Software and applications developers and analysts

How to become a web and multimedia developer

Official title: Web and multimedia developers

Also called: Animation programmer, Computer games programmer, Internet developer, Multimedia programmer, Website architect, Website developer

Web and multimedia development professionals combine design and technical knowledge to research, analyse, evaluate, design, program and modify websites and applications that draw together text, graphics, animations, imaging, audio and video displays and other interactive media.

Main tasks

Analysing, designing and developing Internet sites by applying a mixture of artistry and creativity with software programming and scripting languages and interfacing with operating environments
Designing and developing digital animations, imaging, presentations, games, audio and video clips and Internet applications using multimedia software, tools and utilities, interactive graphics and programming languages
Communicating with network specialists regarding web-related issues such as security and hosting websites, to control and enforce Internet and web server security, space allocation, user access, business continuity, website backup and disaster recovery planning
Designing, developing and integrating computer code with other specialized inputs such as image files, audio files and scripting languages, to produce, maintain and support websites
Assisting in analysing, specifying and developing Internet strategies, web-based methodologies and development plans

Ways in

University: Computing & IT degrees, Offered by 24 universities in Hong Kong
University: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 21 universities in Hong Kong
Qualifications Framework: Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Information & Communications Technology. The Qualifications Framework publishes a Vocational Qualifications Pathway for the Information & Communications Technology industry (資訊及通訊科技業), showing QF-recognised qualifications by level: https://www.hkqf.gov.hk/ict/en/vqp. Link between the industry and this job by Peernovo.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become a web and multimedia developer?

Ways in include: Computing & IT degrees; Creative Arts & Design degrees; Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Information & Communications Technology.

Do you need a degree to become a web and multimedia developer?

Usually. 91% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a web and multimedia developer?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026