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Multimedia programmer : Salary and conditions

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  • Typical starting salaries range between £18,000 and £24,000 (salary data collected March 2010). If training is involved, salaries are generally lower during the initial period.
  • Experienced programmers may earn between £28,000 and £35,000, and some over £40,000 (salary data collected March 2010). The industry supports a lot of potential for contract and freelance work, which may pay very well but in return for fewer benefits such as paid leave and loss of job security.
  • Working hours are often slightly later than most office-based work, typically from 9.30am to 6pm. Additional hours are commonly needed to complete assignments to schedule, depending on the place of work.
  • Work is carried out in teams, usually in an open-plan area. Individuals may be members of several teams and there may be a need to share desks or cubicles with others.
  • There is some client contact, but little travel is needed since most of the work is electronic.
  • Some experienced multimedia programmers choose to set up their own small companies. Statistics for 2009 indicate that between 15% and 20% of the workforce are freelance individuals working on a contract basis.
  • Less than a third of people working in web, internet and offline media are female, and multimedia programmers as a group within this sector appear to reflect this statistic. Women in Technology offers particular advice about openings for women.
  • Jobs are quite widely available but entry-level positions may be more difficult to find. Though the work is based on electronic communications, locations tend to be in major urban areas (particularly London and the South East, where between 45% and 57% of audiovisual jobs are located) and are concentrated where there are clusters of other creative industries, such as broadcast media, film-making and animation.
  • Travel within a working day, overnight absence from home and overseas travel are all uncommon.
 
AGCAS
Written by Ruth Livermore, University of Birmingham
Date: 
February 2010
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