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 19 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 418 650
Rank change year-on-year +166 +232 +268
Permanent jobs citing Multimedia 511 312 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.84% 0.59% 0.13%
As % of the General category 1.44% 0.88% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 444 32 44
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £41,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -26.51% -1.78% -24.55%
75th Percentile £32,750 £64,538 £75,000
90th Percentile £33,750 £70,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £35,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -14.08% -5.33% -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 35,430 35,446 36,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.14% 66.74% 61.87%
Number of salaries quoted 19,103 16,061 27,066
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £97,500
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 19 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 19 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 +150 428 £30,500 -21.79% 370
UK excluding London +133 420 £30,500 -14.08% 369
North of England +115 203 £30,500 -23.75% 82
Yorkshire +28 88 £30,500 - 36
North West +69 82 £30,500 -23.75% 33
London +74 74 £30,500 -56.43% 84
Scotland +49 61 £30,500 -53.08% 25
Midlands +15 61 £30,500 -4.69% 51
West Midlands +43 50 £30,500 -4.69% 17
South West +38 40 £30,500 -27.38% 33
North East +32 33 £30,500 - 16
Work from Home +84 28 £32,500 -51.76% 12
South East +10 27 £30,500 -51.20% 101
East of England +17 23 £30,500 +17.31% 57
East Midlands -28 11 £32,500 +1.56% 34
Wales +2 5 £30,500 +1.67% 19

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 (7.44%) WordPress
2 10 (1.96%) CMS
3 1 (0.20%) Drupal
3 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (2.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 11 (2.15%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (1.57%) Photoshop
4 7 (1.37%) Adobe Premiere
4 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.17%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.78%) InDesign
7 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.39%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.39%) CapCut
8 2 (0.39%) Elementor
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.20%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 280 (54.79%) AWS
2 278 (54.40%) Azure
3 269 (52.64%) GitHub
4 6 (1.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 6 (1.17%) SaaS
5 4 (0.78%) Canva
6 3 (0.59%) Google Analytics
6 3 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.39%) GCP
7 2 (0.39%) npm
7 2 (0.39%) Serverless
8 1 (0.20%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.20%) Figma
8 1 (0.20%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.20%) Google Data Studio
8 1 (0.20%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (0.20%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 278 (54.40%) Internet
2 2 (0.39%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.39%) MySQL
1 2 (0.39%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 271 (53.03%) Git
2 2 (0.39%) CircleCI
2 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.39%) JIRA
2 2 (0.39%) Mocha
2 2 (0.39%) webpack
General
1 21 (4.11%) Marketing
2 19 (3.72%) Social Skills
3 8 (1.57%) Finance
3 8 (1.57%) Legal
3 8 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (0.59%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (0.59%) Law
4 3 (0.59%) Public Sector
5 2 (0.39%) Advertising
5 2 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (0.39%) Publishing
5 2 (0.39%) Retail
6 1 (0.20%) Banking
6 1 (0.20%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (0.20%) Local Government
6 1 (0.20%) Public Speaking
6 1 (0.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 460 (90.02%) Trainee
2 143 (27.98%) Developer
3 134 (26.22%) Trainee Developer
4 125 (24.46%) Software Developer
4 125 (24.46%) Trainee Software Developer
5 39 (7.63%) IT Engineer
5 39 (7.63%) IT Support
5 39 (7.63%) IT Support Engineer
5 39 (7.63%) Support Engineer
5 39 (7.63%) Trainee IT Support
5 39 (7.63%) Trainee Support Engineer
6 29 (5.68%) Administrator
6 29 (5.68%) Trainee Administrator
6 29 (5.68%) Web Administrator
7 9 (1.76%) Trainee Web Developer
7 9 (1.76%) Web Developer
8 6 (1.17%) Designer
9 5 (0.98%) Senior
10 4 (0.78%) Digital Communications Manager
10 4 (0.78%) Digital Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 286 (55.97%) HTML
2 284 (55.58%) CSS
3 11 (2.15%) React
4 9 (1.76%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (0.39%) Bootstrap
5 2 (0.39%) D3.js
5 2 (0.39%) Node.js
5 2 (0.39%) Redux
6 1 (0.20%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.02%) Driving Licence
2 19 (3.72%) Social Media
3 14 (2.74%) Learning Management System
4 10 (1.96%) e-Learning
5 8 (1.57%) Motion Graphics
5 8 (1.57%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.37%) Animation
7 6 (1.17%) Digital Media
7 6 (1.17%) Graphic Design
8 5 (0.98%) SCORM
9 4 (0.78%) Digital Signage
9 4 (0.78%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.59%) Photography
10 3 (0.59%) Podcast
10 3 (0.59%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.59%) Video Editing
11 2 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.20%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.20%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.39%) Linux
1 2 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (84.34%) Mentoring
2 393 (76.91%) Cybersecurity
3 148 (28.96%) Line Management
4 143 (27.98%) Ethical Hacking
5 39 (7.63%) Web Development
6 16 (3.13%) Storytelling
7 13 (2.54%) Instructional Design
7 13 (2.54%) User Experience
8 12 (2.35%) Analytics
9 11 (2.15%) Content Development
10 8 (1.57%) Content Management
11 7 (1.37%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (1.37%) Creative Thinking
11 7 (1.37%) Email Marketing
11 7 (1.37%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (1.37%) Project Management
12 6 (1.17%) Content Strategy
13 5 (0.98%) SEO
13 5 (0.98%) UX Design
14 4 (0.78%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 281 (54.99%) JavaScript
2 280 (54.79%) Python
3 146 (28.57%) R
Qualifications
1 278 (54.40%) AWS Certification
1 278 (54.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 278 (54.40%) Azure Certification
1 278 (54.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 143 (27.98%) A+ Certification
2 143 (27.98%) CEH
2 143 (27.98%) CompTIA Security+
2 143 (27.98%) Network+ Certification
3 12 (2.35%) Degree
4 3 (0.59%) CIPD
5 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.39%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.35%) Accessibility
2 4 (0.78%) QA
3 3 (0.59%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.59%) WCAG
4 1 (0.20%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 285 (55.77%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.63%) Fortinet
2 39 (7.63%) Fujitsu
2 39 (7.63%) Virgin Media
3 18 (3.52%) Adobe
4 6 (1.17%) Google
5 5 (0.98%) Instagram
6 3 (0.59%) Cisco
6 3 (0.59%) TikTok
7 2 (0.39%) Facebook
8 1 (0.20%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.20%) Hootsuite
8 1 (0.20%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.20%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.20%) YouTube