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 have cited Digital Media over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 659 804
Rank change year-on-year +123 +145 -160
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 54 44 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.074% 0.063%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.22% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 33 33
10th Percentile £294 £166 £250
25th Percentile £350 £263 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £332 £413
Median % change year-on-year +35.54% -19.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £531 £425 £550
90th Percentile £598 £538 £598
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £244 £338
% change year-on-year +105.13% -27.78% +68.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £30.85 £23.65
25th Percentile - £32.13 £27.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 £35.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +125.35% - +62.40%
75th Percentile - £38.13 £43.50
90th Percentile - £38.95 £46.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £30.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +166.67% +33.33% +19.84%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,163 19,732 29,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.34% 33.30% 33.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,459 13,566 20,480
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £656
90th Percentile £788 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 907 640 723
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.05 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%

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 3 May 2024.

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
Top 12 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 3 May 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
England +139 52 £450 +29.50% 105
London +95 29 £412 +11.31% 62
UK excluding London +63 23 £500 +105.13% 45
Work from Home +132 16 £420 -6.67% 132
East of England +22 8 £530 +11.58% 5
North of England - 8 £475 - 10
Midlands +35 7 £475 - 7
West Midlands +31 7 £475 - 5
North West - 5 £500 - 6
South East +14 3 £400 +20.48% 10
Yorkshire - 3 £320 - 4
Scotland +34 1 - - 6

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 2 (3.70%) CMS
2 1 (1.85%) Moodle
Applications
1 18 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 12 (22.22%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (14.81%) Adobe Captivate
5 3 (5.56%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (5.56%) InDesign
5 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (1.85%) 3ds Max
7 1 (1.85%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (1.85%) Blender
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (3.70%) SaaS
3 1 (1.85%) Google Analytics
3 1 (1.85%) Google Data Studio
3 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) Big Data
2 1 (1.85%) Power BI
General
1 15 (27.78%) Marketing
2 8 (14.81%) Multimedia
2 8 (14.81%) Presentation Skills
2 8 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.96%) German Language
3 7 (12.96%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (12.96%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Advertising
4 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Finance
6 3 (5.56%) Health Technology
6 3 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.70%) Electronics
7 2 (3.70%) French Language
7 2 (3.70%) Games
8 1 (1.85%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (1.85%) Publishing
8 1 (1.85%) Retail
8 1 (1.85%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 12 (22.22%) Designer
2 9 (16.67%) Architect
3 8 (14.81%) Analyst
3 8 (14.81%) Mobile Architect
3 8 (14.81%) Mobile Solutions Architect
3 8 (14.81%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (12.96%) Senior
5 6 (11.11%) Forensic Manager
5 6 (11.11%) Technical Manager
6 4 (7.41%) Senior Designer
6 4 (7.41%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Senior UI Designer
7 3 (5.56%) Senior UI/UX Designer
7 3 (5.56%) Senior UX Designer
7 3 (5.56%) UI Designer
7 3 (5.56%) UI/UX Designer
7 3 (5.56%) UX Designer
8 2 (3.70%) e-Learning Designer
8 2 (3.70%) Marketing Specialist
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) CSS
1 2 (3.70%) DOM
1 2 (3.70%) Express.js
1 2 (3.70%) HTML
1 2 (3.70%) Node.js
1 2 (3.70%) React
2 1 (1.85%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Mobile App
2 4 (7.41%) Animation
2 4 (7.41%) Graphic Design
2 4 (7.41%) Photography
3 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.56%) Social Media
4 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.70%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.85%) FMCG
5 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.85%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (20.37%) User Experience
3 9 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (14.81%) Data Collection
4 8 (14.81%) Use Case
5 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
5 7 (12.96%) Digital Forensics
6 6 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
6 6 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
6 6 (11.11%) Innovative Thinking
6 6 (11.11%) Instructional Design
6 6 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 6 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (9.26%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (9.26%) Time Management
8 4 (7.41%) Internal Audit
8 4 (7.41%) Typography
8 4 (7.41%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.85%) C++
2 1 (1.85%) Python
2 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (18.52%) Degree
2 9 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 8 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.96%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 7 (12.96%) ISO17020
2 6 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (1.85%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 16 (29.63%) Adobe
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.85%) Apple
3 1 (1.85%) Cadence
3 1 (1.85%) Facebook
3 1 (1.85%) Google
3 1 (1.85%) Qualtrics
3 1 (1.85%) YouTube