Digital Media Contracts in the South East

Digital Media
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Media over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 221 256
Rank change year-on-year +24 +35 -50
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 3 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.054% 0.086% 0.064%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.25% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - - £342
25th Percentile £375 £213 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £332 £518
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% -35.85% -
75th Percentile £425 £463 £653
90th Percentile - £581 -
England median daily rate £450 £348 £413
% change year-on-year +29.50% -15.76% +41.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
England median hourly rate £80.00 £37.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +114.77% +4.93% +42.00%

All Generic Skills
South East

Digital Media is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,573 1,980 2,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 28.47% 33.97% 34.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 1,340 1,705
10th Percentile £205 £213 £213
25th Percentile £359 £386 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 89 121
10th Percentile £11.72 £18.25 £16.11
25th Percentile £18.35 £20.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.19 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +144.19% -33.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%

Digital Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Digital Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Media in the South East

Digital Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Media in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Digital Media in the South East

Digital Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Media in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Media in the South East

Digital Media
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Media within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey +12 2 - - 2
Thames Valley +7 1 £400 +5.68% 8
Berkshire -5 1 £400 +20.48% 3
Digital Media
England

Digital Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Moodle
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) 3ds Max
1 1 (33.33%) Blender
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) German Language
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (33.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Animation
1 1 (33.33%) Graphic Design
1 1 (33.33%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Android Development
1 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Vision
1 1 (33.33%) Deadline-Driven
1 1 (33.33%) Deep Learning
1 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
1 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe