Music Industry Contracts

Music Industry
UK

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

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 594 702
Rank change year-on-year +79 +108 +139
Contract jobs citing Music Industry 5 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.009% 0.017%
As % of the General category 0.027% 0.016% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £304
25th Percentile £413 - £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £438 - £563
90th Percentile - - £625
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All General Skills
UK

Music Industry falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 18,528 25,308 34,807
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.15% 58.17% 58.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,821 15,958 24,141
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £675
90th Percentile £763 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 788 1,948 1,063
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.78 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.49 £18.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%
75th Percentile £56.00 £51.91 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.01 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £28.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -11.93% -8.32% +65.08%

Music Industry
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Music Industry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Music Industry in the UK

Music Industry
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Music Industry.

Daily rate trend for Music Industry in the UK

Music Industry
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Music Industry.

Hourly rate trend for Music Industry in the UK

Music Industry
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Music Industry within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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 +56 5 £426 +6.38% 17
London +46 5 £426 +6.38% 9

Music Industry
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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Advertising
1 4 (80.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Development Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Development Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
1 4 (80.00%) Campaign Management
1 4 (80.00%) Channel Management
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe
1 4 (80.00%) TikTok