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 9 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 435 689
Rank change year-on-year +185 +254 +244
Permanent jobs citing Multimedia 540 277 108
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.83% 0.55% 0.15%
As % of the General category 1.46% 0.81% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 470 30 71
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £39,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.78% +2.60% -31.25%
75th Percentile £32,750 £63,125 £60,625
90th Percentile £33,750 £70,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £32,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -4.69% -14.67% -11.76%

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 37,067 34,120 45,645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.67% 67.75% 61.39%
Number of salaries quoted 20,018 15,335 33,978
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
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 9 February 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 9 February 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 +165 455 £30,500 -21.79% 409
UK excluding London +146 448 £30,500 -4.69% 431
North of England +104 219 £30,500 -23.75% 100
Yorkshire +26 94 £30,500 - 48
North West +86 89 £30,500 -23.75% 36
London +62 74 £30,500 -56.43% 88
Midlands +19 67 £30,500 -4.69% 56
Scotland +41 63 £30,500 -53.08% 33
West Midlands +48 56 £30,500 -4.69% 13
South West +30 43 £30,500 -27.38% 46
North East +27 36 £30,500 - 19
Work from Home +69 30 £32,500 -46.83% 11
South East -5 27 £30,500 -42.18% 103
East of England +15 24 £30,500 +17.31% 68
East Midlands -32 11 £32,500 +1.56% 43
Wales 0 5 £30,500 +1.67% 23

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 39 (7.22%) WordPress
2 11 (2.04%) CMS
3 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.19%) Drupal
4 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (2.22%) Adobe Illustrator
2 10 (1.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 10 (1.85%) Photoshop
3 9 (1.67%) Adobe Premiere
4 7 (1.30%) Adobe After Effects
4 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.74%) InDesign
6 3 (0.56%) Adobe Captivate
6 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.37%) CapCut
7 2 (0.37%) Elementor
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 281 (52.04%) AWS
2 279 (51.67%) Azure
3 269 (49.81%) GitHub
4 8 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 6 (1.11%) SaaS
6 5 (0.93%) Canva
7 3 (0.56%) GCP
7 3 (0.56%) Google Analytics
7 3 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.37%) MailChimp
8 2 (0.37%) npm
8 2 (0.37%) Serverless
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%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 278 (51.48%) Internet
2 2 (0.37%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.37%) MySQL
1 2 (0.37%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 271 (50.19%) Git
2 2 (0.37%) CircleCI
2 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.37%) JIRA
2 2 (0.37%) Mocha
2 2 (0.37%) webpack
General
1 22 (4.07%) Marketing
2 18 (3.33%) Social Skills
3 9 (1.67%) Legal
4 7 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (1.11%) Finance
6 4 (0.74%) Public Sector
7 3 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (0.56%) Retail
8 2 (0.37%) Advertising
8 2 (0.37%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.37%) Publishing
9 1 (0.19%) Banking
9 1 (0.19%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (0.19%) Law
9 1 (0.19%) Local Government
9 1 (0.19%) Public Speaking
9 1 (0.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 486 (90.00%) Trainee
2 143 (26.48%) Developer
3 134 (24.81%) Trainee Developer
4 125 (23.15%) Software Developer
4 125 (23.15%) 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 9 (1.67%) Trainee Web Developer
7 9 (1.67%) Web Developer
8 7 (1.30%) Designer
9 5 (0.93%) Senior
10 4 (0.74%) Communications Manager
10 4 (0.74%) Digital Communications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 286 (52.96%) HTML
2 284 (52.59%) CSS
3 11 (2.04%) React
4 9 (1.67%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (0.37%) Bootstrap
5 2 (0.37%) D3.js
5 2 (0.37%) Node.js
5 2 (0.37%) Redux
6 1 (0.19%) HEVC
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.78%) Driving Licence
2 21 (3.89%) Social Media
3 14 (2.59%) Learning Management System
4 12 (2.22%) e-Learning
5 10 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.30%) Animation
6 7 (1.30%) Digital Media
6 7 (1.30%) Graphic Design
6 7 (1.30%) Motion Graphics
7 5 (0.93%) Digital Signage
7 5 (0.93%) SCORM
8 4 (0.74%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.74%) Photography
9 3 (0.56%) Blog
9 3 (0.56%) Podcast
9 3 (0.56%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.56%) Video Editing
10 2 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.19%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.37%) Linux
1 2 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (84.63%) Mentoring
2 419 (77.59%) Cybersecurity
3 174 (32.22%) Line Management
4 169 (31.30%) Ethical Hacking
5 39 (7.22%) Web Development
6 15 (2.78%) Storytelling
7 14 (2.59%) User Experience
8 13 (2.41%) Content Development
9 12 (2.22%) Instructional Design
10 10 (1.85%) Analytics
11 8 (1.48%) Content Management
12 7 (1.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (1.30%) Email Marketing
12 7 (1.30%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (1.11%) Creative Thinking
13 6 (1.11%) SEO
14 5 (0.93%) Business Intelligence
14 5 (0.93%) Digital Marketing
14 5 (0.93%) Project Management
14 5 (0.93%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 281 (52.04%) JavaScript
2 280 (51.85%) Python
3 146 (27.04%) R
Qualifications
1 278 (51.48%) AWS Certification
1 278 (51.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 278 (51.48%) Azure Certification
1 278 (51.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 169 (31.30%) CEH
2 169 (31.30%) CompTIA Security+
3 159 (29.44%) A+ Certification
3 159 (29.44%) Network+ Certification
4 11 (2.04%) Degree
5 10 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (0.56%) CIPD
6 3 (0.56%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.04%) Accessibility
2 5 (0.93%) QA
3 3 (0.56%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.37%) WCAG
5 1 (0.19%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 285 (52.78%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.22%) Fortinet
2 39 (7.22%) Fujitsu
2 39 (7.22%) Virgin Media
3 19 (3.52%) Adobe
4 6 (1.11%) Google
4 6 (1.11%) Instagram
5 3 (0.56%) Cisco
5 3 (0.56%) Facebook
5 3 (0.56%) Hootsuite
5 3 (0.56%) TikTok
6 1 (0.19%) dotdigital
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.19%) Synthesia
6 1 (0.19%) YouTube