Digital Media Job Trends in the South West

Digital Media
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Digital Media over the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 227 214
Rank change year-on-year +58 -13 +72
Permanent jobs citing Digital Media 3 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.084% 0.045% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.24% 0.16% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - - £51,250
25th Percentile £30,750 - £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% -9.09% +94.56%
75th Percentile £32,250 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -10.00% -6.98% -6.52%

All Generic Skills
South West

Digital Media falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,274 1,879 1,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.80% 28.35% 40.06%
Number of salaries quoted 753 981 1,452
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £29,269
25th Percentile £30,750 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +9.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £71,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

Digital Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Digital Media relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Digital Media job vacancy trend in the South West

Digital Media
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Digital Media.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Digital Media

Digital Media
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Media within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol - 3 £31,500 - 1
Digital Media
England

Digital Media
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (66.67%) Photoshop
General
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Multimedia
1 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Audio Visual Installation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Installations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Motion Graphics
1 2 (66.67%) Social Media
1 2 (66.67%) Video Editing
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (66.67%) Post-Production
1 2 (66.67%) Storyboarding
1 2 (66.67%) Storytelling
1 2 (66.67%) Videography
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe