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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 360 447 407
Rank change year-on-year +87 -40 -27
Contract jobs citing Publishing 219 266 551
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.47% 0.63%
As % of the General category 0.89% 0.79% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 177 415
10th Percentile £245 £325 £313
25th Percentile £350 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +1.01% +14.72%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £825 £681 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £478 £425
% change year-on-year -26.70% +12.35% +16.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 11 12
10th Percentile £36.25 £17.75 £19.39
25th Percentile - £26.38 £24.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% +12.90% +58.97%
75th Percentile - - £38.94
90th Percentile - £40.00 £48.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +22.86% +12.90% +104.45%

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 24,707 33,460 49,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.06% 58.60% 56.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,592 23,193 34,217
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,917 1,020 1,414
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £17.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.60 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -10.72% +49.68% -0.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.43
90th Percentile £66.25 £72.55 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -4.76%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +48 186 £425 -15.00% 132
UK excluding London +91 131 £350 -26.70% 66
Work from Home +111 99 £425 -19.05% 64
London +26 78 £517 -1.57% 67
East of England +66 66 £400 -30.43% 11
Scotland +58 23 £350 -6.67% 4
South West +15 12 £425 -18.07% 4
South East +18 11 £413 -16.46% 20
Midlands +23 10 £268 -40.56% 16
North of England +9 10 £550 +10.00% 13
North West +12 9 £550 +13.40% 9
West Midlands +6 5 £434 -3.67% 9
East Midlands - 5 £173 - 7
Yorkshire +20 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 36 (16.44%) SharePoint
2 29 (13.24%) CMS
3 8 (3.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (2.74%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (2.74%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (2.28%) Drupal
6 3 (1.37%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.91%) Confluence
8 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.46%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.46%) Moodle
8 1 (0.46%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (11.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (8.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (3.65%) MS Visio
5 5 (2.28%) Acrobat
6 4 (1.83%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.91%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.46%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.46%) Blender
8 1 (0.46%) InDesign
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (6.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (2.28%) SAP Hybris
3 4 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.91%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.46%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.46%) Endur
5 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.46%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.13%) AWS
2 15 (6.85%) Power Platform
3 13 (5.94%) Azure
3 13 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.48%) Yammer
5 5 (2.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 4 (1.83%) OCI
6 4 (1.83%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 3 (1.37%) GCP
7 3 (1.37%) GitHub
7 3 (1.37%) Serverless
8 2 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.91%) Bitrise
8 2 (0.91%) Figma
9 1 (0.46%) Asana
9 1 (0.46%) AWS CodeBuild
9 1 (0.46%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.91%) Firewall
2 1 (0.46%) DMZ
2 1 (0.46%) HTTP
2 1 (0.46%) Internet
2 1 (0.46%) Intranet
2 1 (0.46%) MPLS
2 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.87%) Metadata
2 16 (7.31%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.85%) Power BI
4 14 (6.39%) Data Vault
4 14 (6.39%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.65%) Pentaho
5 8 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.65%) Qlik Sense
5 8 (3.65%) QlikView
5 8 (3.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Power View
6 6 (2.74%) PowerPivot
6 6 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.83%) Big Data
7 4 (1.83%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.37%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.91%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (5.02%) JIRA
2 6 (2.74%) Git
3 4 (1.83%) ERwin
4 2 (0.91%) Appium
4 2 (0.91%) git-flow
4 2 (0.91%) XCTest
4 2 (0.91%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (16.89%) Public Sector
2 36 (16.44%) Social Skills
3 35 (15.98%) Finance
4 22 (10.05%) Marketing
5 20 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.94%) Retail
