The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Interactive Media in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Interactive Media over the 3 months to 22 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 General category for the London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Interactive Media
Rank 382 413 432
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +19
Contract jobs citing Interactive Media 5 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.018% 0.003%
As % of the General category 0.044% 0.034% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £269 £550 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-51.13% +41.93%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £325 £344
% change year-on-year
+46.00% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the General Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
11344 14496 18192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 51.58% 53.02% 59.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7927 9886 12381
Average daily rate £500 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 230 291
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.88 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Interactive Media
England

Interactive Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Interactive Media Jobs Demand Trend

Interactive Media
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Interactive Media Daily Rate Trend

Interactive Media
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Interactive Media across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Interactive Media Daily Rate Histogram

Interactive Media
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Interactive Media Hourly Rate Trend

Interactive Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Interactive 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 Interactive Media.

1 5 (62.50%) CSS
1 5 (62.50%) HTML
1 5 (62.50%) Digital Media
2 3 (37.50%) User Experience Design
2 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
2 3 (37.50%) Information Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) Content Management
2 3 (37.50%) Marketing
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Graphic Design
3 2 (25.00%) Drupal
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (25.00%) Workflow
3 2 (25.00%) CMS
3 2 (25.00%) XML
3 2 (25.00%) Flash
3 2 (25.00%) HTML5
3 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 2 (25.00%) CSS3
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Control
4 1 (12.50%) iPad
4 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
4 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (12.50%) SMS
4 1 (12.50%) Adobe
4 1 (12.50%) W3C
4 1 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (12.50%) Adobe After Effects

Interactive Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Interactive 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 Interactive Media. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (62.50%) CSS
1 5 (62.50%) HTML
2 2 (25.00%) XML
2 2 (25.00%) Flash
2 2 (25.00%) HTML5
2 2 (25.00%) CSS3
3 1 (12.50%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Drupal
1 2 (25.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe After Effects
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SMS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Designer
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Development Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Business Development Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Web Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) Photoshop Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Front-End Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Front-End Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Flash Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Digital Media
2 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
2 3 (37.50%) Graphic Design
3 1 (12.50%) iPad
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) W3C
3 1 (12.50%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) User Experience Design
1 3 (37.50%) Information Architecture
1 3 (37.50%) Content Management
2 2 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Budget Control
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Business Development
3 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) WAI
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe