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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Multimedia' in contract IT jobs within the Staffordshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultimedia
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank31-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.163 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£234
% change on same period last year+42.16 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£7.00-
Average hourly rate£7.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£7.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.86£35.73
% change on same period last year-27.62 %
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Staffordshire
Matching contract IT job ads8669
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.121 %0.070 %
Daily rates quoted3223
Average minimum daily rate£314£357
Average daily rate£346£374
% change on same period last year-7.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted116
Average minimum hourly rate£14.15£18.79
Average hourly rate£16.16£20.92
% change on same period last year-22.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.17£23.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
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 Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Staffordshire Multimedia Demand Trend

Multimedia
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)ActionScript
11 (50.00 %)Photoshop
11 (50.00 %)OOP
11 (50.00 %)OO
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (50.00 %)ISO9001
11 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
11 (50.00 %)Health
11 (50.00 %)Adobe Flex

Multimedia
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)Adobe Flex
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)Photoshop
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Health
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Flash Developer
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)OOP
11 (50.00 %)OO
11 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)ActionScript
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)ISO9001