Music Industry Contract Job Trends

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 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 553 621
Rank change year-on-year -31 +68 +180
Contract jobs citing Music Industry 3 2 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.005% 0.028%
As % of the General category 0.014% 0.009% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 10
10th Percentile £241 - £277
25th Percentile £258 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £325 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -31.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £454 £338 £538
90th Percentile £509 - £781
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £26.75
25th Percentile - - £27.50
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
75th Percentile - - £32.50
90th Percentile - - £33.25
UK excluding London median hourly 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 22,000 21,592 27,786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.93% 58.79% 59.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,766 12,736 18,599
10th Percentile £270 £286 £290
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £644 £660
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,391 816 1,100
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.83 £16.74
Median hourly rate £24.61 £29.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% -1.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £43.92 £55.35 £57.50
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £71.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £27.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% -1.36% +23.37%

Music Industry
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Music Industry job vacancy trend in the UK

Music Industry
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Music Industry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Music Industry

Music Industry
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Music Industry over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Music Industry in the UK

Music Industry
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Music Industry.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Music Industry

Music Industry
Top 2 Contract Job 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 7 November 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
London +2 3 £325 - 8
England -21 3 £325 - 20

Music Industry
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
General
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Art Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Social Media
2 1 (33.33%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Content Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Typography
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe