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 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 421 661
Rank change year-on-year +138 +240 +291
Permanent jobs citing Multimedia 450 314 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.57% 0.10%
As % of the General category 1.27% 0.86% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 420 30 26
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £42,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.24% -32.00% +11.61%
75th Percentile £32,750 £63,750 £106,250
90th Percentile £33,750 £70,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £32,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year -4.69% -51.70% +65.63%

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 35,465 36,319 32,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.81% 65.72% 63.43%
Number of salaries quoted 19,185 16,962 23,964
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -1.93%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £100,000
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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 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 +117 375 £30,500 -23.75% 479
UK excluding London +116 371 £30,500 -4.69% 498
North of England +105 188 £30,500 -23.75% 121
Yorkshire +43 84 £30,500 - 50
North West +70 73 £30,500 -23.75% 57
London +62 62 £30,500 -56.43% 93
Scotland +62 54 £30,500 - 29
Midlands 0 43 £30,500 -4.69% 97
West Midlands +24 37 £30,500 -4.69% 61
South West +46 36 £30,500 -32.22% 33
Work from Home +82 31 £32,500 -53.57% 8
North East +28 31 £30,500 - 18
South East +5 25 £30,500 -51.20% 132
East of England +9 21 £30,500 +17.31% 69
East Midlands -38 6 £32,500 +1.56% 35
Wales -2 4 £30,250 +0.83% 17

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 (8.44%) WordPress
2 12 (2.67%) CMS
3 2 (0.44%) Drupal
4 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (3.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 11 (2.44%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (2.22%) Photoshop
4 9 (2.00%) Adobe Premiere
5 8 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (1.56%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (1.11%) InDesign
8 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (0.67%) CapCut
9 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 2 (0.44%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.44%) Elementor
11 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.22%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 264 (58.67%) AWS
2 262 (58.22%) Azure
3 253 (56.22%) GitHub
4 6 (1.33%) SaaS
5 5 (1.11%) Canva
6 4 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (0.67%) Google Analytics
7 3 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.67%) npm
8 2 (0.44%) Figma
8 2 (0.44%) GCP
8 2 (0.44%) Serverless
9 1 (0.22%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.22%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.22%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.22%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (0.22%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 262 (58.22%) Internet
2 3 (0.67%) Broadband
3 1 (0.22%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.67%) MySQL
1 3 (0.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 256 (56.89%) Git
2 3 (0.67%) CircleCI
2 3 (0.67%) Cypress.io
2 3 (0.67%) JIRA
2 3 (0.67%) Mocha
2 3 (0.67%) webpack
General
1 25 (5.56%) Marketing
2 19 (4.22%) Social Skills
3 10 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (1.78%) Finance
5 7 (1.56%) Legal
6 3 (0.67%) Advertising
6 3 (0.67%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (0.67%) Law
6 3 (0.67%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.44%) Brand Awareness
7 2 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (0.44%) Publishing
7 2 (0.44%) Retail
8 1 (0.22%) Banking
8 1 (0.22%) Local Government
8 1 (0.22%) Public Speaking
8 1 (0.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 398 (88.44%) Trainee
2 132 (29.33%) Developer
3 125 (27.78%) Trainee Developer
4 116 (25.78%) Software Developer
4 116 (25.78%) Trainee Software Developer
5 29 (6.44%) Administrator
5 29 (6.44%) Trainee Administrator
5 29 (6.44%) Web Administrator
6 9 (2.00%) Trainee Web Developer
6 9 (2.00%) Web Developer
7 6 (1.33%) Designer
8 5 (1.11%) Senior
9 4 (0.89%) Communications Manager
9 4 (0.89%) Creative Designer
9 4 (0.89%) Digital Communications Manager
9 4 (0.89%) Digital Executive
10 3 (0.67%) Consultant
10 3 (0.67%) Coordinator
10 3 (0.67%) Product Consultant
10 3 (0.67%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (60.22%) HTML
2 269 (59.78%) CSS
3 12 (2.67%) React
4 9 (2.00%) Tailwind CSS
5 3 (0.67%) D3.js
5 3 (0.67%) Node.js
5 3 (0.67%) Redux
6 2 (0.44%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.22%) HEVC
7 1 (0.22%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.11%) Social Media
2 12 (2.67%) Learning Management System
3 10 (2.22%) Motion Graphics
4 8 (1.78%) Animation
4 8 (1.78%) e-Learning
5 7 (1.56%) Graphic Design
6 6 (1.33%) Digital Media
6 6 (1.33%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.33%) Video Editing
7 4 (0.89%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.89%) Photography
8 3 (0.67%) Digital Signage
8 3 (0.67%) Podcast
8 3 (0.67%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.67%) SCORM
9 2 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.22%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.22%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.22%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.22%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.67%) Linux
1 3 (0.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (82.22%) Cybersecurity
2 369 (82.00%) Mentoring
3 141 (31.33%) Line Management
4 136 (30.22%) Ethical Hacking
5 39 (8.67%) Web Development
6 20 (4.44%) Storytelling
7 13 (2.89%) Analytics
7 13 (2.89%) Instructional Design
8 12 (2.67%) User Experience
9 9 (2.00%) Content Management
10 8 (1.78%) Email Marketing
10 8 (1.78%) Project Management
11 7 (1.56%) Content Strategy
11 7 (1.56%) Creative Thinking
11 7 (1.56%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (1.33%) Content Development
12 6 (1.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (1.33%) Storyboarding
13 5 (1.11%) Time Management
13 5 (1.11%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 266 (59.11%) JavaScript
2 265 (58.89%) Python
3 140 (31.11%) R
Qualifications
1 262 (58.22%) AWS Certification
1 262 (58.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 262 (58.22%) Azure Certification
1 262 (58.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 136 (30.22%) A+ Certification
2 136 (30.22%) CEH
2 136 (30.22%) CompTIA Security+
2 136 (30.22%) Network+ Certification
3 13 (2.89%) Degree
4 3 (0.67%) CIPD
5 2 (0.44%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.44%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.89%) Accessibility
2 4 (0.89%) QA
2 4 (0.89%) WCAG
3 3 (0.67%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.22%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (0.22%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 270 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.00%) Adobe
3 6 (1.33%) Google
4 5 (1.11%) Instagram
5 3 (0.67%) Cisco
5 3 (0.67%) TikTok
6 2 (0.44%) Facebook
7 1 (0.22%) dotdigital
7 1 (0.22%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.22%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.22%) YouTube