The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Multimedia in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Multimedia over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the West Midlands region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Multimedia
Rank - 99 92
Contract jobs citing Multimedia 0 4 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.178% 0.529%
As % of the General category - 0.535% 1.541%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 10
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.93% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £13.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £14.63 £33.25
% change year-on-year
+21.36% -56.01%
All of the General Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
512 748 649
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 31.35% 33.36% 34.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 316 282
Average daily rate £375 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £244 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 49 34
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% -19.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Multimedia
England

Multimedia
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Multimedia
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) RUP
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9000
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) W3C
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy
1 1 (50.00%) DVB
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Unified Process
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) WAI
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement

Multimedia
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) DVB
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) W3C
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) RUP
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Unified Process
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9000
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) WAI
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy