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Publishing.

Daily rate trend for Publishing in the UK

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in the UK

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Publishing.

Hourly rate trend for Publishing in the UK

Publishing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Publishing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Publishing in the UK

Publishing
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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 +52 196 £434 -13.30% 115
UK excluding London +102 143 £371 -19.95% 56
Work from Home +97 102 £429 -14.75% 40
London -6 78 £530 +3.41% 59
East of England +57 65 £600 - 11
Scotland +53 25 £350 -6.67% 4
North of England +28 22 £410 -18.00% 16
North West +20 21 £410 -16.75% 12
South West +13 11 - - 4
Midlands +14 10 £268 -40.56% 9
South East +9 10 £413 +6.45% 12
West Midlands 0 5 £434 -3.67% 7
East Midlands - 5 £173 - 2
Yorkshire +12 1 - - 4

Publishing
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 37 (16.02%) SharePoint
2 31 (13.42%) CMS
3 7 (3.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 7 (3.03%) Drupal
4 6 (2.60%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (2.60%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (1.30%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.87%) Confluence
7 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.43%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.43%) Moodle
7 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (11.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (8.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (3.46%) MS Visio
5 5 (2.16%) Acrobat
6 4 (1.73%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (1.73%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.43%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.43%) Blender
7 1 (0.43%) InDesign
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.43%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (5.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (2.16%) SAP Hybris
3 4 (1.73%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.30%) Endur
5 2 (0.87%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.43%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 25 (10.82%) AWS
2 17 (7.36%) Azure
3 16 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.06%) Power Platform
5 12 (5.19%) Yammer
6 5 (2.16%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 5 (2.16%) Serverless
7 4 (1.73%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.73%) Figma
7 4 (1.73%) OCI
7 4 (1.73%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 3 (1.30%) Amazon MSK
8 3 (1.30%) GCP
8 3 (1.30%) GitHub
9 2 (0.87%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.87%) Bitrise
9 2 (0.87%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.43%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.43%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.73%) Firewall
2 1 (0.43%) DMZ
2 1 (0.43%) DNS
2 1 (0.43%) HTTP
2 1 (0.43%) Internet
2 1 (0.43%) Intranet
2 1 (0.43%) MPLS
2 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.69%) Metadata
2 15 (6.49%) SQL Server
3 14 (6.06%) Power BI
4 13 (5.63%) Data Vault
4 13 (5.63%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (3.46%) Pentaho
6 8 (3.46%) Qlik Sense
6 8 (3.46%) QlikView
6 8 (3.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Power View
7 6 (2.60%) PowerPivot
7 6 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.73%) Big Data
9 4 (1.73%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.30%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.43%) Pinecone
12 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.19%) JIRA
2 6 (2.60%) Git
3 4 (1.73%) ERwin
4 2 (0.87%) Appium
4 2 (0.87%) git-flow
4 2 (0.87%) XCTest
4 2 (0.87%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.43%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 43 (18.61%) Finance
2 39 (16.88%) Public Sector
3 37 (16.02%) Social Skills
4 24 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (9.52%) Marketing
6 11 (4.76%) Retail
7 9 (3.90%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.03%) Electronics
9 7 (3.03%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.60%) Multimedia
11 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.73%) Legal
12 4 (1.73%) Local Government
13 3 (1.30%) Front Office
14 2 (0.87%) Advertising
14 2 (0.87%) Banking
14 2 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 64 (27.71%) Author
