The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term New Media in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited New Media over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
New Media
Rank - - 40
Contract jobs citing New Media 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - 0.683%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 4.878%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £358 £263
% change year-on-year
+25.87% +36.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
42 49 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 22.22% 17.56% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 27 13
Average daily rate £350 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £250 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £470 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
Average hourly rate £12.42 £42.50 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.77% +295.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
New Media
East of England

New Media
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing New Media across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Bedfordshire New Media Jobs Demand Trend

New Media
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing New Media across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire New Media Daily Rate Trend