Multimedia Job Trends

Multimedia
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Multimedia in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Multimedia over the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 423 674
Rank change year-on-year +166 +251 +257
Permanent jobs citing Multimedia 521 310 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.83% 0.58% 0.13%
As % of the General category 1.44% 0.87% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 453 33 52
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £27,850
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £40,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% -4.76% -25.00%
75th Percentile £32,750 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £33,750 £70,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -21.79% +4.00% -9.09%

All General Skills
UK

Multimedia falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 36,099 35,614 40,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.73% 67.06% 61.65%
Number of salaries quoted 19,523 16,057 29,892
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -11.53%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%

Multimedia
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Multimedia relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Multimedia job vacancy trend in the UK

Multimedia
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multimedia.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multimedia

Multimedia
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Multimedia over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Multimedia in the UK

Multimedia
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Multimedia within the UK over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. 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 +155 438 £30,500 -21.79% 380
UK excluding London +122 429 £30,500 -21.79% 387
North of England +108 209 £30,500 -23.75% 88
Yorkshire +29 90 £30,500 - 39
North West +76 84 £30,500 -23.75% 35
London +75 75 £30,500 -56.43% 86
Midlands +9 62 £30,500 -4.69% 51
Scotland +43 61 £30,500 -53.08% 29
West Midlands +51 51 £30,500 -4.69% 14
South West +40 41 £30,500 -27.38% 39
North East +27 35 £30,500 - 17
Work from Home +83 29 £32,500 -49.80% 8
South East +11 27 £30,500 -51.20% 96
East of England +15 24 £30,500 +17.31% 62
East Midlands -24 11 £32,500 +1.56% 37
Wales +3 5 £30,500 +1.67% 21

Multimedia
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 38 (7.29%) WordPress
2 11 (2.11%) CMS
3 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.19%) Drupal
4 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (2.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 12 (2.30%) Adobe Illustrator
2 9 (1.73%) Photoshop
3 8 (1.54%) Adobe Premiere
4 7 (1.34%) Adobe After Effects
4 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.77%) InDesign
6 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.38%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.38%) CapCut
7 2 (0.38%) Elementor
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 280 (53.74%) AWS
2 278 (53.36%) Azure
3 269 (51.63%) GitHub
4 7 (1.34%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 6 (1.15%) SaaS
6 4 (0.77%) Canva
7 3 (0.58%) Google Analytics
7 3 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.38%) GCP
8 2 (0.38%) npm
8 2 (0.38%) Serverless
9 1 (0.19%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.19%) Figma
9 1 (0.19%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.19%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.19%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (0.19%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 278 (53.36%) Internet
2 2 (0.38%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.38%) MySQL
1 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 271 (52.02%) Git
2 2 (0.38%) CircleCI
2 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.38%) JIRA
2 2 (0.38%) Mocha
2 2 (0.38%) webpack
General
1 23 (4.41%) Marketing
2 19 (3.65%) Social Skills
3 9 (1.73%) Legal
4 8 (1.54%) Finance
4 8 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (0.58%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (0.58%) Law
5 3 (0.58%) Public Sector
6 2 (0.38%) Advertising
6 2 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (0.38%) Publishing
6 2 (0.38%) Retail
7 1 (0.19%) Banking
7 1 (0.19%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (0.19%) Local Government
7 1 (0.19%) Public Speaking
7 1 (0.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 468 (89.83%) Trainee
2 143 (27.45%) Developer
3 134 (25.72%) Trainee Developer
4 125 (23.99%) Software Developer
4 125 (23.99%) Trainee Software Developer
5 39 (7.49%) IT Engineer
5 39 (7.49%) IT Support
5 39 (7.49%) IT Support Engineer
5 39 (7.49%) Support Engineer
5 39 (7.49%) Trainee IT Support
5 39 (7.49%) Trainee Support Engineer
6 29 (5.57%) Administrator
6 29 (5.57%) Trainee Administrator
6 29 (5.57%) Web Administrator
7 9 (1.73%) Trainee Web Developer
7 9 (1.73%) Web Developer
8 7 (1.34%) Designer
9 5 (0.96%) Senior
10 4 (0.77%) Creative Designer
10 4 (0.77%) Digital Communications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 286 (54.89%) HTML
2 284 (54.51%) CSS
3 11 (2.11%) React
4 9 (1.73%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (0.38%) Bootstrap
5 2 (0.38%) D3.js
5 2 (0.38%) Node.js
5 2 (0.38%) Redux
6 1 (0.19%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.87%) Driving Licence
2 20 (3.84%) Social Media
3 14 (2.69%) Learning Management System
4 10 (1.92%) e-Learning
5 8 (1.54%) Motion Graphics
5 8 (1.54%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.34%) Animation
7 6 (1.15%) Digital Media
7 6 (1.15%) Graphic Design
8 5 (0.96%) Digital Signage
8 5 (0.96%) SCORM
9 4 (0.77%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.77%) Photography
10 3 (0.58%) Podcast
10 3 (0.58%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.58%) Video Editing
11 2 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.19%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.19%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.38%) Linux
1 2 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (84.26%) Mentoring
2 401 (76.97%) Cybersecurity
3 156 (29.94%) Line Management
4 151 (28.98%) Ethical Hacking
5 39 (7.49%) Web Development
6 16 (3.07%) Storytelling
7 14 (2.69%) User Experience
8 13 (2.50%) Instructional Design
9 12 (2.30%) Analytics
10 11 (2.11%) Content Development
11 8 (1.54%) Content Management
12 7 (1.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (1.34%) Creative Thinking
12 7 (1.34%) Email Marketing
12 7 (1.34%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (1.34%) Project Management
13 6 (1.15%) Content Strategy
13 6 (1.15%) SEO
14 5 (0.96%) Digital Marketing
14 5 (0.96%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 281 (53.93%) JavaScript
2 280 (53.74%) Python
3 146 (28.02%) R
Qualifications
1 278 (53.36%) AWS Certification
1 278 (53.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 278 (53.36%) Azure Certification
1 278 (53.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 151 (28.98%) CEH
2 151 (28.98%) CompTIA Security+
3 143 (27.45%) A+ Certification
3 143 (27.45%) Network+ Certification
4 12 (2.30%) Degree
5 8 (1.54%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (0.58%) CIPD
7 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.38%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.30%) Accessibility
2 4 (0.77%) QA
3 3 (0.58%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.58%) WCAG
4 1 (0.19%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 285 (54.70%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.49%) Fortinet
2 39 (7.49%) Fujitsu
2 39 (7.49%) Virgin Media
3 19 (3.65%) Adobe
4 6 (1.15%) Google
5 5 (0.96%) Instagram
6 3 (0.58%) Cisco
6 3 (0.58%) TikTok
7 2 (0.38%) Facebook
7 2 (0.38%) Hootsuite
8 1 (0.19%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.19%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.19%) YouTube