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 in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Media over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 380 442
Rank change year-on-year +52 +62 +68
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 6 23 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.11% 0.059%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.38% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 12
10th Percentile - £369 -
25th Percentile - £431 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £244
Median % change year-on-year - +105.13% -27.78%
75th Percentile - £520 £365
90th Percentile - £530 £485
UK median daily rate £335 £450 £332
% change year-on-year -25.56% +35.54% -19.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +166.67% +33.33%
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £80.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -38.75% +125.35% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,237 6,073 7,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.15% 29.39% 32.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,601 3,646 5,256
10th Percentile £208 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £617
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 726 435
10th Percentile £16.73 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.91 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £30.62 £28.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.42% +29.55% +6.98%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.71 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.58 £22.49
% change year-on-year +4.81% +36.00% -18.24%

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
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 4 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
North of England +11 2 - - 26
North East - 2 - - 7
East of England +28 1 - -
Scotland +13 1 - - 4
West Midlands +10 1 - - 1
Midlands +8 1 - - 4
South West - 1 - - 7
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 2 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (16.67%) Confluence
2 1 (16.67%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Intranet
General
1 4 (66.67%) Marketing
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Brand Awareness
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Content Editor
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Content Editor
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Social Media
2 2 (33.33%) Blog
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Signage
3 1 (16.67%) Animation
3 1 (16.67%) e-Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Graphic Design
3 1 (16.67%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 3 (50.00%) SEO
2 2 (33.33%) B2B
2 2 (33.33%) B2B Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Brand Management
2 2 (33.33%) Content Management
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Media Management
2 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 2 (33.33%) Email Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Market Research
2 2 (33.33%) Pay per click
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (16.67%) Content Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Link Building
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Typography
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (16.67%) QA
1 1 (16.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Facebook
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Atlassian
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Instagram
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) TikTok