Digital Media Contracts

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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 534 618
Rank change year-on-year +53 +84 +201
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 49 53 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.40% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 33 48
10th Percentile £313 £205 £173
25th Percentile £318 £290 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £412 £363
Median % change year-on-year +14.60% +13.61% -14.71%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £475
90th Percentile £825 £746 £558
UK excluding London median daily rate - £528 £275
% change year-on-year - +92.09% -31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 12
10th Percentile £25.23 - £19.28
25th Percentile £28.95 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £35.92 £80.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.10% +190.91% -22.54%
75th Percentile £43.61 - £31.69
90th Percentile £47.74 - £39.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.84 £80.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -71.45% +190.91% +45.50%

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 10,751 13,103 18,334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.66% 30.19% 32.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,673 8,321 12,606
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £676
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 499 926 580
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £11.87
Median hourly rate £30.81 £35.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +58.44% -16.60%
75th Percentile £57.55 £62.00 £60.64
90th Percentile £78.71 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -15.49% +57.78% +4.65%

Digital Media
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Digital Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Media in the UK

Digital Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Media.

Daily rate trend for Digital Media in the UK

Digital Media
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Media over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Media in the UK

Digital Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Media.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Media in the UK

Digital Media
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Digital Media over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Digital Media in the UK

Digital Media
Top 9 Contract 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 2 July 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
England +51 44 £450 +9.27% 755
London +37 36 £450 +26.76% 542
Work from Home +40 13 £419 -0.30% 347
UK excluding London +36 6 - - 238
North of England +8 2 - - 76
North East - 2 - - 20
South West - 2 - - 24
South East +52 1 - - 64
East of England +14 1 - - 31

Digital Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (8.16%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.04%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.04%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (2.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.04%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.04%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.04%) Sketch
3 1 (2.04%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) GCP
2 5 (10.20%) Azure
3 4 (8.16%) AWS
3 4 (8.16%) dbt
3 4 (8.16%) Vertex AI
4 1 (2.04%) Asana
4 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.04%) SaaS
4 1 (2.04%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) BigQuery
2 3 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (6.12%) Metadata
3 2 (4.08%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (4.08%) MongoDB
3 2 (4.08%) MySQL
3 2 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) MLflow
General
1 19 (38.78%) Marketing
2 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
3 15 (30.61%) Advertising
4 11 (22.45%) Finance
5 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
7 4 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (8.16%) Retail
8 3 (6.12%) Law
8 3 (6.12%) Legal
8 3 (6.12%) Publishing
9 2 (4.08%) Billing
9 2 (4.08%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (4.08%) Military
10 1 (2.04%) Games
10 1 (2.04%) German Language
10 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (2.04%) Police
Job Titles
1 12 (24.49%) Senior
2 8 (16.33%) Account Manager
3 6 (12.24%) Digital Account Manager
3 6 (12.24%) Product Manager
4 5 (10.20%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 4 (8.16%) Client Services Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Marketing Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Programme Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) ICT Trainer
7 2 (4.08%) Product Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Sales Account Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Sales Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Product Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) SEO Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) AngularJS
1 4 (8.16%) React
2 2 (4.08%) .NET
2 2 (4.08%) Vue
3 1 (2.04%) ADO
3 1 (2.04%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Social Media
2 4 (8.16%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.16%) Marketing Technology
3 3 (6.12%) FMCG
3 3 (6.12%) Taxonomies
3 3 (6.12%) Virtual Team
4 2 (4.08%) Blog
4 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.08%) Digital Signage
4 2 (4.08%) e-Learning
4 2 (4.08%) Life Science
4 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.08%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.08%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (2.04%) Media Streaming
5 1 (2.04%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (2.04%) Photography
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.65%) Agile
2 11 (22.45%) Ad Operations
2 11 (22.45%) Programmatic Advertising
3 10 (20.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (20.41%) Strategic Planning
4 8 (16.33%) Analytics
4 8 (16.33%) CI/CD
5 7 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (12.24%) Campaign Management
6 6 (12.24%) Digital Forensics
6 6 (12.24%) E-Discovery
6 6 (12.24%) Forensic Analysis
6 6 (12.24%) Machine Learning
6 6 (12.24%) Product Management
6 6 (12.24%) Product Roadmap
6 6 (12.24%) Product Vision
6 6 (12.24%) Project Management
6 6 (12.24%) QMS
6 6 (12.24%) Roadmaps
6 6 (12.24%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.16%) Python
2 2 (4.08%) Java
2 2 (4.08%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (26.53%) Degree
2 4 (8.16%) EnCE
3 3 (6.12%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) QA
2 6 (12.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 3 (6.12%) PMO
4 2 (4.08%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (8.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) EnCase
1 4 (8.16%) FTK
1 4 (8.16%) Kubeflow
2 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (16.33%) Google
2 6 (12.24%) Salesforce
3 4 (8.16%) Cellebrite
3 4 (8.16%) Nuix
4 3 (6.12%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.12%) Workday
5 2 (4.08%) comScore
5 2 (4.08%) Databricks
5 2 (4.08%) Facebook
5 2 (4.08%) Okta
6 1 (2.04%) Adobe
6 1 (2.04%) Instagram
6 1 (2.04%) TikTok