1 64 (27.71%) Technical Author
2 22 (9.52%) Analyst
2 22 (9.52%) Architect
3 20 (8.66%) Designer
4 17 (7.36%) Data Architect
5 16 (6.93%) Content Designer
6 15 (6.49%) Project Manager
6 15 (6.49%) Senior
7 13 (5.63%) Developer
8 12 (5.19%) Change Analyst
9 8 (3.46%) Digital Project Manager
10 7 (3.03%) Consultant
10 7 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (2.60%) SharePoint Engineer
12 5 (2.16%) Content Manager
12 5 (2.16%) Digital Content Manager
12 5 (2.16%) SAP Manager
12 5 (2.16%) Senior Content Designer
12 5 (2.16%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (29.87%) XML
2 64 (27.71%) SGML
3 19 (8.23%) HTML
4 18 (7.79%) CSS
5 5 (2.16%) .NET
5 5 (2.16%) AngularJS
5 5 (2.16%) React
6 3 (1.30%) Kafka
6 3 (1.30%) REST
6 3 (1.30%) RESTful
7 2 (0.87%) HTML5
7 2 (0.87%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (0.87%) JSON
7 2 (0.87%) Node.js
7 2 (0.87%) Pandas
7 2 (0.87%) React Native
7 2 (0.87%) SwiftUI
7 2 (0.87%) UIKit
8 1 (0.43%) GeoJSON
8 1 (0.43%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.36%) Reference Data
2 10 (4.33%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.46%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.16%) Animation
5 5 (2.16%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.73%) Freedom of Information
6 4 (1.73%) Freedom of Information Act
6 4 (1.73%) Handset
7 3 (1.30%) Market Risk
7 3 (1.30%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.30%) Social Media
7 3 (1.30%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.43%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.43%) Interactive Media
8 1 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.43%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.43%) Photography
8 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.73%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.30%) Android
3 2 (0.87%) Unix
4 1 (0.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (29.44%) Desktop Publishing
2 53 (22.94%) Agile
3 28 (12.12%) Content Management
4 26 (11.26%) Project Management
5 25 (10.82%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (9.96%) Data Modelling
7 21 (9.09%) Change Management
7 21 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (8.66%) User Experience
9 19 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (6.93%) Project Delivery
11 15 (6.49%) Data Architecture
12 14 (6.06%) Coaching
12 14 (6.06%) Computer Science
12 14 (6.06%) Data Lineage
12 14 (6.06%) SEO
13 13 (5.63%) UML
14 12 (5.19%) Analytics
14 12 (5.19%) Infographics
15 11 (4.76%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.12%) SQL
2 16 (6.93%) JavaScript
3 8 (3.46%) T-SQL
4 7 (3.03%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.16%) Python
6 4 (1.73%) VBA
7 3 (1.30%) C#
7 3 (1.30%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.87%) Swift
9 1 (0.43%) Java
9 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.43%) PHP
9 1 (0.43%) R
9 1 (0.43%) Scala
9 1 (0.43%) XPath
Qualifications
1 64 (27.71%) HNC
1 64 (27.71%) HND
2 29 (12.55%) Degree
3 26 (11.26%) Security Cleared
4 23 (9.96%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.73%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.30%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.30%) PhD
8 2 (0.87%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.43%) PgMP
9 1 (0.43%) PMP
9 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.82%) Accessibility
2 13 (5.63%) QA
3 10 (4.33%) PMO
4 9 (3.90%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.16%) ISO 9001
5 5 (2.16%) WCAG
6 2 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.87%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.16%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.87%) Docker
4 1 (0.43%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 2 (0.87%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.43%) Ansible
2 1 (0.43%) AppManager
2 1 (0.43%) Control-M
2 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (18.61%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.49%) Adobe
2 15 (6.49%) SAP
3 14 (6.06%) Oracle
4 13 (5.63%) Sparx
5 9 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.46%) Informatica
7 7 (3.03%) VMware
8 6 (2.60%) Zscaler
9 5 (2.16%) Tanium
10 4 (1.73%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.73%) Google
10 4 (1.73%) Hotjar
10 4 (1.73%) Screaming Frog
11 3 (1.30%) OpenLink
11 3 (1.30%) Trayport
12 2 (0.87%) Apple
12 2 (0.87%) Salesforce
13 1 (0.43%) Refinitiv
13 1 (0.43%) Sybase