Digital Media Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Digital Media
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Media over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 119 136
Rank change year-on-year - +17 +42
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 0 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley - 0.100% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.31% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £298 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £305 £200
Median % change year-on-year - +52.50% -
75th Percentile - £313 £294
90th Percentile - - £350
South East median daily rate £190 £305 £200
% change year-on-year -37.70% +52.50% -59.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.99 -
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £25.99 -
% change year-on-year -13.43% - -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 732 651 796
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 35.35% 32.42% 31.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 355 504
10th Percentile £258 £300 £205
25th Percentile £400 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.49% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £634 £619
90th Percentile £664 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £491 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.58% +4.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 19 36
10th Percentile £16.33 £18.70 £21.25
25th Percentile £20.79 £26.87 £24.26
Median hourly rate £55.00 £42.88 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% -5.15% +126.05%
75th Percentile £80.00 £60.50 £63.29
90th Percentile £96.00 £63.73 £69.88
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £33.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -35.71% +59.09%

Digital Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Digital Media job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Digital Media
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Digital Media.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Digital Media

Digital Media
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Digital Media.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Digital Media