Digital Media Contracts in the UK excluding London

Digital Media
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Media over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 448 496
Rank change year-on-year +81 +48 -78
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 24 13 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.054% 0.042%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% 0.17% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 10
10th Percentile £375 - £123
25th Percentile £438 £163 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £244 £338
Median % change year-on-year +105.13% -27.78% +68.75%
75th Percentile £528 £365 £569
90th Percentile £532 £485 £653
UK median daily rate £475 £332 £431
% change year-on-year +43.07% -23.01% +30.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £37.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +114.77% +4.93% +62.40%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Digital Media is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,156 7,857 9,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.62% 32.50% 31.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,682 5,314 6,763
10th Percentile £208 £213 £200
25th Percentile £375 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £619 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 715 446 470
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +28.93% -16.69% +3.85%

Digital Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Media in the UK excluding London

Digital Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Media in the UK excluding London

Digital Media
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Media in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Media in the UK excluding London

Digital Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Media in the UK excluding London

Digital Media
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
East of England +17 8 £530 +11.58% 8
North of England - 8 £475 - 9
West Midlands - 7 £475 - 3
Midlands - 7 £475 - 5
North West - 5 £500 - 6
South East +10 3 £400 +20.48% 19
Yorkshire - 3 £320 - 4
Scotland +22 1 - - 5
Wales - 1 £600 - 2
Digital Media
UK

Digital Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 1 (4.17%) Moodle
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Adobe Captivate
1 4 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 4 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (16.67%) Photoshop
2 1 (4.17%) 3ds Max
2 1 (4.17%) Blender
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 4 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (16.67%) Multimedia
1 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.33%) Electronics
3 1 (4.17%) German Language
3 1 (4.17%) Marketing
3 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Architect
1 8 (33.33%) Mobile Architect
1 8 (33.33%) Mobile Solutions Architect
1 8 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Forensic Manager
2 6 (25.00%) Technical Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Designer
4 1 (4.17%) Developer
4 1 (4.17%) Digital Designer
4 1 (4.17%) Digital Learning Designer
4 1 (4.17%) Lead
4 1 (4.17%) Lead Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Senior
4 1 (4.17%) Software Tester
4 1 (4.17%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) PyTorch
1 1 (4.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Animation
3 1 (4.17%) Graphic Design
3 1 (4.17%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Data Collection
1 7 (29.17%) Digital Forensics
1 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (16.67%) Instructional Design
2 4 (16.67%) Internal Audit
2 4 (16.67%) Quality Management
2 4 (16.67%) User Experience
2 4 (16.67%) Validation
2 4 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (4.17%) 3D Modelling
4 1 (4.17%) Android Development
4 1 (4.17%) Deadline-Driven
4 1 (4.17%) Deep Learning
4 1 (4.17%) Defect Management
4 1 (4.17%) Functional Testing
4 1 (4.17%) Machine Learning
4 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) C++
1 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 7 (29.17%) ISO17020
2 6 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (4.17%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Adobe
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft