Digital Media Contracts in the West Midlands

Digital Media
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Media over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 121 177
Rank change year-on-year +10 +56 -
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 5 10 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.26% 0.44% 0.028%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.80% 1.34% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £433 £286 -
25th Percentile £444 £385 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £335
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +64.18% -
75th Percentile £500 - £353
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £350 £413
% change year-on-year +28.57% -15.15% +13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
England median hourly rate £80.00 £28.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year +178.26% -19.01% +42.00%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 628 745 1,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.29% 33.13% 28.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 483 739
10th Percentile £265 £265 £275
25th Percentile £363 £413 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £591
90th Percentile £750 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 23 20
10th Percentile £10.42 £17.72 £12.63
25th Percentile £14.71 £20.74 £15.00
Median hourly rate £24.65 £27.50 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% +64.18% -0.42%
75th Percentile £40.50 £30.00 £20.75
90th Percentile £58.75 £56.75 £30.03
England median hourly rate £36.00 £22.49 £26.39
% change year-on-year +60.11% -14.78% +3.47%

Digital Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Digital Media as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Media in the West Midlands

Digital Media
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Media in the West Midlands

Digital Media
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Media in the West Midlands

Digital Media
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Staffordshire +6 4 £475 -13.64%
Birmingham +10 1 - -
Digital Media
England

Digital Media
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Captivate
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Forensic Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Collection
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Instructional Design
2 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 4 (80.00%) ISO17020
2 2 (40.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe