GStreamer Contract Job Trends

GStreamer
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring GStreamer skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 522 595
Rank change year-on-year -94 +73 +111
Contract jobs citing GStreamer 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.003% 0.007%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.021% 0.015% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £290 - -
25th Percentile £331 - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -44.00%
75th Percentile £531 - £375
90th Percentile £580 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £65.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

GStreamer 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,460 6,673 8,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.00% 22.75% 20.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,266 4,573 6,200
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £620 £650 £650
90th Percentile £727 £780 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 114 234
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.22 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.40 £82.70 £74.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.00%

GStreamer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

GStreamer job vacancy trend in the UK

GStreamer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GStreamer.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GStreamer

GStreamer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GStreamer over the 6 months to 2 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GStreamer in the UK

GStreamer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GStreamer.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GStreamer

GStreamer
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GStreamer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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
England -102 2 £425 - 2
London -67 1 £275 -
South East - 1 £575 - 2
Work from Home - 1 £575 - 1
UK excluding London - 1 £575 - 2

GStreamer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Control Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) FFmpeg
1 1 (50.00%) HEVC
1 1 (50.00%) WebRTC
1 1 (50.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
2 1 (50.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++