FFmpeg Contract Job Trends in London

FFmpeg
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London 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 380 - 421
Rank change year-on-year - - +155
Contract jobs citing FFmpeg 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% - 0.015%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.027% - 0.057%
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 - - -
England median daily rate £275 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +3.77%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,711 4,111 5,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.61% 26.15% 26.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,529 2,694 3,999
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £707 £700
90th Percentile £796 £850 £800
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 21 37
10th Percentile £31.77 £35.00 £33.80
25th Percentile £40.69 £38.25 £36.84
Median hourly rate £54.50 £45.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% -22.41% +0.87%
75th Percentile £63.19 £61.43 £72.00
90th Percentile £85.95 £71.00 £87.94
England median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -14.62% +18.18% -15.38%

FFmpeg
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

FFmpeg job vacancy trend in London

FFmpeg
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing FFmpeg

FFmpeg
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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++