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 have cited Multimedia over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 662 784
Rank change year-on-year +122 +122 -190
Contract jobs citing Multimedia 60 51 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.085% 0.081%
As % of the General category 0.24% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 43 55
10th Percentile £160 £180 £316
25th Percentile £205 £251 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -12.82%
75th Percentile £495 £583 £456
90th Percentile £540 £633 £548
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £524 £425
% change year-on-year -12.61% +23.18% +34.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 2
10th Percentile - - £20.38
25th Percentile £36.25 £51.25 £20.94
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +121.05% -
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £28.44
90th Percentile - - £30.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +90.91% -

All General Skills
UK

Multimedia is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,387 34,897 49,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.23% 58.47% 56.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,033 24,201 34,488
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.80% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,939 1,062 1,440
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.42 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £21.92
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +59.71% -2.60%
75th Percentile £51.91 £61.25 £46.67
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.13 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -7.91% +65.08% -7.50%

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 29 April 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Multimedia over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Multimedia in the UK

Multimedia
Top 13 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 29 April 2024. 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 +117 59 £425 -10.53% 249
UK excluding London +82 36 £458 -12.61% 179
London +104 23 £425 -10.53% 100
East of England +22 14 £465 +52.46% 15
Work from Home +108 11 £425 -22.30% 25
South West +17 7 - - 13
South East +13 6 £475 -13.64% 27
North of England +32 4 £170 -54.67% 54
Midlands - 4 £323 - 42
Yorkshire - 4 £170 - 21
West Midlands - 3 £550 - 23
Scotland - 1 - - 17
East Midlands - 1 £95 - 19

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:

Applications
1 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (15.00%) Adobe Captivate
4 8 (13.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (13.33%) Photoshop
5 4 (6.67%) Acrobat
5 4 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.33%) Azure
3 2 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.33%) GitHub
3 2 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.67%) GCP
4 1 (1.67%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.67%) 5G
1 10 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
2 9 (15.00%) Wireshark
3 6 (10.00%) LTE
3 6 (10.00%) VoLTE
4 5 (8.33%) 3G
4 5 (8.33%) 4G
4 5 (8.33%) Diameter Protocol
4 5 (8.33%) DNS
4 5 (8.33%) GGSN
4 5 (8.33%) NAS
4 5 (8.33%) RANAP
4 5 (8.33%) SGSN
5 3 (5.00%) FTP
5 3 (5.00%) Internet
6 2 (3.33%) Network Security
6 2 (3.33%) RTSP
7 1 (1.67%) DVB
7 1 (1.67%) RTMP
7 1 (1.67%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.67%) DynamoDB
1 1 (1.67%) Metadata
1 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (20.00%) Git
2 7 (11.67%) Mercurial
3 4 (6.67%) gcov
3 4 (6.67%) GDB
3 4 (6.67%) Gradle
3 4 (6.67%) JIRA
3 4 (6.67%) Subversion
4 2 (3.33%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.67%) CMake
General
1 16 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.33%) Telecoms
3 7 (11.67%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (11.67%) Publishing
4 6 (10.00%) Finance
4 6 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.00%) Retail
6 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Legal
6 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.33%) Marketing
6 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Electronics
7 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.67%) Local Government
7 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (23.33%) Designer
2 8 (13.33%) Developer
3 7 (11.67%) Technical Illustrator
4 6 (10.00%) C++ Developer
4 6 (10.00%) e-Learning Designer
5 5 (8.33%) Python Developer
5 5 (8.33%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 3 (5.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) 1st/2nd Line Technical Support
6 3 (5.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support
6 3 (5.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Data Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Technical Support
6 3 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.00%) NumPy
1 9 (15.00%) Pandas
1 9 (15.00%) React
2 7 (11.67%) SciPy
3 3 (5.00%) GStreamer
4 1 (1.67%) .NET
4 1 (1.67%) Dask
4 1 (1.67%) FFmpeg
4 1 (1.67%) Keras
4 1 (1.67%) Node.js
4 1 (1.67%) PySpark
4 1 (1.67%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.67%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) Animation
1 8 (13.33%) Digital Media
2 6 (10.00%) e-Learning
2 6 (10.00%) Podcast
2 6 (10.00%) Social Media
3 3 (5.00%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (5.00%) Smartphone
4 2 (3.33%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (3.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.67%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.67%) Blog
5 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.67%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.67%) Digital TV
5 1 (1.67%) FMCG
5 1 (1.67%) Life Science
5 1 (1.67%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (1.67%) MPEG
5 1 (1.67%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 13 (21.67%) Windows
2 8 (13.33%) Linux
3 5 (8.33%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.33%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (3.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
1 16 (26.67%) Computer Science
2 11 (18.33%) User Experience
3 9 (15.00%) Machine Learning
4 8 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (13.33%) Code Quality
4 8 (13.33%) Software Engineering
5 7 (11.67%) CAD
5 7 (11.67%) Continuous Integration
5 7 (11.67%) Data Collection
5 7 (11.67%) Data Pipeline
5 7 (11.67%) Instructional Design
5 7 (11.67%) Signal Processing
5 7 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (11.67%) Test Automation
6 6 (10.00%) Statistics
7 5 (8.33%) Customer Experience
7 5 (8.33%) Customer Service
7 5 (8.33%) Network Architecture
7 5 (8.33%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (26.67%) Python
2 10 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 9 (15.00%) C#
4 7 (11.67%) C++
5 6 (10.00%) C
6 3 (5.00%) SQL
7 1 (1.67%) Java
7 1 (1.67%) Scala
7 1 (1.67%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (41.67%) Degree
2 15 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (5.00%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.33%) CEH
4 2 (3.33%) CISM
4 2 (3.33%) CISSP
4 2 (3.33%) CREST Certified
4 2 (3.33%) CSSLP
5 1 (1.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.33%) COBIT
2 2 (3.33%) ISO 22301
2 2 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.33%) NIST
2 2 (3.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.67%) Docker
2 1 (1.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) SCCM
2 2 (3.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 13 (21.67%) Adobe
2 6 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.33%) Empirix
3 5 (8.33%) NetScout
4 4 (6.67%) Klocwork
4 4 (6.67%) Perforce
5 2 (3.33%) Qualys
6 1 (1.67%) Amplitude
6 1 (1.67%) Google
6 1 (1.67%) Instagram
6 1 (1.67%) Twitter