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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.

LinkMultimedia
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank122137
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads920
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.020 %
As % of the category below0.545 %0.956 %
Daily rates quoted34
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 quoted32
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 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads16502091
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.305 %2.101 %
Daily rates quoted528788
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 quoted187216
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 %
Multimedia EnglandMultimedia
England

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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Multimedia Daily Rate Trend

Multimedia
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.

East of England Multimedia Daily Rate Histogram

Multimedia
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.

East of England Multimedia Hourly Rate Trend

Multimedia
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.

LocationRank 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
EssexUp+24£200-
BedfordshireUp+242--
CambridgeshireUp+201--
SuffolkNew entry-1£175-
HertfordshireUp+201£250+127.27 %
Multimedia EnglandMultimedia
England

Multimedia
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.

112 (52.17 %)Flash
29 (39.13 %)ActionScript
29 (39.13 %)CSS
38 (34.78 %)HTML
46 (26.09 %)JavaScript
46 (26.09 %)PHP
46 (26.09 %)Photoshop
55 (21.74 %)XML
64 (17.39 %)Dreamweaver
64 (17.39 %)ColdFusion
64 (17.39 %)Fireworks
64 (17.39 %)Publishing
64 (17.39 %)Marketing
73 (13.04 %)Video Editing
73 (13.04 %)Graphic Design
73 (13.04 %)ImageReady
73 (13.04 %)XSLT
73 (13.04 %)XHTML
73 (13.04 %)ASP
73 (13.04 %)Java
73 (13.04 %)C++
73 (13.04 %)DHTML
82 (8.696 %)WebServices
82 (8.696 %)J2EE
82 (8.696 %)MySQL
82 (8.696 %)J2SE
82 (8.696 %)Microsoft
82 (8.696 %)Adobe
82 (8.696 %)Macromedia
82 (8.696 %)Embedded C

Multimedia
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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (39.13 %)CSS
28 (34.78 %)HTML
35 (21.74 %)XML
43 (13.04 %)XSLT
43 (13.04 %)XHTML
43 (13.04 %)ASP
52 (8.696 %)J2SE
52 (8.696 %)WebServices
52 (8.696 %)J2EE
52 (8.696 %)AJAX
61 (4.348 %)Middleware
61 (4.348 %)ASP.NET
61 (4.348 %).NET
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (17.39 %)ColdFusion
22 (8.696 %)Joomla!
22 (8.696 %)Mambo
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (26.09 %)Photoshop
24 (17.39 %)Fireworks
33 (13.04 %)ImageReady
41 (4.348 %)FrameMaker
41 (4.348 %)MS Office
41 (4.348 %)MS Excel
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.696 %)SMTP
12 (8.696 %)DVB
12 (8.696 %)SMPP
21 (4.348 %)Wi-Fi
21 (4.348 %)TCP/IP
21 (4.348 %)Internet
21 (4.348 %)Bluetooth
21 (4.348 %)VoIP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.696 %)MySQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (52.17 %)Flash
24 (17.39 %)Dreamweaver
31 (4.348 %)Visual Studio
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (17.39 %)Publishing
14 (17.39 %)Marketing
23 (13.04 %)Graphic Design
23 (13.04 %)Video Editing
32 (8.696 %)Interactive Media
32 (8.696 %)Advertising
32 (8.696 %)Electronics
32 (8.696 %)Telecoms
32 (8.696 %)Education
41 (4.348 %)Manufacturing
41 (4.348 %)Animation
41 (4.348 %)Games
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (34.78 %)Developer
26 (26.09 %)Web Developer
32 (8.696 %)Flash Developer
32 (8.696 %)Design Engineer
32 (8.696 %)Web Designer
32 (8.696 %)ASIC Design Engineer
41 (4.348 %)Audio Engineer
41 (4.348 %)Audio Software Engineer
41 (4.348 %)Junior Developer
41 (4.348 %)Web Applications Developer
41 (4.348 %)Product Manager
41 (4.348 %)Junior Web Developer
41 (4.348 %)Instructional Designer
41 (4.348 %)Product Development Manager
41 (4.348 %)Development Support Engineer
41 (4.348 %)Senior Flash Developer
41 (4.348 %)Multimedia Developer
41 (4.348 %)Applications Developer
41 (4.348 %)Development Manager
41 (4.348 %)Senior Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.696 %)ASIC
12 (8.696 %)VHDL
12 (8.696 %)Verilog
12 (8.696 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
21 (4.348 %)IPTV
21 (4.348 %)STB
21 (4.348 %)Streaming Video
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (4.348 %)Linux
11 (4.348 %)VxWorks
11 (4.348 %)Embedded Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (8.696 %)E-Commerce
12 (8.696 %)SEO
12 (8.696 %)Web Design
12 (8.696 %)Web Development
21 (4.348 %)OO
21 (4.348 %)PDM
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (39.13 %)ActionScript
26 (26.09 %)JavaScript
26 (26.09 %)PHP
33 (13.04 %)C++
33 (13.04 %)DHTML
33 (13.04 %)Java
42 (8.696 %)Embedded C
42 (8.696 %)Embedded C++
42 (8.696 %)C
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.348 %)Degree
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (8.696 %)Microsoft
12 (8.696 %)Adobe
12 (8.696 %)Macromedia
12 (8.696 %)Sony