Multimedia Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Multimedia
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Multimedia in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Multimedia over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 89 111
Rank change year-on-year -6 +22 +24
Contract jobs citing Multimedia 4 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.30% 0.47% 0.054%
As % of the General category 0.51% 0.83% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £322 -
25th Percentile £383 £335 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £371 £300
Median % change year-on-year +9.16% +23.67% -
75th Percentile £428 £393 -
90th Percentile - £397 -
England median daily rate £513 £325 £300
% change year-on-year +57.69% +8.33% -31.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £33.48 - -
25th Percentile £36.83 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £43.60 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +58.55% - -
75th Percentile £50.33 £28.75 -
90th Percentile £53.64 - -
England median hourly rate £43.60 £37.50 £21.63
% change year-on-year +16.27% +73.41% -58.81%

All General Skills
East of England

Multimedia falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 792 845 1,086
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 59.19% 56.37% 58.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 299 555
10th Percentile £198 £203 £200
25th Percentile £367 £318 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £603 £564 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £738
England median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 237 291
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.06 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.60 £30.21 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -25.18% +70.49% -10.55%
75th Percentile £61.44 £51.91 £48.88
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.11 £36.08 £29.50
% change year-on-year -30.40% +22.31% +18.00%

Multimedia
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Multimedia relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Multimedia job vacancy trend in the East of England

Multimedia
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Multimedia.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Multimedia

Multimedia
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Multimedia.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Multimedia

Multimedia
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Multimedia in the East of England over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Multimedia in the East of England

Multimedia
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Multimedia within the East of England region over the 6 months to 4 October 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire -1 4 £405 +9.16% 20
Multimedia
England

Multimedia
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (25.00%) MySQL
General
1 2 (50.00%) Wearables
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Audio Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) FastAPI
1 3 (75.00%) React
1 3 (75.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Acoustics
1 1 (25.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (25.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Collection
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Inertial Measurement
3 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Motion Capture
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (25.00%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree