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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Multimedia' in contract IT jobs within the Essex 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultimedia
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5360
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads47
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.007 %
As % of the category below1.413 %2.115 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£200-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£210
% change on same period last year+61.63 %
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£26.18£33.85
% change on same period last year-22.66 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads283331
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.403 %0.342 %
Daily rates quoted104116
Average minimum daily rate£346£348
Average daily rate£368£373
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£381
% change on same period last year+0.91 %
Hourly rates quoted3752
Average minimum hourly rate£24.15£27.33
Average hourly rate£26.48£28.50
% change on same period last year-7.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.81£29.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.97£26.66
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
Multimedia East of EnglandMultimedia
East of 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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Multimedia Hourly Rate Trend

Multimedia
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

14 (100.00 %)Flash
14 (100.00 %)Publishing
23 (75.00 %)ImageReady
23 (75.00 %)Dreamweaver
23 (75.00 %)ColdFusion
23 (75.00 %)Fireworks
23 (75.00 %)DHTML
23 (75.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)JavaScript
23 (75.00 %)PHP
23 (75.00 %)ActionScript
23 (75.00 %)Photoshop
23 (75.00 %)ASP
23 (75.00 %)CSS
23 (75.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)XSLT
32 (50.00 %)Marketing
32 (50.00 %)Interactive Media
41 (25.00 %)Web Design

Multimedia
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)HTML
13 (75.00 %)ASP
13 (75.00 %)CSS
13 (75.00 %)XML
13 (75.00 %)XSLT
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)ColdFusion
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (75.00 %)Photoshop
13 (75.00 %)ImageReady
13 (75.00 %)Fireworks
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (100.00 %)Flash
23 (75.00 %)Dreamweaver
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (100.00 %)Publishing
22 (50.00 %)Marketing
22 (50.00 %)Interactive Media
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
22 (50.00 %)Web Developer
22 (50.00 %)Flash Developer
31 (25.00 %)Web Applications Developer
31 (25.00 %)Senior Flash Developer
31 (25.00 %)Applications Developer
31 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Web Design
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)DHTML
13 (75.00 %)JavaScript
13 (75.00 %)PHP
13 (75.00 %)ActionScript