Multimedia Contract Job Trends in England

Multimedia
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Multimedia in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Multimedia over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 494 491
Rank change year-on-year -124 -3 +59
Contract jobs citing Multimedia 11 23 36
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.024% 0.083% 0.11%
As % of the General category 0.044% 0.13% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 14
10th Percentile £140 £438 £204
25th Percentile £153 £469 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £500 £334
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +49.93% -12.24%
75th Percentile £500 £531 £400
90th Percentile £560 £673 £561
UK median daily rate £207 £500 £300
% change year-on-year -58.70% +66.67% -20.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £33.45 £29.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £36.75 £33.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £44.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -32.58% +14.84% +124.64%
75th Percentile £32.00 £51.30 £41.88
90th Percentile - £54.03 £45.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £44.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -32.58% +14.84% +133.08%

All General Skills
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 general skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 25,237 17,720 19,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.24% 64.33% 57.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,981 11,258 12,146
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £420 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -5.58% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £656
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,044 987 1,121
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.36 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £16.30 £17.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +37.42%
75th Percentile £58.75 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +25.25% -28.87% +28.58%

Multimedia
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Multimedia job vacancy trend in England

Multimedia
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Multimedia

Multimedia
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Multimedia in England over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Multimedia in England

Multimedia
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Multimedia

Multimedia
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 Multimedia within the England region over the 6 months to 25 August 2026. 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 -84 7 £550 +10.00% 33
East of England -22 1 - - 26
North of England - 1 £155 - 34
East Midlands - 1 £200 - 16
Midlands - 1 £200 - 23
North West - 1 £155 - 9
Multimedia
UK

Multimedia
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (18.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (18.18%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (18.18%) Photoshop
3 1 (9.09%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Amazon Kinesis
1 1 (9.09%) Amazon SQS
1 1 (9.09%) Asana
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Canva
1 1 (9.09%) GitHub
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Marketing
2 5 (45.45%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Legal
4 2 (18.18%) Publishing
5 1 (9.09%) Advertising
5 1 (9.09%) Finance
5 1 (9.09%) Local Government
5 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Marketing Assistant
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Content Coordinator
2 1 (9.09%) Coordinator
2 1 (9.09%) Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Digital Marketing Coordinator
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Graphic Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Multimedia Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Graphic Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Social Media Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) GraphQL
1 1 (9.09%) OAuth
1 1 (9.09%) OAuth2
1 1 (9.09%) REST
1 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Social Media
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (27.27%) Blog
2 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (18.18%) Graphic Design
4 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 1 (9.09%) CMDB
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Media
4 1 (9.09%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (9.09%) Media Streaming
4 1 (9.09%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (9.09%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (9.09%) Video on Demand
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Analytics
2 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (36.36%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
3 3 (27.27%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (27.27%) CRM
3 3 (27.27%) Data Management
3 3 (27.27%) Data-Driven Marketing
3 3 (27.27%) Email Marketing
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Time Management
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Storytelling
5 1 (9.09%) BPMN
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.09%) Copywriting
5 1 (9.09%) Marketing Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PL/SQL
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CBAP
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Adobe
1 2 (18.18%) Sitecore
2 1 (9.09%) Hootsuite
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle