New Media Contracts in the UK excluding London

New Media
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term New Media in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited New Media over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 436
Rank change year-on-year - - +87
Contract jobs citing New Media 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London - - 0.009%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - £300 £450
% change year-on-year - -33.33% -21.74%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

New 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 4,372 5,983 7,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.66% 28.73% 32.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,657 3,572 4,911
10th Percentile £210 £208 £218
25th Percentile £363 £375 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £606
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 745 414
10th Percentile £15.32 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.76 £34.21 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +55.50% +3.04%
75th Percentile £64.51 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £82.28 £70.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £32.81 £35.00 £22.13
% change year-on-year -6.26% +58.19% -17.99%

New Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for New Media in the UK excluding London

New Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for New Media in the UK excluding London

New Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for New Media in the UK excluding London