The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Digital Media over the 3 months to 24 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 England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Media
Rank 237 232 336
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +104
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 320 423 260
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.770% 0.793% 0.463%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.855% 3.136% 1.582%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 291 152
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £291 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.91% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 5
Average hourly rate £42.50 £20.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+112.50% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.05 £19.20 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.25 £41.00 £37.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year
-27.50% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11208 13487 16440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.96% 25.29% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6896 8084 9903
Average daily rate £438 £437 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.11% -16.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £607 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 617 685
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.60 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Digital Media
UK

Digital Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Digital Media Jobs Demand Trend

Digital Media
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Digital Media Daily Rate Trend

Digital Media
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Digital Media across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Digital Media Daily Rate Histogram

Digital Media
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Digital Media across the England region.

England Digital Media Hourly Rate Trend

Digital Media
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Digital Media across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Digital Media Hourly Rate Histogram

Digital Media
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Media within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -18 229 £375 +7.14%
South East +20 55 £316 +5.41%
South West +14 16 £325 -
East of England +29 13 £279 -0.88%
North West +4 3 - -
West Midlands +1 1 £240 +6.66%
Yorkshire -3 1 - -
East Midlands -6 1 £250 -
Digital Media
UK

Digital Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Digital Media also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Digital Media.

1 204 (30.63%) CSS
2 184 (27.63%) HTML
3 176 (26.43%) JavaScript
4 120 (18.02%) Agile Software Development
5 98 (14.71%) HTML5
6 93 (13.96%) Java
7 92 (13.81%) PHP
8 91 (13.66%) E-Commerce
9 84 (12.61%) Telecoms
10 81 (12.16%) MySQL
10 81 (12.16%) jQuery
11 80 (12.01%) Android
12 78 (11.71%) Apple iOS
13 74 (11.11%) OO
14 67 (10.06%) Mobile App
15 63 (9.459%) CMS
16 58 (8.709%) Marketing
16 58 (8.709%) CSS3
17 57 (8.559%) Scrum
18 56 (8.408%) .NET
18 56 (8.408%) Git (software)
19 52 (7.808%) Finance
20 50 (7.508%) Retail
21 49 (7.357%) XML
22 46 (6.907%) Linux
22 46 (6.907%) Photoshop
23 45 (6.757%) TDD
24 43 (6.456%) Degree
24 43 (6.456%) Windows
24 43 (6.456%) MVC

