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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Multimedia' in contract IT jobs within the Birmingham region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Multimedia over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultimedia
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5062
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.388 %0.590 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£252
% change on same period last year+23.27 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.80£28.69
% change on same period last year-6.56 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads258339
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.349 %0.334 %
Daily rates quoted74112
Average minimum daily rate£315£335
Average daily rate£343£362
% change on same period last year-5.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted2219
Average minimum hourly rate£29.75£18.07
Average hourly rate£32.41£19.24
% change on same period last year+68.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.07£20.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.14£27.27
% change on same period last year+3.16 %
Multimedia West MidlandsMultimedia
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Multimedia
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Multimedia across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Birmingham Multimedia Demand Trend

Multimedia
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

Multimedia
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Multimedia across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Multimedia Hourly Rate Trend

Multimedia
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Multimedia also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Multimedia.

11 (50.00 %)C
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)Linux
11 (50.00 %)Embedded C
11 (50.00 %)Embedded C++
11 (50.00 %)Electronics
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
11 (50.00 %)Device Driver
11 (50.00 %)Embedded Linux
11 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
11 (50.00 %)JTAG

Multimedia
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Multimedia also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Multimedia. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Electronics
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Device Driver
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Linux
11 (50.00 %)Embedded Linux
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)Embedded C
11 (50.00 %)Embedded C++
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)JTAG