Digital Media Contract Job Trends 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 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 330 390
Rank change year-on-year -42 +60 +112
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 12 32 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.075% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.64% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 15
10th Percentile £273 - £178
25th Percentile £405 - £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £294 £300
Median % change year-on-year +44.38% -1.88% -52.76%
75th Percentile £447 - £426
90th Percentile £471 £371 £530
UK median daily rate £498 £325 £383
% change year-on-year +53.23% -15.03% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 10
10th Percentile - - £18.05
25th Percentile - - £20.44
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.99 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.43% -5.49% +23.01%
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile £22.75 - £30.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £25.99 £21.25
% change year-on-year -13.43% +22.31% -17.67%

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 5,520 5,018 6,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.69% 29.12% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,327 2,764 4,331
10th Percentile £220 £209 £213
25th Percentile £363 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -1.30% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £518 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -2.13% -3.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 454 315 362
10th Percentile £13.46 £15.33 £16.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £22.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.75 £52.50 £51.24
Median % change year-on-year -49.05% +2.46% +127.72%
75th Percentile £54.38 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.85 £75.09 £79.15
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.45% +2.62% +73.08%

Digital Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Digital Media job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Digital Media
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Media.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Media

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 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Media in the UK excluding London

Digital Media
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Media.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Media

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 14 October 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
South East +11 6 £190 - 34
Scotland - 4 £436 - 2
South West - 2 - - 2
Digital Media
UK

Digital Media
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (8.33%) Sketch
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Esports
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Police
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Designer
2 3 (25.00%) UX Designer
3 2 (16.67%) ICT Trainer
3 2 (16.67%) Trainer
4 1 (8.33%) Email Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) CSS
1 4 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (16.67%) e-Learning
3 1 (8.33%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Agile
1 4 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
1 4 (33.33%) Front End Development
1 4 (33.33%) Interaction Design
1 4 (33.33%) Prototyping
1 4 (33.33%) Typography
1 4 (33.33%) Usability Testing
1 4 (33.33%) User Experience
1 4 (33.33%) User Research
1 4 (33.33%) UX Design
1 4 (33.33%) Wireframes
2 3 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (8.33%) Design Thinking
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Generative AI
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) City & Guilds
2 2 (16.67%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Cellebrite
2 1 (8.33%) Adobe
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Veritas