Digital Media Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Digital Media
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Media over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 81 104
Rank change year-on-year -26 +23 +17
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 2 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.090% 0.11% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% 0.24% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £527
25th Percentile £463 - £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £530
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.58%
75th Percentile £488 - £531
90th Percentile - - £532
England median daily rate £475 £335 £450
% change year-on-year +41.79% -25.56% +29.50%

All Generic Skills
East of England

Digital Media falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 609 416 517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 27.54% 44.35% 27.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 231 256
10th Percentile £188 £225 £178
25th Percentile £325 £398 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +9.47% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £560
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £513 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -6.44% -0.41% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 71 127
10th Percentile £15.68 £16.95 £13.24
25th Percentile £16.35 £26.30 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.99 £66.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.62% +20.00% -12.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 £83.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £87.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £33.91 £30.16
% change year-on-year +38.60% +12.43% +34.04%

Digital Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Media relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Digital Media job vacancy trend in the East of England

Digital Media
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Media.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Media

Digital Media
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Media.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Media

Digital Media
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2026. 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
Hertfordshire -23 2 £475 - 1
Digital Media
England

Digital Media
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Measurement
1 2 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce