Digital Media Contract Job Trends

Digital Media
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Media over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 487 536
Rank change year-on-year -130 +49 +80
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 34 50 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.065% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.44% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 36
10th Percentile £392 £313 £206
25th Percentile £463 £318 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £406
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +10.86% +8.24%
75th Percentile £623 £569 £575
90th Percentile £680 £806 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 - £530
% change year-on-year - - +92.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £28.05 £25.23 -
25th Percentile £30.75 £28.95 -
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.92 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.17% -55.10% +190.91%
75th Percentile £35.75 £43.61 -
90th Percentile - £47.74 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £22.84 £80.00
% change year-on-year - -71.45% +190.91%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 17,477 11,249 13,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.21% 34.62% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,713 6,956 8,273
10th Percentile £318 £300 £282
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £627 £649 £663
90th Percentile £749 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 888 533 862
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.48 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.97 £18.87 £15.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £30.81 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.70% -15.60% +15.87%
75th Percentile £70.23 £58.75 £63.44
90th Percentile £87.64 £77.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £31.49 £36.50
% change year-on-year +39.60% -13.73% -7.57%

Digital Media
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Digital Media job vacancy trend in the UK

Digital Media
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Digital Media
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Media over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Media in the UK

Digital Media
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Digital Media
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 July 2026. 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
England -129 26 £500 +26.98% 55
London -90 16 £600 +33.33% 46
Work from Home -76 5 £380 -9.25% 18
UK excluding London -105 5 £475 - 26
East of England -20 2 £475 - 2
North of England -82 2 - - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - -
South East -60 1 £190 - 19

Digital Media
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (14.71%) CMS
2 2 (5.88%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.94%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.94%) Kentico
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) AWS
1 5 (14.71%) Google Ads
2 3 (8.82%) Figma
2 3 (8.82%) OCI
3 2 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (5.88%) Collibra
3 2 (5.88%) GCP
3 2 (5.88%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.94%) Amazon Kinesis
4 1 (2.94%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (2.94%) Canva
4 1 (2.94%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (23.53%) Data Lake
1 8 (23.53%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (23.53%) Metadata
2 6 (17.65%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (5.88%) Power BI
4 1 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Forms
General
1 11 (32.35%) Marketing
2 5 (14.71%) Publishing
2 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Advertising
3 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Finance
4 3 (8.82%) Games
5 2 (5.88%) Automotive
6 1 (2.94%) iGaming
6 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.94%) Legal
6 1 (2.94%) Multimedia
6 1 (2.94%) Police
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Principal Engineer
1 8 (23.53%) Principal Software Engineer
1 8 (23.53%) Software Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Architect
3 6 (17.65%) Data Architect
4 3 (8.82%) Designer
4 3 (8.82%) Lead
5 2 (5.88%) Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Data Scientist
5 2 (5.88%) Visual Designer
6 1 (2.94%) AWS Developer
6 1 (2.94%) Business Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Data Business Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Developer
6 1 (2.94%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Head of Strategy
6 1 (2.94%) Senior
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Social Media Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) AngularJS
1 2 (5.88%) Kafka
1 2 (5.88%) React
2 1 (2.94%) .NET
2 1 (2.94%) CSS
2 1 (2.94%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.94%) HTML
2 1 (2.94%) OAuth
2 1 (2.94%) OAuth2
2 1 (2.94%) REST
2 1 (2.94%) Tailwind CSS
2 1 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
1 2 (5.88%) Marketing Technology
1 2 (5.88%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (2.94%) Graphic Design
2 1 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.94%) Media Streaming
2 1 (2.94%) Over-the-Top Content
2 1 (2.94%) Social Media
2 1 (2.94%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Data Strategy
2 10 (29.41%) Analytics
3 9 (26.47%) Data Architecture
3 9 (26.47%) Data Modelling
3 9 (26.47%) Software Engineering
4 8 (23.53%) Agile
5 7 (20.59%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (20.59%) Decision-Making
6 6 (17.65%) Data Mapping
6 6 (17.65%) Logical Data Model
7 5 (14.71%) Budgeting
7 5 (14.71%) Project Management
8 4 (11.76%) CRM
8 4 (11.76%) Data Governance
8 4 (11.76%) ERP
8 4 (11.76%) Roadmaps
9 3 (8.82%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 3 (8.82%) Data Reconciliation
9 3 (8.82%) ETL
9 3 (8.82%) Planning and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 12 (35.29%) Python
1 12 (35.29%) SQL
2 4 (11.76%) TypeScript
3 2 (5.88%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.94%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.82%) GAAP
2 3 (8.82%) IFRS
3 2 (5.88%) GDPR
4 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.94%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Terraform
2 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Google
1 4 (11.76%) Oracle
2 3 (8.82%) Adobe
2 3 (8.82%) Hyperion
2 3 (8.82%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.94%) Facebook
3 1 (2.94%) Hootsuite
3 1 (2.94%) HubSpot
3 1 (2.94%) Instagram
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) TikTok
3 1 (2.94%) YouTube