Creative & Digital Media
Over 45,000 people are already working in Greater Manchester’s purpose built creative and digital media hub at MediaCityUK, and with jobs in broadcasting predicted to rise by 10% over the next couple of years, there is an incredible array of employment opportunities in the region in this industry.
Maybe your dream career is in editing visual effects, or perhaps you’d love nothing more than to work as an advertising director? Whether your passion is animation or audio engineering, web design or photography, there’s a promising career for you to showcase your talents in creative and digital media.
Top Career Opportunities
Audio engineer
Average salary: £38k
Film/ TV producer
Average salary: £42k
Photographer
Average salary: £31k
Graphic designer
Average salary: £23k
| Top Job (By Salary) | Number of Jobs in 2016 | Number of Job in 2020 | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising and public relations directors | 1,617 | 1,638 | £53,581 |
| Research and development managers | 2,562 | 2,529 | £49,296 |
| Programmers and software dev professionals | 20,882 | 21,378 | £40,019 |
| Arts officers, producers and directors | 2,741 | 2,833 | £35,529 |
| Business and related research professionals | 3,636 | 3,722 | £34,237 |
| Web design and development professionals | 4,641 | 4,772 | £31,054 |
| Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors | 2,465 | 2,437 | £30,202 |
| Public relations professionals | 3,165 | 3,220 | £30,077 |
| TV, video and audio engineers | 803 | 810 | £29,952 |
| Marketing associate professionals | 17,665 | 17,949 | £26,936 |
| Graphic designers | 5,668 | 5,747 | £26,915 |
| Artists | 864 | 854 | £26,832 |
| Photographers and audio-visual operators | 3,704 | 3,721 | £26,520 |
| Authors, writers and translators | 2,263 | 2,269 | £23,150 |
Jobs Figures, 2016 - 20
There are predicted to be 2,131 new jobs with an estimated 3,111 annual openings.
Average Salaries
The current average wage for creative and digital media related occupations is £33,457 per year
Creative & Digital Media
In a subject area that covers an incredible range of topics and disciplines – from animation and photography to directing videos and designing video games – you’ll never be stuck for choice in a future career.