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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 402 500
Rank change year-on-year +25 +98 -63
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 16 28 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.076% 0.12% 0.039%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.38% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 20 8
10th Percentile £336 £163 £132
25th Percentile £375 £191 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £269 £368
Median % change year-on-year +95.91% -26.87% +44.12%
75th Percentile £530 £444 £632
90th Percentile £531 £550 £653
UK median daily rate £416 £350 £406
% change year-on-year +18.83% -13.85% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - - £18.24
25th Percentile - £26.25 £18.74
Median hourly rate £80.00 £27.50 £20.70
Median % change year-on-year +190.91% +32.85% +10.25%
75th Percentile - £29.38 £22.79
90th Percentile - £30.00 £23.36
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £28.75 £30.50
% change year-on-year +178.26% -5.74% +39.52%

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 6,014 7,313 9,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.54% 32.16% 32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,566 4,897 6,909
10th Percentile £210 £219 £208
25th Percentile £375 £381 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £585
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 750 414 427
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.83
25th Percentile £14.18 £10.63 £16.24
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% +2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £61.88 £63.00 £44.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.93 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £22.13 £26.99
% change year-on-year +60.45% -18.03% +5.84%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 +13 8 £530 +29.27% 12
North of England +23 3 £320 -36.00% 9
Yorkshire +17 3 £320 +113.33% 5
South East +4 3 £400 +33.33% 12
Scotland +36 1 - - 3
Midlands +9 1 - - 4
West Midlands 0 1 - - 1
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 (6.25%) Moodle
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Adobe Captivate
1 4 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 4 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (25.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (6.25%) 3ds Max
2 1 (6.25%) Blender
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 4 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (25.00%) Multimedia
2 2 (12.50%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) German Language
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Architect
1 8 (50.00%) Mobile Architect
1 8 (50.00%) Mobile Solutions Architect
1 8 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Designer
3 1 (6.25%) Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Designer
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Learning Designer
3 1 (6.25%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Software Tester
3 1 (6.25%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
1 1 (6.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Animation
2 1 (6.25%) Graphic Design
2 1 (6.25%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (25.00%) Instructional Design
2 4 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (6.25%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (6.25%) Agile
3 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (6.25%) Asset Management
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Vision
3 1 (6.25%) Deadline-Driven
3 1 (6.25%) Defect Management
3 1 (6.25%) Functional Testing
3 1 (6.25%) Generative AI
3 1 (6.25%) Machine Learning
3 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) SEO
3 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
3 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
3 1 (6.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) C++
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft