Digital Media Jobs

Digital Media
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Digital Media over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 760 916
Rank change year-on-year +255 +156 -135
Permanent jobs citing Digital Media 189 136 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.14% 0.070%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.05% 0.39% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 20 105 41
10th Percentile £36,875 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £42,188 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,250 £75,000 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.00% -9.09% +21.23%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,030 35,099 45,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.65% 35.64% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9,845 23,059 23,957
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Digital Media
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Media in the UK

Digital Media
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Digital Media.

Salary trend for Digital Media in the UK

Digital Media
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Media over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Media in the UK

Digital Media
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Media within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +226 187 £57,500 +15.00% 239
London +168 109 £55,000 -1.78% 190
Work from Home +263 106 £75,000 +50.00% 99
UK excluding London +206 79 £61,500 +23.00% 91
South East +123 43 - - 48
East of England +80 30 £69,500 +26.36% 2
North of England +74 6 £50,750 +26.88% 26
North West +23 4 - - 15
Yorkshire +74 2 £50,750 +45.00% 5
Scotland +132 1 - - 5

Digital Media
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 8 (4.23%) CMS
2 6 (3.17%) WordPress
3 1 (0.53%) Confluence
3 1 (0.53%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.29%) Photoshop
3 6 (3.17%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.65%) Adobe After Effects
4 5 (2.65%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.53%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.53%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (2.12%) Shopify
2 2 (1.06%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.35%) Google Analytics
2 6 (3.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 5 (2.65%) Google Ads
3 5 (2.65%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.59%) Azure
5 2 (1.06%) AWS
5 2 (1.06%) Figma
5 2 (1.06%) SaaS
6 1 (0.53%) Canva
6 1 (0.53%) dbt
6 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.53%) Fivetran
6 1 (0.53%) GCP
6 1 (0.53%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.53%) Matillion
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.53%) OCI
6 1 (0.53%) Stitch
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (25.93%) Big Data
2 5 (2.65%) Power BI
3 4 (2.12%) Tableau
4 2 (1.06%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.53%) MySQL
5 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.53%) Power Query
5 1 (0.53%) Redis
5 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (0.53%) JIRA
General
1 145 (76.72%) Marketing
2 130 (68.78%) Social Skills
3 117 (61.90%) Advertising
4 63 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (11.64%) Retail
6 16 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (7.94%) Legal
8 10 (5.29%) Finance
9 7 (3.70%) Brand Awareness
10 4 (2.12%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.06%) Publishing
12 1 (0.53%) Billing
12 1 (0.53%) Games
12 1 (0.53%) iGaming
12 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (43.92%) Account Manager
2 54 (28.57%) Senior
3 51 (26.98%) Senior Manager
4 49 (25.93%) Senior Account Manager
5 34 (17.99%) Strategic Account Manager
6 15 (7.94%) Head of Content
6 15 (7.94%) Head of Production
7 5 (2.65%) Designer
8 4 (2.12%) Analyst
8 4 (2.12%) Communications Officer
8 4 (2.12%) Digital Designer
8 4 (2.12%) Insight Analyst
9 3 (1.59%) Marketing Executive
9 3 (1.59%) Paid Search Manager
9 3 (1.59%) Product Manager
9 3 (1.59%) Search Manager
10 2 (1.06%) Developer
10 2 (1.06%) Head of Development
10 2 (1.06%) Marketing Manager
10 2 (1.06%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.29%) HTML
2 5 (2.65%) CSS
3 4 (2.12%) HTML5
4 2 (1.06%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.06%) Babylonjs
4 2 (1.06%) RESTful
4 2 (1.06%) Sass
4 2 (1.06%) Svelte
4 2 (1.06%) WebGL
4 2 (1.06%) WebXR
5 1 (0.53%) jQuery
5 1 (0.53%) Next.js
5 1 (0.53%) Node.js
5 1 (0.53%) React
5 1 (0.53%) Shiny
5 1 (0.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 84 (44.44%) Marketing Technology
2 34 (17.99%) Product Ownership
3 19 (10.05%) Social Media
4 13 (6.88%) Graphic Design
5 11 (5.82%) Photography
6 9 (4.76%) Video Editing
7 6 (3.17%) Multi-touch
8 5 (2.65%) Animation
9 4 (2.12%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (2.12%) NHS
9 4 (2.12%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.06%) Blog
11 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.53%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.53%) Media Streaming
12 1 (0.53%) Motion Graphics
12 1 (0.53%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (47.62%) Digital Marketing
2 87 (46.03%) Project Management
3 85 (44.97%) Collaborative Working
4 84 (44.44%) Strategic Thinking
5 56 (29.63%) Customer Retention
5 56 (29.63%) Marketing Strategy
6 53 (28.04%) Artificial Intelligence
6 53 (28.04%) Time Management
7 49 (25.93%) Analytical Thinking
7 49 (25.93%) Epics
7 49 (25.93%) Process Improvement
8 38 (20.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (19.58%) Mentoring
10 36 (19.05%) Creative Thinking
11 35 (18.52%) Digital Strategy
12 29 (15.34%) Storytelling
13 22 (11.64%) Budget Management
14 21 (11.11%) Analytics
15 20 (10.58%) Agile
16 17 (8.99%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.65%) JavaScript
1 5 (2.65%) SQL
2 3 (1.59%) TypeScript
3 2 (1.06%) Python
4 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (5.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.76%) QA
2 3 (1.59%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.59%) GDPR
3 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.06%) Marathon
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 20 (10.58%) Google
2 16 (8.47%) Adobe
3 11 (5.82%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.23%) YouTube
5 6 (3.17%) Twitter
5 6 (3.17%) Yahoo!
6 5 (2.65%) TikTok
7 3 (1.59%) Facebook
8 2 (1.06%) WooCommerce
9 1 (0.53%) comScore
9 1 (0.53%) Instagram