FFmpeg Contract Job Trends in England

FFmpeg
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring FFmpeg skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 - 578
Rank change year-on-year - - +169
Contract jobs citing FFmpeg 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - 0.007%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.015% - 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.77%
75th Percentile £288 - £600
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £275 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +3.77%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

FFmpeg falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,864 6,746 8,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.84% 21.67% 22.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,631 4,305 6,457
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.56%
75th Percentile £635 £666 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 100 182
10th Percentile £31.20 £26.25 £36.31
25th Percentile £43.00 £42.19 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.35 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.47%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

FFmpeg job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FFmpeg.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FFmpeg

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FFmpeg.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FFmpeg

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FFmpeg within the England region over the 6 months to 16 November 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
London - 1 £275 - 6
FFmpeg
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (100.00%) HEVC
1 1 (100.00%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++