Publishing Contracts in Scotland

Publishing
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Publishing in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Publishing over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 152 135
Rank change year-on-year +62 -17 +2
Contract jobs citing Publishing 25 12 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.17% 0.45% 1.20%
As % of the General category 1.85% 0.67% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 29
10th Percentile £339 £334 £323
25th Percentile - £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £415
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -9.64% +46.90%
75th Percentile £395 £397 £538
90th Percentile £450 £550 -
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -15.00% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +22.86% +12.90% +63.16%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,355 1,782 2,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 63.23% 66.69% 70.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 1,270 1,737
10th Percentile £178 £230 £230
25th Percentile £340 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £564 £554 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 30 47
10th Percentile £12.24 £12.71 £15.04
25th Percentile £14.62 £14.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £18.84 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% -49.67% +113.52%
75th Percentile £46.50 £56.00 £47.60
90th Percentile £66.00 £66.78 £55.30
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

Publishing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Publishing in Scotland

Publishing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Publishing in Scotland

Publishing
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Publishing in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Publishing in Scotland

Publishing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Publishing in Scotland

Publishing
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Publishing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Glasgow +25 11 £350 - 1
Edinburgh +32 9 £450 +20.00%
Publishing
UK

Publishing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 12 (48.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
1 12 (48.00%) Yammer
2 1 (4.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Amazon SageMaker
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) Metadata
General
1 12 (48.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (28.00%) Finance
4 6 (24.00%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
5 4 (16.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (52.00%) Analyst
2 12 (48.00%) Change Analyst
3 7 (28.00%) Content Designer
3 7 (28.00%) Designer
4 4 (16.00%) Senior
4 4 (16.00%) Senior Content Designer
4 4 (16.00%) Senior Designer
5 3 (12.00%) Service Manager
6 2 (8.00%) IT Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Content Editor
7 1 (4.00%) Digital Content Editor
7 1 (4.00%) Digital Editor
7 1 (4.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) CSS
1 4 (16.00%) HTML
2 3 (12.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Infographics
2 11 (44.00%) Change Management
3 9 (36.00%) Agile
3 9 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (20.00%) Content Management
4 5 (20.00%) Project Management
4 5 (20.00%) User Stories
4 5 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 4 (16.00%) Coaching
5 4 (16.00%) Community of Practice
5 4 (16.00%) Content Strategy
5 4 (16.00%) Logistics
5 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (16.00%) Technical Debt
6 3 (12.00%) Data Management
6 3 (12.00%) ITIL
6 3 (12.00%) ITSM
6 3 (12.00%) Service Management
6 3 (12.00%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (8.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Adobe