Media Streaming Contract Job Trends

Media Streaming
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Media Streaming in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Media Streaming over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 562 553 623
Rank change year-on-year -9 +70 +160
Contract jobs citing Media Streaming 2 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.019% 0.013%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.016% 0.062% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £275 £535
25th Percentile £168 £425 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year -58.89% -21.74% -12.88%
75th Percentile £203 £488 £625
90th Percentile - £540 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.75
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
75th Percentile - - £15.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £15.00
% change year-on-year - - -3.23%

All Generic Skills
UK

Media Streaming 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 12,233 11,299 15,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.78% 30.71% 32.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,534 6,717 10,202
10th Percentile £285 £279 £288
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £673
90th Percentile £750 £795 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 660 356 492
10th Percentile £13.89 £16.96 £16.69
25th Percentile £18.22 £22.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.11 £42.69 £43.92
Median % change year-on-year -36.51% -2.80% +63.73%
75th Percentile £51.25 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £46.03
% change year-on-year -45.54% +0.33% +102.22%

Media Streaming
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Media Streaming job vacancy trend in the UK

Media Streaming
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Media Streaming
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Media Streaming
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 Media Streaming within the UK over the 6 months to 29 October 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 +6 2 £185 -61.05% 6
England -10 2 £185 -58.89% 13

Media Streaming
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA