FFmpeg Contracts

FFmpeg
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for FFmpeg skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FFmpeg over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 687 847
Rank change year-on-year +108 +160 -
Contract jobs citing FFmpeg 6 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.010% 0.002%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.068% 0.044% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - £423 £541
25th Percentile £325 £438 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £588
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -19.15% -
75th Percentile £375 £488 £622
90th Percentile - - £624
UK excluding London median daily rate - £425 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

FFmpeg is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,851 13,495 23,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.67% 23.23% 27.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,143 9,831 17,461
10th Percentile £340 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 153 234
10th Percentile £21.15 £31.60 £22.15
25th Percentile £42.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FFmpeg as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FFmpeg in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FFmpeg.

Daily rate trend for FFmpeg in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FFmpeg.

Hourly rate trend for FFmpeg in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FFmpeg within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +103 6 £350 -26.32%
Work from Home - 5 £350 -
London +87 4 £350 -26.32%
UK excluding London +71 2 - -
East of England - 2 - -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) RTMP
1 1 (16.67%) RTP
1 1 (16.67%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) CMake
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 4 (66.67%) Games
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) C++ Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C/C++ Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Kernel Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (16.67%) GStreamer
2 1 (16.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Unix
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Linux Kernel Development
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree