RSS feed of Digital Pulse monthly results and quarterly analysis from Chinwag.

Digital Pulse for July 2008

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:23:54 +0100

The digital sector looks to continue a rebound in confidence with the Digital Pulse rising by 1.14% from June to 124.4. The second month in a row that the index has risen. Across the indices there's a small but sustained increase in confidence both in current market conditions and those in six months' time. In the face of this increased confidence in business, satisfaction with salaries has decreased however by 4.51% from June, perhaps prompted by rising costs.

Digital Pulse Analysis April-June 2008

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:05:40 +0100

Background

Digital Pulse is a confidence index for the digital industry, reflecting the degree of optimism or pessimism that people working in digital media feel about the industry. It is designed to find out how industry professionals are feeling, how they perceive the current digital business climate, salary conditions and their views on what it’ll be like in 6 months time.

Digital Pulse for June 2008

Deirdre Molloy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:52:43 +0100

June’s results showed an overall increase in market confidence from May, coming in at 123.0 (up 1.4%). While specific confidence in current market conditions continued to slide - as did faith in the economic environment in six months time - the overall index reflecting sentiment about conditions in the future increased, up to 126.1 (up 4.4% on

Digital Pulse for May 2008

Sam Michel — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:07:31 +0100

May's results show another fall in overall confidence - a drop in the Digital Pulse of 3.87%. However confidence in future conditions, 6 months from now, has fallen less, by only 2.5%.

From the figures, it could be tempting to conclude that feelings within the digital sector are on the slide but the index of future conditions may point to some light at the end of the tunnel. Although it's dropped, the figure is quite low and may indicate a general slowing of business rather than a race towards the edge of a cliff. Let's hope so!

Digital Pulse - April 2008

Deirdre Molloy — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:15:41 +0100

The method for calculating the Digital Pulse has been adjusted to give a more accurate reflection of the industry's confidence, based on feedback from March's results. Using this new algorithm for both March and April's results, confidence dropped 2.5%, with most of the other indices showing small drops in confidence.

Digital Pulse Analysis March 2008

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:38:02 +0100

Background

Digital Pulse is a confidence index for the digital industry. It is designed to find out how industry professionals are feeling, how they perceive the current business climate, salary conditions and their views on what it’ll be like in 6 months time.

Each month, Chinwag will poll its community, made up of practitioners working across the digital industries, to create a barometer of attitudes and confidence.

Digital Pulse - March 2008

Sam Michel — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:47:08 +0100

The results of the overall index indicate a positive outlook towards the current market position, with good confidence about the current market state and the wide availability of jobs within the market. Looking over the next six months however, this confidence slips 12.1 points (8.3%).