Over-the-Top Content Contracts in the UK excluding London

Over-the-Top Media Services (OTT)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Over-the-Top Content in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Over-the-Top Content over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 384 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Over-the-Top Content 0 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London - 0.010% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.034% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 -
UK median daily rate - £450 £470
% change year-on-year - -4.26% -10.26%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Over-the-Top Content 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 4,252 5,968 7,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.24% 29.14% 32.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,571 3,583 5,124
10th Percentile £205 £208 £220
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £613
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 726 428
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.92 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £30.39 £29.25 £21.88
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +33.71% +4.17%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £83.31 £70.00 £74.30
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £31.25 £22.49
% change year-on-year +2.56% +38.98% -18.24%

Over-the-Top Content
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Over-the-Top Content as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Over-the-Top Content in the UK excluding London

Over-the-Top Content
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Over-the-Top Content in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Over-the-Top Content in the UK excluding London

Over-the-Top Content
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Over-the-Top Content in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Over-the-Top Content in the UK excluding London