The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Multimedia in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Multimedia over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

Multimedia
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank510519344
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Down-175
Matching permanent IT job ads409388527
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.339 %0.316 %0.552 %
As % of the General category0.754 %0.654 %1.132 %
Number of salaries quoted375322486
Average salary£36,500£37,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.66 %+7.14 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£60,000£52,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.94 %-2.85 %
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
542715931346540
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK45.01 %48.37 %48.74 %
Number of salaries quoted456244848337646
Average salary£50,000£52,500£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£85,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.65 %+2.50 %

Multimedia
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Multimedia within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Multimedia Demand Trend

Multimedia
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Multimedia within the UK.

Multimedia Salary Trend

Multimedia
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Multimedia over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Multimedia Salary Histogram

Multimedia
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Multimedia within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+6394£37,000-1.33 %
LondonUp+18226£37,500-6.25 %
City of LondonUp+4277£47,500+5.55 %
South EastDown-3457£40,000+17.64 %
East of EnglandDown-2335£40,000+11.88 %
North WestUp+933£36,500+15.87 %
CheshireNew entry-22£38,000-
East MidlandsUp+1021£23,000-8.00 %
South WestDown-1720£27,500-17.91 %
BristolUp+1018£29,250-16.42 %
HertfordshireUp+1617£37,500+53.06 %
HampshireDown-1514£40,000+6.66 %
BasingstokeDown-512£40,000+6.66 %
SurreyDown-1012£50,000+47.05 %
CambridgeshireDown-3512£50,000+25.00 %
NottinghamshireUp+2511£23,000-
NottinghamUp+1911£23,000-
CambridgeDown-2011£50,000+25.00 %
ScotlandUp+1610£30,000-25.00 %
ManchesterDown-510£32,500+3.17 %
BerkshireDown-2510£29,250-16.42 %
MiddlesexUp+227£40,000+18.51 %
BuckinghamshireDown-66£30,500-6.15 %
MacclesfieldNew entry-6£33,500-
Milton KeynesUp+45£30,500-6.15 %
DerbyNew entry-5£29,500-
BedfordNew entry-5£21,500-
StevenageNew entry-5£45,000-
WarringtonNew entry-5£62,500-
BedfordshireNew entry-5£21,500-

Multimedia
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Multimedia also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Multimedia.

1259 (33.99 %)HTML
2228 (29.92 %)CSS
3218 (28.61 %)JavaScript
4171 (22.44 %)XML
5166 (21.78 %)Degree
6162 (21.26 %)Java
7137 (17.98 %)C++
8134 (17.59 %).NET
9133 (17.45 %)Photoshop
10132 (17.32 %)Flash
11127 (16.67 %)Marketing
12119 (15.62 %)SQL
13105 (13.78 %)jQuery
13105 (13.78 %)HTML5
1498 (12.86 %)PHP
1498 (12.86 %)Adobe
1589 (11.68 %)C
1687 (11.42 %)Linux
1786 (11.29 %)ActionScript
1885 (11.15 %)Windows
1984 (11.02 %)Computer Science
2081 (10.63 %)C#
2179 (10.37 %)Adobe Illustrator
2277 (10.10 %)XHTML
2277 (10.10 %)Android
2375 (9.843 %)Agile Software Development
2474 (9.711 %)Ajax
2573 (9.580 %)ASP.NET
2573 (9.580 %)SEO
2672 (9.449 %)CMS

Multimedia
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Multimedia also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Multimedia. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1259 (33.99 %)HTML
2228 (29.92 %)CSS
3171 (22.44 %)XML
4134 (17.59 %).NET
5132 (17.32 %)Flash
6105 (13.78 %)jQuery
6105 (13.78 %)HTML5
777 (10.10 %)XHTML
874 (9.711 %)Ajax
973 (9.580 %)ASP.NET
1062 (8.136 %)Web Services
1145 (5.906 %)JSON
1244 (5.774 %)CSS3
1339 (5.118 %)Spring
1436 (4.724 %)Hibernate
1535 (4.593 %)Apache Flex
1631 (4.068 %)OpenGL
1727 (3.543 %).NET Framework
1823 (3.018 %)Java ME
1922 (2.887 %)XSL
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
172 (9.449 %)CMS
239 (5.118 %)SharePoint
319 (2.493 %)Apache
416 (2.100 %)WordPress
515 (1.969 %)Tomcat
612 (1.575 %)SharePoint 2010
711 (1.444 %)IIS
89 (1.181 %)Drupal
98 (1.050 %)ColdFusion
107 (0.919 %)Magento
116 (0.787 %)Amazon EC2
124 (0.525 %)ExpressionEngine
124 (0.525 %)BizTalk Server
124 (0.525 %)Sitecore CMS
133 (0.394 %)Windows Azure
142 (0.262 %)RabbitMQ
142 (0.262 %)nginx
142 (0.262 %)Liferay
142 (0.262 %)Joomla!
142 (0.262 %)Alfresco
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1133 (17.45 %)Photoshop
279 (10.37 %)Adobe Illustrator
328 (3.675 %)Fireworks
424 (3.150 %)MS Office
521 (2.756 %)InDesign
619 (2.493 %)MS Excel
716 (2.100 %)MS Visio
89 (1.181 %)MS PowerPoint
98 (1.050 %)RoboHelp
107 (0.919 %)Adobe After Effects
114 (0.525 %)Final Cut Pro
114 (0.525 %)MS Project
123 (0.394 %)Acrobat
123 (0.394 %)Adobe Captivate
123 (0.394 %)FrameMaker
132 (0.262 %)Adobe Premiere
141 (0.131 %)MATLAB
141 (0.131 %)FastStats
141 (0.131 %)GIMP
141 (0.131 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
125 (3.281 %)WebTrends
28 (1.050 %)Google Analytics
32 (0.262 %)Visualfiles
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
155 (7.218 %)Internet
247 (6.168 %)Wireless
345 (5.906 %)HTTP
429 (3.806 %)Broadband
527 (3.543 %)TCP/IP
625 (3.281 %)Bluetooth
723 (3.018 %)GSM
820 (2.625 %)UMTS
919 (2.493 %)Intranet
1016 (2.100 %)IP Telephony
1016 (2.100 %)3G
1016 (2.100 %)LTE
1110 (1.312 %)Extranet
129 (1.181 %)RTP
129 (1.181 %)Unified Communications
138 (1.050 %)Firewall
138 (1.050 %)CDMA
138 (1.050 %)GPRS
147 (0.919 %)Ethernet
156 (0.787 %)WCDMA
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
167 (8.793 %)MySQL
251 (6.693 %)SQL Server
312 (1.575 %)RDBMS
312 (1.575 %)SQL Server 2008
411 (1.444 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (0.656 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (0.656 %)NoSQL
55 (0.656 %)TOAD
64 (0.525 %)DB2
73 (0.394 %)ETL
73 (0.394 %)Data Warehouse
73 (0.394 %)Hadoop
73 (0.394 %)PostgreSQL
82 (0.262 %)Firebird
82 (0.262 %)InterBase
91 (0.131 %)Data Mining
91 (0.131 %)Oracle 9i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
150 (6.562 %)Subversion
237 (4.856 %)Git (software)
333 (4.331 %)Team Foundation Server
430 (3.937 %)Dreamweaver
529 (3.806 %)Visual Studio
621 (2.756 %)Mercurial
719 (2.493 %)Ant
719 (2.493 %)Maven
817 (2.231 %)Hudson
915 (1.969 %)PhoneGap
915 (1.969 %)Eclipse
1011 (1.444 %)Selenium
1110 (1.312 %)IntelliJ
129 (1.181 %)JUnit
138 (1.050 %)JIRA
147 (0.919 %)NetBeans
154 (0.525 %)LoadRunner
154 (0.525 %)Cucumber
163 (0.394 %)GDB
163 (0.394 %)Appcelerator Titanium
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1127 (16.67 %)Marketing
268 (8.924 %)Finance
358 (7.612 %)Games
454 (7.087 %)Telecoms
545 (5.906 %)Advertising
637 (4.856 %)Electronics
733 (4.331 %)Retail
829 (3.806 %)Publishing
926 (3.412 %)Banking
1017 (2.231 %)Investment Banking
1111 (1.444 %)Aerospace
125 (0.656 %)Pharmaceutical
125 (0.656 %)Interactive Media
134 (0.525 %)Billing
143 (0.394 %)Back Office
143 (0.394 %)Legal
152 (0.262 %)Law
152 (0.262 %)Local Government
152 (0.262 %)Music
152 (0.262 %)Military
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1335 (43.96 %)Developer
295 (12.47 %)Designer
390 (11.81 %)Web Developer
458 (7.612 %)Java Developer
549 (6.430 %)Analyst
644 (5.774 %).NET Developer
644 (5.774 %)Software Engineer
742 (5.512 %)Junior
841 (5.381 %)Senior Developer
841 (5.381 %)Web Designer
938 (4.987 %)Front-End Developer
1036 (4.724 %)Junior Developer
1131 (4.068 %)PHP Developer
1228 (3.675 %)Software Developer
1326 (3.412 %)Architect
1425 (3.281 %)C++ Developer
1524 (3.150 %)Flash Developer
1619 (2.493 %)Senior Java Developer
1619 (2.493 %)Junior Web Developer
1619 (2.493 %)Applications Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
184 (11.02 %)Computer Science
258 (7.612 %)Social Media
352 (6.824 %)Digital Media
444 (5.774 %)E-Learning
541 (5.381 %)Blackberry
634 (4.462 %)Graphic Design
634 (4.462 %)Mathematics
730 (3.937 %)Physics
825 (3.281 %)Animation
825 (3.281 %)New Media
825 (3.281 %)Flash Games
922 (2.887 %)Statistics
922 (2.887 %)W3C
1021 (2.756 %)Chemistry
1021 (2.756 %)CUDA
1021 (2.756 %)Open Source
1119 (2.493 %)Embedded Systems
1218 (2.362 %)iPhone
1218 (2.362 %)VHDL
1218 (2.362 %)Verilog
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
187 (11.42 %)Linux
285 (11.15 %)Windows
377 (10.10 %)Android
445 (5.906 %)UNIX
544 (5.774 %)Apple iOS
626 (3.412 %)Mac OS X
714 (1.837 %)BlackBerry OS
86 (0.787 %)Solaris
86 (0.787 %)Windows Vista
94 (0.525 %)Windows Mobile
94 (0.525 %)CentOS
103 (0.394 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
103 (0.394 %)Embedded Linux
103 (0.394 %)Windows Server 2008
112 (0.262 %)Nucleus RTOS
112 (0.262 %)VxWorks
121 (0.131 %)ThreadX
121 (0.131 %)Ubuntu
121 (0.131 %)AIX
121 (0.131 %)HPUX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
175 (9.843 %)Agile Software Development
273 (9.580 %)SEO
360 (7.874 %)Web Development
459 (7.743 %)E-Commerce
459 (7.743 %)OO
556 (7.349 %)Project Management
642 (5.512 %)MVC
739 (5.118 %)TDD
836 (4.724 %)Web Design
935 (4.593 %)Content Management
1032 (4.199 %)OOP
1127 (3.543 %)Data Analysis
1226 (3.412 %)CAD
1322 (2.887 %)Digital Marketing
1421 (2.756 %)Image Processing
1421 (2.756 %)3D Programming
1421 (2.756 %)Scrum
1421 (2.756 %)Technical Architecture
1519 (2.493 %)Multithreading
1617 (2.231 %)Software Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1218 (28.61 %)JavaScript
2162 (21.26 %)Java
3137 (17.98 %)C++
4119 (15.62 %)SQL
598 (12.86 %)PHP
689 (11.68 %)C
786 (11.29 %)ActionScript
881 (10.63 %)C#
964 (8.399 %)ActionScript 3.0
1033 (4.331 %)Perl
1128 (3.675 %)ActionScript 2.0
1222 (2.887 %)VC++
1320 (2.625 %)VB.NET
1320 (2.625 %)Bash shell
1320 (2.625 %)Ruby
1418 (2.362 %)VB
1516 (2.100 %)Python
1615 (1.969 %)XPath
1615 (1.969 %)Objective-C
1713 (1.706 %)Scala
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1166 (21.78 %)Degree
28 (1.050 %)Cisco Certification
37 (0.919 %)ISEB
46 (0.787 %)CCNA
55 (0.656 %)ISTQB
64 (0.525 %)CCNP
64 (0.525 %)HND
73 (0.394 %)Microsoft Certification
82 (0.262 %)MBA
82 (0.262 %)CCVP
91 (0.131 %)CITP
91 (0.131 %)Network+ Certification
91 (0.131 %)MCSE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
129 (3.806 %)QA
213 (1.706 %)JTAG
36 (0.787 %)ISO 9001
45 (0.656 %)WAI
53 (0.394 %)SLA
61 (0.131 %)WCAG
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (0.525 %)Active Directory
23 (0.394 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.131 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.131 %)Postfix
31 (0.131 %)Varnish
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.131 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (0.131 %)SCOM
11 (0.131 %)ZABBIX
11 (0.131 %)HP Quality Center
11 (0.131 %)Puppet
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
198 (12.86 %)Adobe
244 (5.774 %)Microsoft
321 (2.756 %)Facebook
418 (2.362 %)Oracle
515 (1.969 %)Google
614 (1.837 %)Twitter
614 (1.837 %)JBoss
710 (1.312 %)Cisco
89 (1.181 %)Zend
97 (0.919 %)Red Hat
106 (0.787 %)Perforce
106 (0.787 %)Ektron
115 (0.656 %)VMware
115 (0.656 %)Mitel
115 (0.656 %)Quark
115 (0.656 %)Salesforce.com
115 (0.656 %)Genesys
124 (0.525 %)Nokia
124 (0.525 %)Sitecore
133 (0.394 %)DoubleClick