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 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 483 718
Rank change year-on-year +208 +235 +226
Permanent jobs citing Multimedia 540 188 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.41% 0.14%
As % of the General category 1.36% 0.58% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 467 29 85
10th Percentile - £28,450 £25,320
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £39,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.79% +1.30% -31.25%
75th Percentile £32,750 £53,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £33,750 £70,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £39,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -21.79% +11.43% -26.32%

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 39,591 32,366 49,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 54.72% 69.89% 61.54%
Number of salaries quoted 21,561 15,657 36,404
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.79% -9.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,100 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 +211 457 £30,500 -21.79% 536
UK excluding London +189 442 £30,500 -21.79% 589
North of England +129 219 £30,500 - 139
Yorkshire +28 94 £30,500 - 62
North West +67 89 £30,500 -23.75% 46
London +66 80 £30,500 -34.05% 94
Midlands +31 67 £30,500 -1.61% 98
Scotland +42 61 £30,500 -53.08% 50
West Midlands +46 56 £30,500 +1.67% 18
South West +30 42 £30,500 -27.38% 75
North East +17 36 £30,500 - 36
Work from Home +50 29 £50,000 +11.11% 18
South East +5 25 £30,500 -29.07% 118
East of England +20 23 £30,500 - 77
East Midlands -26 11 £32,500 +1.56% 78
Wales -9 5 £30,500 +1.67% 40

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 41 (7.59%) WordPress
2 12 (2.22%) CMS
3 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.19%) Drupal
Applications
1 11 (2.04%) Photoshop
2 10 (1.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (1.11%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (0.74%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.56%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.37%) CapCut
6 2 (0.37%) Elementor
6 2 (0.37%) InDesign
6 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 258 (47.78%) AWS
2 257 (47.59%) Azure
3 247 (45.74%) GitHub
4 13 (2.41%) SaaS
5 8 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 8 (1.48%) Canva
6 3 (0.56%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.37%) GCP
7 2 (0.37%) Google Ads
7 2 (0.37%) MailChimp
8 1 (0.19%) Figma
8 1 (0.19%) Google Data Studio
8 1 (0.19%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.19%) npm
8 1 (0.19%) Serverless
8 1 (0.19%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 256 (47.41%) Internet
2 1 (0.19%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.19%) MySQL
1 1 (0.19%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 248 (45.93%) Git
2 1 (0.19%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.19%) JIRA
2 1 (0.19%) Mocha
2 1 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 29 (5.37%) Marketing
2 14 (2.59%) Social Skills
3 11 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (1.48%) Advertising
4 8 (1.48%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (1.48%) Publishing
5 6 (1.11%) Legal
5 6 (1.11%) Retail
6 5 (0.93%) Finance
7 4 (0.74%) Public Sector
7 4 (0.74%) Telecoms
8 3 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.19%) Banking
9 1 (0.19%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (0.19%) Local Government
9 1 (0.19%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.19%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 482 (89.26%) Trainee
2 130 (24.07%) Developer
3 122 (22.59%) Trainee Developer
4 113 (20.93%) Software Developer
4 113 (20.93%) Trainee Software Developer
5 39 (7.22%) IT Engineer
5 39 (7.22%) IT Support
5 39 (7.22%) IT Support Engineer
5 39 (7.22%) Support Engineer
5 39 (7.22%) Trainee IT Support
5 39 (7.22%) Trainee Support Engineer
6 29 (5.37%) Administrator
6 29 (5.37%) Trainee Administrator
6 29 (5.37%) Web Administrator
7 14 (2.59%) Senior
8 9 (1.67%) Trainee Web Developer
8 9 (1.67%) Web Developer
9 6 (1.11%) Account Manager
9 6 (1.11%) Senior Account Manager
9 6 (1.11%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 260 (48.15%) HTML
2 258 (47.78%) CSS
3 10 (1.85%) React
4 9 (1.67%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (0.37%) Bootstrap
6 1 (0.19%) D3.js
6 1 (0.19%) HEVC
6 1 (0.19%) Node.js
6 1 (0.19%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.78%) Driving Licence
2 28 (5.19%) Social Media
3 10 (1.85%) Learning Management System
4 9 (1.67%) Podcast
5 8 (1.48%) e-Learning
5 8 (1.48%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.30%) Blog
7 5 (0.93%) Graphic Design
8 4 (0.74%) Digital Media
8 4 (0.74%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.74%) Photography
8 4 (0.74%) Video Editing
8 4 (0.74%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (0.56%) IoT
9 3 (0.56%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.56%) SCORM
10 2 (0.37%) Animation
10 2 (0.37%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.37%) Motion Graphics
10 2 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.19%) Linux
1 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (83.89%) Mentoring
2 415 (76.85%) Cybersecurity
3 190 (35.19%) Line Management
4 187 (34.63%) Ethical Hacking
5 39 (7.22%) Web Development
6 15 (2.78%) B2B
7 13 (2.41%) Content Development
8 12 (2.22%) User Experience
9 11 (2.04%) Decision-Making
10 10 (1.85%) Storytelling
11 9 (1.67%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (1.67%) SEO
12 8 (1.48%) Analytics
12 8 (1.48%) Digital Marketing
12 8 (1.48%) Instructional Design
13 7 (1.30%) Copywriting
13 7 (1.30%) CRM
13 7 (1.30%) Fintech
13 7 (1.30%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (1.30%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 258 (47.78%) JavaScript
2 257 (47.59%) Python
3 135 (25.00%) R
Qualifications
1 256 (47.41%) AWS Certification
1 256 (47.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 256 (47.41%) Azure Certification
1 256 (47.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 187 (34.63%) CEH
2 187 (34.63%) CompTIA Security+
3 177 (32.78%) A+ Certification
3 177 (32.78%) Network+ Certification
4 10 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
5 9 (1.67%) Degree
6 3 (0.56%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.56%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.19%) CIPD
7 1 (0.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.48%) Accessibility
2 5 (0.93%) QA
3 1 (0.19%) GDPR
3 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.19%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 258 (47.78%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.22%) Fortinet
2 39 (7.22%) Fujitsu
2 39 (7.22%) Virgin Media
3 13 (2.41%) Adobe
4 6 (1.11%) Google
4 6 (1.11%) Instagram
5 3 (0.56%) Facebook
5 3 (0.56%) Hootsuite
5 3 (0.56%) TikTok
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco
6 1 (0.19%) dotdigital
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.19%) Synthesia
6 1 (0.19%) YouTube