- Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
- Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
- Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.
- Develop story or content
Commissioning editor | Average UK Salary & Outlook
Commissioning editors commission or buy authors, book titles or ideas for publication.
Commissioning editors typically work around 37 to 39 hours per week.
As a Commissioning editor you will typically work evenings / weekends.
This occupation tends to be:
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Artistic — Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require
| Average salary |
| 46,752 GBP * |
| per year |
Salary statistics
Average salary for Commissioning editor
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48,726 GBP
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42,614 GBP
Average salary for part-time Commissioning editor
Average salary for full-time Commissioning editor
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17,917 GBP
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18,007 GBP
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42,614 GBP
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Salary over time for Commissioning editor
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35,928 GBP
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35,245 GBP
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36,814 GBP
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38,926 GBP
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40,610 GBP
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40,760 GBP
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46,752 GBP
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41,028 GBP
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34,629 GBP
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Future outlook for Commissioning editors
Very good outlook
42 000+ jobs available 
Balanced outlook
0% yearly wage growth (on average)
Very good outlook
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Things to highlight for your Commissioning editor interview
Analytical Thinking Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. Integrity Job requires being honest and ethical. Achievement/Effort Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. Attention to Detail Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. Innovation Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
