The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Multimedia in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Multimedia over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Birmingham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multimedia
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Multimedia 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the General category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £308 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.06% -5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £14.75 £33.25
% change year-on-year
+15.25% -55.63%
All of the General Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
145 200 187
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 33.11% 32.63% 37.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 119 118
Average daily rate £351 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £238 £161
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 3
Average hourly rate £37.00 £18.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% +42.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Multimedia
West Midlands

Multimedia
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Multimedia across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Birmingham Multimedia Jobs Demand Trend

Multimedia
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Multimedia across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Multimedia Daily Rate Trend