The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term New 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 New Media over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
New Media
Rank 487 447 451
Rank change year-on-year
-40 +4
Contract jobs citing New Media 45 98 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.104% 0.185% 0.225%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.379% 0.731% 0.781%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 65 75
Average daily rate £350 £400 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £288 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £450 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £288 £275
% change year-on-year
+10.77% +4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +21.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.79 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11864 13403 16520
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.42% 25.31% 28.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7322 7988 10108
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £251 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £610 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 515 629 645
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £22.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.95 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
New Media
UK

New Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England New Media Daily Rate Trend

New Media
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing New Media across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England New Media Daily Rate Histogram

New Media
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England New Media Hourly Rate Trend

New Media
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing New Media within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London -20 28 £357 -13.57% 15
South East +22 5 - - 3
South West +33 3 £300 -
East of England +19 3 £200 -48.05% 3
North West +11 3 £338 -3.57%
West Midlands - - - - 2
Yorkshire - - - - 2
East Midlands - - - -
New Media
UK

New Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing New 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 New Media.

1 40 (35.40%) Agile Software Development
2 36 (31.86%) HTML
3 33 (29.20%) CSS
4 32 (28.32%) JavaScript
5 27 (23.89%) Scrum
6 26 (23.01%) Java
7 22 (19.47%) HTML5
7 22 (19.47%) Social Media
8 21 (18.58%) jQuery
8 21 (18.58%) Twitter
9 19 (16.81%) TDD
9 19 (16.81%) PHP
10 18 (15.93%) Photoshop
10 18 (15.93%) Facebook
11 16 (14.16%) CSS3
11 16 (14.16%) Mobile App
11 16 (14.16%) OO
11 16 (14.16%) CMS
11 16 (14.16%) Android
12 15 (13.27%) Project Management
13 13 (11.50%) Games
13 13 (11.50%) Microsoft
13 13 (11.50%) Grails
14 12 (10.62%) Spring
14 12 (10.62%) Telecoms
14 12 (10.62%) Finance
15 11 (9.735%) Internet
15 11 (9.735%) UML
15 11 (9.735%) OOP
15 11 (9.735%) Flash

New Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing New 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 New Media. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 36 (31.86%) HTML
2 33 (29.20%) CSS
3 22 (19.47%) HTML5
4 21 (18.58%) jQuery
5 16 (14.16%) CSS3
6 13 (11.50%) Grails
7 12 (10.62%) Spring
8 11 (9.735%) Flash
9 9 (7.965%) RESTful
10 8 (7.080%) JSON
11 7 (6.195%) REST
12 6 (5.310%) .NET
12 6 (5.310%) XML
13 5 (4.425%) Web Services
13 5 (4.425%) ASP.NET MVC
14 4 (3.540%) ASP.NET MVC 4
15 3 (2.655%) ASP.NET
15 3 (2.655%) XHTML
15 3 (2.655%) J2ME
15 3 (2.655%) Cocoa
Application Platforms
1 16 (14.16%) CMS
2 4 (3.540%) Documentum
3 3 (2.655%) Amazon AWS
4 2 (1.770%) Windows Azure
4 2 (1.770%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.885%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (15.93%) Photoshop
2 7 (6.195%) MS Excel
3 5 (4.425%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (4.425%) Fireworks
3 5 (4.425%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (3.540%) MS Project
5 3 (2.655%) MS Office
5 3 (2.655%) Acrobat
5 3 (2.655%) QuarkXPress
6 2 (1.770%) Google Apps
6 2 (1.770%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (1.770%) InDesign
7 1 (0.885%) FreeHand
Business Applications
1 2 (1.770%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.885%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.735%) Internet
2 4 (3.540%) Intranet
3 2 (1.770%) Firewall
4 1 (0.885%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.655%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.770%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.885%) MySQL
3 1 (0.885%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.885%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.885%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.965%) Jasmine
2 8 (7.080%) QUnit
3 5 (4.425%) JUnit
3 5 (4.425%) Git (software)
3 5 (4.425%) Hudson
4 4 (3.540%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.540%) ClearQuest
5 3 (2.655%) LoadRunner
5 3 (2.655%) Xcode
5 3 (2.655%) Selenium
6 2 (1.770%) Subversion
6 2 (1.770%) Maven
7 1 (0.885%) Ant
7 1 (0.885%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.885%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.885%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.885%) JMeter
7 1 (0.885%) jMock
7 1 (0.885%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.885%) TestNG
General
1 13 (11.50%) Games
2 12 (10.62%) Telecoms
2 12 (10.62%) Finance
3 10 (8.850%) Marketing
3 10 (8.850%) Advertising
3 10 (8.850%) Publishing
4 3 (2.655%) Dutch Language
4 3 (2.655%) French Language
4 3 (2.655%) German Language
4 3 (2.655%) Spanish Language
4 3 (2.655%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.770%) Retail
6 1 (0.885%) Law
6 1 (0.885%) Legal
Job Titles
1 49 (43.36%) Developer
2 16 (14.16%) Analyst
3 12 (10.62%) Android Developer
4 11 (9.735%) Project Manager
4 11 (9.735%) Front-End Developer
5 9 (7.965%) Business Analyst
6 8 (7.080%) UI Programmer
6 8 (7.080%) JavaScript Developer
6 8 (7.080%) UI Developer
7 7 (6.195%) Designer
8 6 (5.310%) Technical Analyst
9 5 (4.425%) .NET Developer
9 5 (4.425%) Technical Manager
9 5 (4.425%) Senior Developer
9 5 (4.425%) Senior UI Developer
10 4 (3.540%) Technical Project Manager
10 4 (3.540%) Test Analyst
10 4 (3.540%) Web Developer
11 3 (2.655%) Flash Developer
11 3 (2.655%) UNIX Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 22 (19.47%) Social Media
2 16 (14.16%) Mobile App
3 9 (7.965%) Computer Science
4 8 (7.080%) Digital Media
5 7 (6.195%) Streaming Video
6 6 (5.310%) Video on Demand
7 5 (4.425%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (3.540%) iPhone
8 4 (3.540%) Interactive TV
8 4 (3.540%) Smartphone
8 4 (3.540%) Blog
8 4 (3.540%) Social Network
9 3 (2.655%) W3C
9 3 (2.655%) Web 2.0
9 3 (2.655%) Graphic Design
9 3 (2.655%) Animation
9 3 (2.655%) Open Source
10 2 (1.770%) Photography
11 1 (0.885%) NHS
11 1 (0.885%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.16%) Android
2 9 (7.965%) Apple iOS
3 6 (5.310%) Linux
4 4 (3.540%) UNIX
4 4 (3.540%) Windows
5 3 (2.655%) Solaris
5 3 (2.655%) Debian
5 3 (2.655%) Windows XP
5 3 (2.655%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (35.40%) Agile Software Development
2 27 (23.89%) Scrum
3 19 (16.81%) TDD
4 16 (14.16%) OO
5 15 (13.27%) Project Management
6 11 (9.735%) UML
6 11 (9.735%) OOP
6 11 (9.735%) Pair Programming
7 10 (8.850%) Test Automation
7 10 (8.850%) Content Management
7 10 (8.850%) Web Design
8 9 (7.965%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (7.080%) Analytics
9 8 (7.080%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (7.080%) Performance Testing
9 8 (7.080%) PRINCE2
10 7 (6.195%) MVC
10 7 (6.195%) User Stories
11 6 (5.310%) Test Scripting
11 6 (5.310%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (28.32%) JavaScript
2 26 (23.01%) Java
3 19 (16.81%) PHP
4 7 (6.195%) ActionScript
4 7 (6.195%) Objective-C
5 6 (5.310%) Groovy
5 6 (5.310%) C#
6 5 (4.425%) Python
6 5 (4.425%) ActionScript 2.0
7 4 (3.540%) ActionScript 3.0
7 4 (3.540%) Ruby
8 2 (1.770%) Clojure
8 2 (1.770%) C
8 2 (1.770%) C++
8 2 (1.770%) SQL
8 2 (1.770%) Perl
9 1 (0.885%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.885%) Lua
9 1 (0.885%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.885%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 11 (9.735%) Degree
2 4 (3.540%) Sun Certification
3 1 (0.885%) CISSP
3 1 (0.885%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (0.885%) CISM
3 1 (0.885%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.540%) QA
2 1 (0.885%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 3 (2.655%) CFEngine
2 1 (0.885%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.885%) Puppet
Vendors
1 21 (18.58%) Twitter
2 18 (15.93%) Facebook
3 13 (11.50%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.310%) Google
4 6 (5.310%) Apple
5 4 (3.540%) EMC
5 4 (3.540%) Adobe
5 4 (3.540%) SAP
6 3 (2.655%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.655%) Quark
6 3 (2.655%) Endeca
6 3 (2.655%) Rackspace
6 3 (2.655%) Joyent
7 1 (0.885%) Oracle
7 1 (0.885%) Progress
7 1 (0.885%) Cisco
7 1 (0.885%) HP
7 1 (0.885%) VMware
7 1 (0.885%) Omniture
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Rate: £440 - £450 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
The candidate will have created several Android applications on Google Play and/or Amazon App Store, with direct experience of mobile application development. Real-time video streaming experience...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
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My client is a leading IT solutions provider are seeking to recruit a talented Flash Developer and you will bring the below skill set: ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF POSITION: *...
People Source Consulting
Rate: excellent rates !
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
My client is a leading IT solutions provider are seeking to recruit a talented Flash Developer and you will bring the below skill set:ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF POSITION:*...
People Source Consulting
Rate: excellent rates !
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hertfordshire
KW; SEO, Search Engine Optimisation, Google Analytics, Client side, Agency, Search Engine Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, PPC, Pay Per Click, New Media, Social Media, Campaign, Reporting, Microsoft office, Microsoft...
Salt
Rate: £200 - £250 per day + Depending on Experience
Posted: 17 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
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Rate: confidential
Posted: 27 May 2013
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