Digital Media Contracts in London

Digital Media
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Media over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 365 450
Rank change year-on-year +51 +85 +120
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 37 31 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.30% 0.18% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% 0.53% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 15 23
10th Percentile £300 £232 -
25th Percentile £306 £316 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £355 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% -11.25% -7.25%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £481
90th Percentile £825 £750 £550
England median daily rate £335 £450 £345
% change year-on-year -25.56% +30.43% -13.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £34.68
25th Percentile £47.50 - £35.31
Median hourly rate £49.00 - £37.25
75th Percentile £50.50 - £38.81
90th Percentile - - £39.23
England median hourly rate £49.00 £80.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -38.75% +190.91% -22.54%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,496 5,828 9,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.93% 33.34% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,043 4,124 6,679
10th Percentile £333 £313 £375
25th Percentile £455 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £743
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £538 £550 £573
% change year-on-year -2.27% -3.93% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 148 116
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.48 £18.93
25th Percentile £24.02 £18.41 £21.57
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -19.99%
75th Percentile £49.50 £49.13 £64.31
90th Percentile £76.94 £69.50 £84.38
England median hourly rate £33.91 £34.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year -0.26% +51.21% -16.69%

Digital Media
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Digital Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Media in London

Digital Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Media in London.

Daily rate trend for Digital Media in London

Digital Media
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Media in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Media in London

Digital Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Media in London.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Media in London

Digital Media
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Central London +11 8 £550 -38.89% 6
Digital Media
England

Digital Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.41%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (2.70%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.70%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Sprinklr
1 1 (2.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) Azure
1 3 (8.11%) GCP
2 2 (5.41%) AWS
2 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.70%) Figma
3 1 (2.70%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.70%) Google Data Studio
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
3 1 (2.70%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) BigQuery
1 3 (8.11%) Metadata
2 2 (5.41%) Amazon Athena
2 2 (5.41%) Big Data
2 2 (5.41%) Power BI
3 1 (2.70%) Looker
3 1 (2.70%) Tableau
General
1 15 (40.54%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (37.84%) Marketing
3 9 (24.32%) Advertising
3 9 (24.32%) Finance
4 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
5 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.11%) Billing
6 3 (8.11%) German Language
6 3 (8.11%) Law
6 3 (8.11%) Publishing
6 3 (8.11%) Retail
7 2 (5.41%) French Language
7 2 (5.41%) Legal
7 2 (5.41%) Military
7 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Banking
8 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.70%) Italian Language
8 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Account Manager
2 7 (18.92%) Senior
3 6 (16.22%) Digital Account Manager
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 4 (10.81%) Client Services Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Cloud Specialist
6 2 (5.41%) Customer Insight Specialist
6 2 (5.41%) Product Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Product Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Programme Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Sales Account Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Sales Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Product Manager
6 2 (5.41%) SEO Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Digital Media Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Media Planner
7 1 (2.70%) SaaS Project Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
1 2 (5.41%) AngularJS
1 2 (5.41%) React
2 1 (2.70%) ADO
2 1 (2.70%) CSS
2 1 (2.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Social Media
2 4 (10.81%) Virtual Team
3 3 (8.11%) Taxonomies
4 2 (5.41%) Life Science
4 2 (5.41%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.70%) Animation
5 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.70%) FMCG
5 1 (2.70%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.70%) Media Streaming
5 1 (2.70%) Photography
5 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.70%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Strategic Planning
2 8 (21.62%) Ad Operations
2 8 (21.62%) Programmatic Advertising
3 7 (18.92%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (18.92%) Agile
3 7 (18.92%) Analytics
3 7 (18.92%) Digital Forensics
3 7 (18.92%) E-Discovery
3 7 (18.92%) Forensic Analysis
3 7 (18.92%) QMS
3 7 (18.92%) Quality Management
3 7 (18.92%) Validation
4 6 (16.22%) Campaign Management
4 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.51%) Customer Retention
5 5 (13.51%) Display Advertising
6 4 (10.81%) Analytical Thinking
6 4 (10.81%) Decision-Making
6 4 (10.81%) Market Research
6 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) Python
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
2 5 (13.51%) EnCE
3 3 (8.11%) PMP
3 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.62%) QA
2 7 (18.92%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 2 (5.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.70%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) EnCase
1 5 (13.51%) FTK
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Google
2 5 (13.51%) Cellebrite
2 5 (13.51%) Nuix
2 5 (13.51%) Salesforce
3 3 (8.11%) comScore
4 2 (5.41%) Databricks
4 2 (5.41%) YouTube
5 1 (2.70%) Adobe
5 1 (2.70%) Facebook
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.70%) Workday
5 1 (2.70%) Wrike