The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Digital 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 Lancashire 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
Digital Media
Rank - 41 29
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - 0.468% 0.431%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 2.564% 2.273%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £25.50 -
% change year-on-year
-43.13% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
45 78 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 22.28% 18.27% 18.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 52 14
Average daily rate £250 £340 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.47% +36.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £176 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £389 £484 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 14
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £37.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -47.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.90 £15.80 £30.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.80 £20.00 £42.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Digital Media
North West

Digital Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Digital Media Daily Rate Trend

Digital Media
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) IPTV
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) FMCG
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
2 1 (25.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Kanban
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Web Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) SEO
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) WinForms
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce

Digital Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (25.00%) WinForms
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) NHS Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
1 2 (50.00%) IPTV
1 2 (50.00%) FMCG
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
2 1 (25.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Kanban
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Web Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) SEO
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google