The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term New Media in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited New 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 Miscellaneous category for the South West 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
New Media
Rank 108 136 113
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -23
Contract jobs citing New Media 3 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.146% 0.091% 0.253%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.735% 0.459% 1.408%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
Average daily rate £300 £358 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.08% +66.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £358 £263
% change year-on-year
+25.87% +36.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
408 654 497
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 19.80% 19.80% 17.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 351 208
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £262 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 45 57
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.70 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £44.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
New Media
England

New Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West New Media Daily Rate Trend

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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bristol +12 2 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £300 -
New Media
England

New Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 6 (66.67%) HTML
1 6 (66.67%) CSS
2 5 (55.56%) SEO
2 5 (55.56%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (55.56%) Web Design
2 5 (55.56%) Photoshop
3 4 (44.44%) Analytics
3 4 (44.44%) Content Management
3 4 (44.44%) Web Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Google
4 2 (22.22%) MVC
4 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 2 (22.22%) Python
4 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
4 2 (22.22%) HTML5
4 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
4 2 (22.22%) CSS3
4 2 (22.22%) Backbone.js
4 2 (22.22%) Web Development
4 2 (22.22%) Django
4 2 (22.22%) jQuery
4 2 (22.22%) Android
4 2 (22.22%) Git (software)
4 2 (22.22%) Google Apps
5 1 (11.11%) Axure RP
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (11.11%) Acrobat
5 1 (11.11%) QuarkXPress
5 1 (11.11%) FreeHand

New Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 6 (66.67%) HTML
1 6 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (22.22%) HTML5
2 2 (22.22%) CSS3
2 2 (22.22%) Backbone.js
2 2 (22.22%) Django
2 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 1 (11.11%) Flash
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (55.56%) Photoshop
2 2 (22.22%) Google Apps
3 1 (11.11%) Acrobat
3 1 (11.11%) QuarkXPress
3 1 (11.11%) FreeHand
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Git (software)
2 1 (11.11%) Axure RP
2 1 (11.11%) Dreamweaver
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Web Manager
2 5 (55.56%) Web Production Manager
2 5 (55.56%) Production Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) UI Programmer
3 2 (22.22%) UI Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Visual Designer
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
1 2 (22.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) SEO
1 5 (55.56%) Web Design
2 4 (44.44%) Analytics
2 4 (44.44%) Content Management
2 4 (44.44%) Web Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) MVC
3 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Google