Multimedia Contracts

Multimedia
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Multimedia in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Multimedia over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 531 635
Rank change year-on-year +24 +104 +174
Contract jobs citing Multimedia 23 61 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.14% 0.097%
As % of the General category 0.12% 0.25% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 20 43
10th Percentile £225 £159 £180
25th Percentile £378 £214 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £346 £474
Median % change year-on-year +27.17% -26.93% +11.41%
75th Percentile £506 £449 £568
90th Percentile £525 £546 £595
UK excluding London median daily rate £408 £302 £450
% change year-on-year +34.82% -32.83% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 3
10th Percentile £32.35 - -
25th Percentile £34.00 £36.25 -
Median hourly rate £38.50 £40.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +150.00% -32.63%
75th Percentile £43.50 £60.63 £19.00
90th Percentile £45.45 £66.25 £20.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% +150.00% -41.82%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,182 24,847 32,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.58% 57.04% 58.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,056 15,558 22,427
10th Percentile £281 £275 £313
25th Percentile £400 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -4.08% -2.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 917 2,005 1,013
10th Percentile £13.42 £12.78 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.36 £15.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +5.00% +24.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.05 £30.00 £25.60
% change year-on-year -23.17% +17.19% +28.00%

Multimedia
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Multimedia as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Multimedia in the UK

Multimedia
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Multimedia.

Daily rate trend for Multimedia in the UK

Multimedia
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Multimedia over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Multimedia in the UK

Multimedia
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Multimedia.

Hourly rate trend for Multimedia in the UK

Multimedia
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Multimedia within the UK over the 6 months to 25 June 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
England +37 20 £465 +22.37% 316
London +38 14 £500 +36.99% 131
UK excluding London +17 8 £408 +34.82% 217
Work from Home +36 4 £200 -41.50% 46
South West +44 3 £455 - 23
Wales - 3 £408 - 14
South East +42 1 - - 39
North of England +17 1 £200 +17.69% 57
North West - 1 £200 - 29

Multimedia
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Confluence
1 1 (4.35%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (8.70%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Google Ads
2 2 (8.70%) Google Analytics
2 2 (8.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) H.323
1 3 (13.04%) MGCP
1 3 (13.04%) Unified Communications
1 3 (13.04%) WebEx
2 1 (4.35%) 2G
2 1 (4.35%) 3G
2 1 (4.35%) 4G
2 1 (4.35%) 5G
2 1 (4.35%) Internet
2 1 (4.35%) VoLTE
2 1 (4.35%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Finance
4 3 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Legal
5 2 (8.70%) Marketing
5 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Software Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Senior
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Designer
5 2 (8.70%) Developer
5 2 (8.70%) SAP Trainer
5 2 (8.70%) Social Media Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Trainer
5 2 (8.70%) Unified Communications Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Content Editor
6 1 (4.35%) Instructional Designer
6 1 (4.35%) Network Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) SAP Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) CSS
1 5 (21.74%) Node.js
1 5 (21.74%) React
2 2 (8.70%) Jest
2 2 (8.70%) Puppeteer
3 1 (4.35%) HTML
3 1 (4.35%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) e-Learning
2 3 (13.04%) Digital Signage
2 3 (13.04%) Podcast
3 2 (8.70%) Educational Technology
3 2 (8.70%) Graphic Design
3 2 (8.70%) Learning Management System
3 2 (8.70%) NHS
3 2 (8.70%) Photography
3 2 (8.70%) Social Media
3 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.35%) RIA
4 1 (4.35%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Software Engineering
2 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
4 5 (21.74%) TDD
4 5 (21.74%) Test Automation
5 4 (17.39%) Coaching
5 4 (17.39%) Content Development
5 4 (17.39%) User Experience
6 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
6 3 (13.04%) Configuration Management
6 3 (13.04%) Containerisation
6 3 (13.04%) DevOps
6 3 (13.04%) Infographics
6 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (13.04%) Instructional Design
6 3 (13.04%) Platform Engineering
6 3 (13.04%) Project Management
6 3 (13.04%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) Python
2 5 (21.74%) JavaScript
3 3 (13.04%) Bash
3 3 (13.04%) Go
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.70%) CCNA
3 2 (8.70%) CCNP
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) Accessibility
2 3 (13.04%) QA
3 1 (4.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) Ansible
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco UCCE
2 3 (13.04%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.04%) Terraform
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Adobe
1 3 (13.04%) Cisco
2 2 (8.70%) Ariba
2 2 (8.70%) Facebook
2 2 (8.70%) Google
2 2 (8.70%) SAP
2 2 (8.70%) Twitter
2 2 (8.70%) YouTube
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft