East of England Multimedia Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Multimedia' in contract IT jobs within the East of England 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Avon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Crawley Docklands, London Dorset East of England Egham England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Lancashire London Manchester Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Oxfordshire Portsmouth Preston Reading Runcorn South Coast South East South Wales South West Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walsall West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire Wokingham	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	122	137
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	9	20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	0.545 %	0.956 %
Daily rates quoted	3	4
Average minimum daily rate	£167	£190
Average daily rate	£208	£210
% change on same period last year	-0.79 %
Average maximum daily rate	£250	£230
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£227
% change on same period last year	+45.78 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£38.67	£12.00
Average hourly rate	£38.67	£13.50
% change on same period last year	+186.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.67	£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.13	£33.70
% change on same period last year	-22.47 %
General East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1650	2091
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.305 %	2.101 %
Daily rates quoted	528	788
Average minimum daily rate	£361	£343
Average daily rate	£388	£365
% change on same period last year	+6.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£380
% change on same period last year	+0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	187	216
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.67	£26.92
Average hourly rate	£28.33	£28.98
% change on same period last year	-2.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.99	£31.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.04	£26.85
% change on same period last year	+4.41 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Multimedia across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Multimedia across the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Multimedia within the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Essex	+2	4	£200	-
Bedfordshire	+24	2	-	-
Cambridgeshire	+20	1	-	-
Suffolk	-	1	£175	-
Hertfordshire	+20	1	£250	+127.27 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 12 (52.17 %) Flash 2 9 (39.13 %) ActionScript 2 9 (39.13 %) CSS 3 8 (34.78 %) HTML 4 6 (26.09 %) JavaScript 4 6 (26.09 %) PHP 4 6 (26.09 %) Photoshop 5 5 (21.74 %) XML 6 4 (17.39 %) Dreamweaver 6 4 (17.39 %) ColdFusion 6 4 (17.39 %) Fireworks 6 4 (17.39 %) Publishing 6 4 (17.39 %) Marketing 7 3 (13.04 %) Video Editing 7 3 (13.04 %) Graphic Design

7 3 (13.04 %) ImageReady 7 3 (13.04 %) XSLT 7 3 (13.04 %) XHTML 7 3 (13.04 %) ASP 7 3 (13.04 %) Java 7 3 (13.04 %) C++ 7 3 (13.04 %) DHTML 8 2 (8.696 %) WebServices 8 2 (8.696 %) J2EE 8 2 (8.696 %) MySQL 8 2 (8.696 %) J2SE 8 2 (8.696 %) Microsoft 8 2 (8.696 %) Adobe 8 2 (8.696 %) Macromedia 8 2 (8.696 %) Embedded C

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development 1 9 (39.13 %) CSS 2 8 (34.78 %) HTML 3 5 (21.74 %) XML 4 3 (13.04 %) XSLT 4 3 (13.04 %) XHTML 4 3 (13.04 %) ASP 5 2 (8.696 %) J2SE 5 2 (8.696 %) WebServices 5 2 (8.696 %) J2EE 5 2 (8.696 %) AJAX 6 1 (4.348 %) Middleware 6 1 (4.348 %) ASP.NET 6 1 (4.348 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 4 (17.39 %) ColdFusion 2 2 (8.696 %) Joomla! 2 2 (8.696 %) Mambo
Applications 1 6 (26.09 %) Photoshop 2 4 (17.39 %) Fireworks 3 3 (13.04 %) ImageReady 4 1 (4.348 %) FrameMaker 4 1 (4.348 %) MS Office 4 1 (4.348 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 2 (8.696 %) SMTP 1 2 (8.696 %) DVB 1 2 (8.696 %) SMPP 2 1 (4.348 %) Wi-Fi 2 1 (4.348 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (4.348 %) Internet 2 1 (4.348 %) Bluetooth 2 1 (4.348 %) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (8.696 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 12 (52.17 %) Flash 2 4 (17.39 %) Dreamweaver 3 1 (4.348 %) Visual Studio
General 1 4 (17.39 %) Publishing 1 4 (17.39 %) Marketing 2 3 (13.04 %) Graphic Design 2 3 (13.04 %) Video Editing 3 2 (8.696 %) Interactive Media 3 2 (8.696 %) Advertising 3 2 (8.696 %) Electronics 3 2 (8.696 %) Telecoms 3 2 (8.696 %) Education 4 1 (4.348 %) Manufacturing 4 1 (4.348 %) Animation 4 1 (4.348 %) Games	Job Titles 1 8 (34.78 %) Developer 2 6 (26.09 %) Web Developer 3 2 (8.696 %) Flash Developer 3 2 (8.696 %) Design Engineer 3 2 (8.696 %) Web Designer 3 2 (8.696 %) ASIC Design Engineer 4 1 (4.348 %) Audio Engineer 4 1 (4.348 %) Audio Software Engineer 4 1 (4.348 %) Junior Developer 4 1 (4.348 %) Web Applications Developer 4 1 (4.348 %) Product Manager 4 1 (4.348 %) Junior Web Developer 4 1 (4.348 %) Instructional Designer 4 1 (4.348 %) Product Development Manager 4 1 (4.348 %) Development Support Engineer 4 1 (4.348 %) Senior Flash Developer 4 1 (4.348 %) Multimedia Developer 4 1 (4.348 %) Applications Developer 4 1 (4.348 %) Development Manager 4 1 (4.348 %) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (8.696 %) ASIC 1 2 (8.696 %) VHDL 1 2 (8.696 %) Verilog 1 2 (8.696 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 1 (4.348 %) IPTV 2 1 (4.348 %) STB 2 1 (4.348 %) Streaming Video	Operating Systems 1 1 (4.348 %) Linux 1 1 (4.348 %) VxWorks 1 1 (4.348 %) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (8.696 %) E-Commerce 1 2 (8.696 %) SEO 1 2 (8.696 %) Web Design 1 2 (8.696 %) Web Development 2 1 (4.348 %) OO 2 1 (4.348 %) PDM	Programming Languages 1 9 (39.13 %) ActionScript 2 6 (26.09 %) JavaScript 2 6 (26.09 %) PHP 3 3 (13.04 %) C++ 3 3 (13.04 %) DHTML 3 3 (13.04 %) Java 4 2 (8.696 %) Embedded C 4 2 (8.696 %) Embedded C++ 4 2 (8.696 %) C
Qualifications 1 1 (4.348 %) Degree	Vendors 1 2 (8.696 %) Microsoft 1 2 (8.696 %) Adobe 1 2 (8.696 %) Macromedia 1 2 (8.696 %) Sony