The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Digital Media over the 3 months to 17 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 West Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Media
Rank 94 95 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 1 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.061% 0.359% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.348% 2.186% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £240 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
287 366 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.38% 16.41% 16.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 165 117
Average daily rate £315 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 35 43
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -16.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £10.85 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.40 £40.00 £44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Digital Media
England

Digital Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Digital Media Daily Rate Trend

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wolverhampton - 1 £240 -
Digital Media
England

Digital Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (40.00%) Adobe
1 4 (40.00%) .NET
1 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (40.00%) CSS
1 4 (40.00%) Flash
2 3 (30.00%) ActionScript
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) C#
2 3 (30.00%) E-Learning
3 2 (20.00%) SCORM
3 2 (20.00%) jQuery
3 2 (20.00%) Time Management
3 2 (20.00%) Learning Management System
3 2 (20.00%) HTML
3 2 (20.00%) MS Office
3 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (10.00%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (10.00%) XHTML
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) PHP
4 1 (10.00%) Photoshop
4 1 (10.00%) MySQL
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (10.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (10.00%) Middleware
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (10.00%) SEO
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Industrial Design
4 1 (10.00%) Web 2.0

Digital Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (40.00%) .NET
1 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (40.00%) CSS
1 4 (40.00%) Flash
2 2 (20.00%) jQuery
2 2 (20.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (10.00%) HTML5
3 1 (10.00%) CSS3
3 1 (10.00%) XHTML
3 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Drupal
1 1 (10.00%) WordPress
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (10.00%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (10.00%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dreamweaver
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) .NET Developer
2 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) C# Developer
3 3 (30.00%) E-Learning Developer
3 3 (30.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Technical Developer
5 1 (10.00%) UI Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) PHP Developer
5 1 (10.00%) UI Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Front-End Web Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Web Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) E-Learning
2 2 (20.00%) SCORM
2 2 (20.00%) Learning Management System
3 1 (10.00%) Web 2.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Time Management
2 1 (10.00%) SEO
2 1 (10.00%) Scrum
2 1 (10.00%) Industrial Design
2 1 (10.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C#
1 3 (30.00%) ActionScript
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle