The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 South Wales 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 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.846% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.955% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £180 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £25.50 -
% change year-on-year
-43.13% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
67 78 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 20.62% 19.75% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 32 48
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £105 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 7
Average hourly rate £15.50 £14.00 £14.91
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% -6.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.10 £7.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £16.10 £22.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Digital Media
Wales

Digital Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Wales Digital Media Daily 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Newport - 3 £180 -
Cardiff - 2 £300 -
Digital Media
Wales

Digital Media
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 5 (83.33%) Photoshop
1 5 (83.33%) CSS
1 5 (83.33%) Flash
1 5 (83.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (83.33%) Time Management
1 5 (83.33%) Mac OS
2 4 (66.67%) HTML5
2 4 (66.67%) Web Design
3 2 (33.33%) Graphic Design
3 2 (33.33%) Animation
3 2 (33.33%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Degree

Digital Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 5 (83.33%) CSS
1 5 (83.33%) Flash
2 4 (66.67%) HTML5
3 2 (33.33%) HTML
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Photoshop
1 5 (83.33%) Adobe Illustrator
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Designer
2 4 (66.67%) Graphic Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Graphic Design
1 2 (33.33%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Time Management
2 4 (66.67%) Web Design
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
To provide business architecture expertise aligned to technical architecture across multiple business areas... The successful candidate must have a solid background in Business Analysis with demonstrable experience of...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013