New Media Contracts in England

New Media
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term New Media in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited New Media over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 539 670
Rank change year-on-year +54 +131 +109
Contract jobs citing New Media 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.005% 0.006%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.012% 0.017% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - £384
25th Percentile - - £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £300 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% -21.74%
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - £300 £450
% change year-on-year - -33.33% -21.74%

All Generic Skills
England

New 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,332 11,451 16,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.13% 30.82% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,444 7,498 11,765
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 827 587
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.91 £30.16 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% +34.13% -16.72%
75th Percentile £64.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.20 £70.00 £75.20
UK median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%

New Media
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing New Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for New Media in England

New Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing New Media in England.

Daily rate trend for New Media in England

New Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing New Media in England.

Hourly rate trend for New Media in England

New Media
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing New Media within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
London +41 1 - - 6
New Media
UK

New Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (100.00%) Arabic Language
1 1 (100.00%) French Language
1 1 (100.00%) German Language
1 1 (100.00%) Italian Language
1 1 (100.00%) Japanese Language
1 1 (100.00%) Korean Language
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artworker
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Artworker
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Deadline-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Typography
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design