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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Multimedia' in contract IT jobs within the West Midlands 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
Rank111130
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.551 %0.181 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£234
% change on same period last year+42.16 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£8.33-
Average hourly rate£8.33-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£8.33-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.86£35.73
% change on same period last year-27.62 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads10881106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.532 %1.118 %
Daily rates quoted343284
Average minimum daily rate£347£340
Average daily rate£371£365
% change on same period last year+1.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£391
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted93117
Average minimum hourly rate£24.01£23.19
Average hourly rate£25.57£24.88
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.12£26.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Multimedia Hourly Rate Trend

Multimedia
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Multimedia across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

West Midlands Multimedia Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 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
HerefordshireNew entry-2--
BirminghamUp+192£450-
StaffordshireNew entry-1--
WalsallNew entry-1--
Multimedia EnglandMultimedia
England

Multimedia
Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

13 (37.50 %)Flash
22 (25.00 %)JavaScript
22 (25.00 %)ActionScript
22 (25.00 %)Photoshop
22 (25.00 %)Dreamweaver
31 (12.50 %)Fireworks
31 (12.50 %)C
31 (12.50 %)Telecoms
31 (12.50 %)Automotive
31 (12.50 %)Health
31 (12.50 %)InfoPath
31 (12.50 %)Graphic Design
31 (12.50 %)Adobe Flex
31 (12.50 %)Test Scripting
31 (12.50 %)IIS
31 (12.50 %)ASP
31 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
31 (12.50 %)CSS
31 (12.50 %)OOP
31 (12.50 %)OO
31 (12.50 %)Apache
31 (12.50 %).NET
31 (12.50 %)MySQL
31 (12.50 %)PHP
31 (12.50 %)XHTML
31 (12.50 %)SharePoint
31 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
31 (12.50 %)ISO9001

Multimedia
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (12.50 %).NET
11 (12.50 %)ASP
11 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
11 (12.50 %)CSS
11 (12.50 %)XHTML
11 (12.50 %)Adobe Flex
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)IIS
11 (12.50 %)Apache
11 (12.50 %)SharePoint
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)Photoshop
21 (12.50 %)Fireworks
21 (12.50 %)InfoPath
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)MySQL
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (37.50 %)Flash
22 (25.00 %)Dreamweaver
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Telecoms
11 (12.50 %)Automotive
11 (12.50 %)Health
11 (12.50 %)Graphic Design
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (25.00 %)Developer
12 (25.00 %)1st Line Support
21 (12.50 %)Web Designer
21 (12.50 %)Flash Developer
21 (12.50 %)Helpdesk Advisor
21 (12.50 %)Junior Web Designer
21 (12.50 %)1st Line Support Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Web Developer
21 (12.50 %)Support Analyst
21 (12.50 %)Junior
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)OOP
11 (12.50 %)OO
11 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
11 (12.50 %)Test Scripting
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)JavaScript
12 (25.00 %)ActionScript
21 (12.50 %)C
21 (12.50 %)PHP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (12.50 %)ISO9001