7 9 (4.11%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.20%) Electronics
9 7 (3.20%) Multimedia
9 7 (3.20%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.74%) Legal
11 5 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.83%) Advertising
12 4 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.91%) French Language
14 2 (0.91%) German Language
14 2 (0.91%) Local Government
14 2 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 64 (29.22%) Author
1 64 (29.22%) Technical Author
2 23 (10.50%) Architect
3 20 (9.13%) Analyst
4 18 (8.22%) Data Architect
5 17 (7.76%) Designer
5 17 (7.76%) Project Manager
6 15 (6.85%) Content Designer
6 15 (6.85%) Senior
7 12 (5.48%) Change Analyst
8 10 (4.57%) Developer
9 8 (3.65%) Delivery Manager
9 8 (3.65%) Digital Project Manager
10 6 (2.74%) Consultant
10 6 (2.74%) SharePoint Engineer
11 5 (2.28%) Content Manager
11 5 (2.28%) Digital Content Manager
11 5 (2.28%) SAP Manager
11 5 (2.28%) Security Manager
12 4 (1.83%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (31.51%) XML
2 64 (29.22%) SGML
3 18 (8.22%) HTML
4 16 (7.31%) CSS
5 5 (2.28%) React
6 3 (1.37%) .NET
6 3 (1.37%) REST
6 3 (1.37%) RESTful
7 2 (0.91%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.91%) HTML5
7 2 (0.91%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (0.91%) JSON
7 2 (0.91%) Node.js
7 2 (0.91%) Pandas
7 2 (0.91%) React Native
7 2 (0.91%) SwiftUI
7 2 (0.91%) UIKit
8 1 (0.46%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.46%) GeoJSON
8 1 (0.46%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.22%) Reference Data
2 10 (4.57%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.65%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.28%) Animation
5 5 (2.28%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.83%) Freedom of Information
6 4 (1.83%) Freedom of Information Act
6 4 (1.83%) Handset
7 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.37%) Social Media
7 3 (1.37%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.91%) Photography
8 2 (0.91%) Podcast
9 1 (0.46%) Blog
9 1 (0.46%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.46%) Interactive Media
9 1 (0.46%) Life Science
9 1 (0.46%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.46%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.83%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.37%) Android
3 2 (0.91%) Unix
4 1 (0.46%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.46%) VMS
4 1 (0.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (31.05%) Desktop Publishing
2 46 (21.00%) Agile
3 28 (12.79%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (12.79%) Content Management
4 26 (11.87%) Project Management
5 25 (11.42%) Data Modelling
6 20 (9.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (7.76%) Change Management
7 17 (7.76%) Project Delivery
7 17 (7.76%) User Experience
8 16 (7.31%) Data Architecture
9 15 (6.85%) Data Lineage
10 14 (6.39%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (6.39%) SEO
10 14 (6.39%) UML
11 13 (5.94%) Analytics
12 12 (5.48%) Infographics
12 12 (5.48%) ITIL
13 11 (5.02%) E-Commerce
13 11 (5.02%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 30 (13.70%) SQL
2 15 (6.85%) JavaScript
3 9 (4.11%) T-SQL
4 7 (3.20%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.83%) Python
6 3 (1.37%) C#
6 3 (1.37%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.91%) Swift
7 2 (0.91%) VBA
8 1 (0.46%) COBOL
8 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.46%) DCL
8 1 (0.46%) Java
8 1 (0.46%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.46%) Scala
8 1 (0.46%) XPath
Qualifications
1 64 (29.22%) HNC
1 64 (29.22%) HND
2 28 (12.79%) Security Cleared
3 25 (11.42%) SC Cleared
4 24 (10.96%) Degree
5 5 (2.28%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.37%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.37%) PhD
7 3 (1.37%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.91%) PMP
8 2 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.46%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.59%) Accessibility
2 13 (5.94%) QA
3 9 (4.11%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.20%) PMO
5 5 (2.28%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.83%) WCAG
7 2 (0.91%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.46%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.91%) Docker
3 1 (0.46%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 2 (0.91%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.46%) AppManager
2 1 (0.46%) Control-M
2 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.31%) Adobe
3 15 (6.85%) SAP
4 14 (6.39%) Oracle
4 14 (6.39%) Sparx
5 8 (3.65%) Informatica
5 8 (3.65%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.74%) VMware
7 4 (1.83%) Hotjar
7 4 (1.83%) Screaming Frog
8 3 (1.37%) Google
9 2 (0.91%) Apple
9 2 (0.91%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.91%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.46%) Cisco
10 1 (0.46%) Databricks
10 1 (0.46%) OpenLink
10 1 (0.46%) Optimizely
10 1 (0.46%) Remedy
10 1 (0.46%) Sybase