Digital Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Digital Media also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Digital Media. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 204 (30.63%) CSS
2 184 (27.63%) HTML
3 98 (14.71%) HTML5
4 81 (12.16%) jQuery
5 58 (8.709%) CSS3
6 56 (8.408%) .NET
7 49 (7.357%) XML
8 40 (6.006%) Web Services
9 33 (4.955%) Flash
10 29 (4.354%) iOS SDK
11 26 (3.904%) RESTful
12 25 (3.754%) XHTML
13 21 (3.153%) JSON
13 21 (3.153%) ASP.NET
14 16 (2.402%) Spring
15 15 (2.252%) REST
16 14 (2.102%) J2EE
16 14 (2.102%) ASP.NET MVC
17 13 (1.952%) LAMP
17 13 (1.952%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 63 (9.459%) CMS
2 32 (4.805%) Drupal
3 20 (3.003%) Apache
4 18 (2.703%) Magento
5 16 (2.402%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.802%) Amazon AWS
7 11 (1.652%) WebLogic
8 10 (1.502%) Tomcat
9 8 (1.201%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (1.051%) Sitecore CMS
10 7 (1.051%) WordPress
11 6 (0.901%) Confluence
11 6 (0.901%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.751%) Adobe CQ
12 5 (0.751%) Joomla!
13 4 (0.601%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.601%) Umbraco
14 3 (0.450%) Alfresco
14 3 (0.450%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.450%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 46 (6.907%) Photoshop
2 31 (4.655%) Adobe Illustrator
3 23 (3.453%) MS Office
4 21 (3.153%) MS Excel
5 16 (2.402%) OmniGraffle
6 10 (1.502%) MS PowerPoint
7 8 (1.201%) Adobe After Effects
8 7 (1.051%) MS Visio
8 7 (1.051%) InDesign
9 6 (0.901%) Acrobat
10 5 (0.751%) MS Project
11 2 (0.300%) Fireworks
11 2 (0.300%) SPSS
12 1 (0.150%) Final Cut Pro
12 1 (0.150%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 11 (1.652%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.601%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (0.450%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.300%) Google Analytics
4 2 (0.300%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.853%) Internet
2 12 (1.802%) Intranet
2 12 (1.802%) SS7
3 10 (1.502%) DNS
3 10 (1.502%) INAP
4 8 (1.201%) HTTP
5 7 (1.051%) DVB
6 6 (0.901%) SIGTRAN
6 6 (0.901%) VoIP
6 6 (0.901%) Broadband
7 4 (0.601%) BSS
8 3 (0.450%) LTE
8 3 (0.450%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.450%) SNMP
8 3 (0.450%) SSL
8 3 (0.450%) Q.931
8 3 (0.450%) H.323
8 3 (0.450%) MPLS
8 3 (0.450%) MGCP
8 3 (0.450%) Megaco
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (12.16%) MySQL
2 25 (3.754%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.502%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (0.901%) Apache Cassandra
4 6 (0.901%) Hadoop
5 5 (0.751%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.601%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.601%) Big Data
6 4 (0.601%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (0.450%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.450%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.300%) SQLite
8 2 (0.300%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (0.300%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.300%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.300%) Amazon DynamoDB
9 1 (0.150%) Redis
9 1 (0.150%) MarkLogic
9 1 (0.150%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.150%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 56 (8.408%) Git (software)
2 31 (4.655%) Subversion
3 26 (3.904%) Cucumber
3 26 (3.904%) Xcode
4 22 (3.303%) Selenium
5 21 (3.153%) Eclipse
6 16 (2.402%) WebDriver
7 12 (1.802%) Axure RP
7 12 (1.802%) GitHub
8 10 (1.502%) JIRA
9 8 (1.201%) RSpec
10 7 (1.051%) Maven
11 6 (0.901%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.751%) Appcelerator Titanium
12 5 (0.751%) JUnit
12 5 (0.751%) FitNesse
13 4 (0.601%) Dreamweaver
13 4 (0.601%) Jenkins
13 4 (0.601%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.601%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 84 (12.61%) Telecoms
2 58 (8.709%) Marketing
3 52 (7.808%) Finance
4 50 (7.508%) Retail
5 40 (6.006%) Publishing
6 30 (4.505%) Games
7 22 (3.303%) Banking
8 19 (2.853%) Legal
9 16 (2.402%) Advertising
10 14 (2.102%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.952%) Music
12 12 (1.802%) Law
12 12 (1.802%) Electronics
13 9 (1.351%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.201%) Multimedia
15 5 (0.751%) Automotive
15 5 (0.751%) Music Industry
15 5 (0.751%) Interactive Media
16 3 (0.450%) Back Office
16 3 (0.450%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 304 (45.65%) Developer
2 74 (11.11%) Front-End Developer
3 66 (9.910%) Analyst
4 55 (8.258%) Designer
5 46 (6.907%) PHP Developer
6 43 (6.456%) Senior Developer
7 39 (5.856%) Project Manager
8 36 (5.405%) Business Analyst
9 31 (4.655%) Web Developer
10 27 (4.054%) iOS Developer
11 25 (3.754%) Android Developer
12 22 (3.303%) Drupal Developer
13 21 (3.153%) .NET Developer
13 21 (3.153%) Architect
14 20 (3.003%) User Experience Designer
15 17 (2.553%) Senior PHP Developer
16 15 (2.252%) Senior Designer
17 14 (2.102%) Test Analyst
18 12 (1.802%) Systems Engineer
19 11 (1.652%) Visual Designer
Miscellaneous
1 67 (10.06%) Mobile App
2 41 (6.156%) iPad
3 37 (5.556%) iPhone
4 36 (5.405%) Open Source
5 28 (4.204%) IPTV
6 21 (3.153%) FMCG
6 21 (3.153%) NHS
7 19 (2.853%) Social Media
8 17 (2.553%) Blackberry
9 16 (2.402%) Video on Demand
10 15 (2.252%) Mathematics
11 12 (1.802%) Animation
11 12 (1.802%) Computer Science
11 12 (1.802%) New Media
12 10 (1.502%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (1.351%) DTV
13 9 (1.351%) STB
14 8 (1.201%) Heroku
15 7 (1.051%) SaaS
15 7 (1.051%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 80 (12.01%) Android
2 78 (11.71%) Apple iOS
3 46 (6.907%) Linux
4 43 (6.456%) Windows
5 16 (2.402%) Windows Phone
6 11 (1.652%) UNIX
7 7 (1.051%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.901%) Windows Mobile
9 5 (0.751%) Windows Phone 7
10 4 (0.601%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.601%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.601%) Windows Phone 8
10 4 (0.601%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.450%) SUSE
12 2 (0.300%) Windows XP
12 2 (0.300%) VMS
12 2 (0.300%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.150%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.150%) BlackBerry OS
13 1 (0.150%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (18.02%) Agile Software Development
2 91 (13.66%) E-Commerce
3 74 (11.11%) OO
4 57 (8.559%) Scrum
5 45 (6.757%) TDD
6 43 (6.456%) MVC
7 37 (5.556%) Stakeholder Management
8 34 (5.105%) BDD
9 26 (3.904%) ITIL
10 25 (3.754%) PRINCE2
11 24 (3.604%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (3.453%) Project Management
12 23 (3.453%) Web Development
13 20 (3.003%) Content Management
14 19 (2.853%) Continuous Improvement
14 19 (2.853%) User Stories
15 16 (2.402%) Workflow
16 15 (2.252%) Data Protection
16 15 (2.252%) SEO
16 15 (2.252%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 176 (26.43%) JavaScript
2 93 (13.96%) Java
3 92 (13.81%) PHP
4 38 (5.706%) C#
5 37 (5.556%) Ruby
6 36 (5.405%) Objective-C
7 31 (4.655%) SQL
8 30 (4.505%) PHP5
9 16 (2.402%) Python
10 15 (2.252%) ActionScript
11 12 (1.802%) Clojure
12 10 (1.502%) C++
12 10 (1.502%) Perl
13 7 (1.051%) Bash shell
14 6 (0.901%) Groovy
14 6 (0.901%) ActionScript 3.0
14 6 (0.901%) Scala
15 5 (0.751%) C
15 5 (0.751%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.601%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 43 (6.456%) Degree
2 9 (1.351%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.201%) SC Cleared
4 5 (0.751%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 5 (0.751%) ISEB
5 4 (0.601%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (0.601%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.450%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (0.450%) RHCE
7 2 (0.300%) RHCT
7 2 (0.300%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.300%) HND
7 2 (0.300%) CCIE
7 2 (0.300%) CCNP
7 2 (0.300%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.300%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.150%) PMP
8 1 (0.150%) MCP
8 1 (0.150%) MCDBA
8 1 (0.150%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.354%) QA
2 3 (0.450%) SLA
3 2 (0.300%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.150%) WAI
4 1 (0.150%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.300%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.150%) Sendmail
2 1 (0.150%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.150%) Samba
Systems Management
1 15 (2.252%) Puppet
2 4 (0.601%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (0.601%) Cobbler
3 2 (0.300%) Netcool
3 2 (0.300%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (0.300%) Red Hat Spacewalk
3 2 (0.300%) YUM
4 1 (0.150%) SCOM
4 1 (0.150%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.150%) Zenoss
4 1 (0.150%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.150%) Splunk
4 1 (0.150%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.150%) Nagios
Vendors
1 42 (6.306%) Adobe
2 29 (4.354%) Zend
3 24 (3.604%) Oracle
4 21 (3.153%) Microsoft
5 17 (2.553%) Google
6 15 (2.252%) Red Hat
7 13 (1.952%) Sencha
8 11 (1.652%) Sitecore
9 10 (1.502%) Cisco
10 9 (1.351%) Facebook
10 9 (1.351%) Apple
11 7 (1.051%) Twitter
12 5 (0.751%) Appcelerator
12 5 (0.751%) SAP
12 5 (0.751%) Netezza
13 3 (0.450%) Hyperion
13 3 (0.450%) Sun
13 3 (0.450%) Teradata
14 2 (0.300%) VMware
14 2 (0.300%) Huawei
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