InDesign Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Adobe InDesign
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring InDesign skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 348 398
Rank change year-on-year -32 +50 +93
Contract jobs citing InDesign 9 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.049% 0.040% 0.041%
As % of the Applications category 0.53% 0.45% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile £178 - £213
25th Percentile £200 £200 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £213 £255
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -16.67% +13.33%
75th Percentile £400 £231 £319
90th Percentile £430 £243 -
UK median daily rate £380 £308 £313
% change year-on-year +23.58% -1.60% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.03 - -
Median hourly rate £28.09 £12.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +134.08% - -
75th Percentile £29.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £45.30 £12.00 -
% change year-on-year +277.46% - -

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

InDesign falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,685 1,337 1,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.27% 8.95% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 740 1,080
10th Percentile £170 £153 £152
25th Percentile £263 £213 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £368 £350
Median % change year-on-year +13.20% +5.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £500
90th Percentile £625 £594 £600
UK median daily rate £438 £401 £400
% change year-on-year +9.24% +0.13% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 193 227
10th Percentile £12.60 - £13.83
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £16.46
Median hourly rate £19.91 £24.19 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.69% -12.04% +10.46%
75th Percentile £30.00 £44.50 £46.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.00 £50.60
UK median hourly rate £20.35 £25.00 £27.90
% change year-on-year -18.60% -10.39% +11.60%

InDesign
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing InDesign relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

InDesign job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

InDesign
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing InDesign.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing InDesign

InDesign
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing InDesign in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for InDesign in the UK excluding London

InDesign
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing InDesign.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing InDesign

InDesign
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing InDesign within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -46 2 £400 +100.00% 2
Midlands - 2 £450 - 1
Scotland - 2 - -
East of England -22 1 £175 - 6
South East -22 1 £240 +6.67% 3
North West -23 1 £400 +100.00% 1
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
South West - 1 £200 -
West Midlands - 1 £450 - 1
InDesign
UK

InDesign
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (22.22%) CMS
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (88.89%) Photoshop
2 3 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (22.22%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (11.11%) Acrobat
4 1 (11.11%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Canva
2 1 (11.11%) Figma
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Vyond
General
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Designer
2 4 (44.44%) Graphic Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Artworker
3 1 (11.11%) Creative Artworker
3 1 (11.11%) Creative Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Creative Graphic Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Junior
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Photoshop Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Project Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Graphic Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Service Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Graphic Design
2 2 (22.22%) Social Media
3 1 (11.11%) Animation
3 1 (11.11%) e-Learning
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Typography
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Content Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Copywriting
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Data Privacy
3 1 (11.11%) Design Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Information Management
3 1 (11.11%) Interaction Design
3 1 (11.11%) Line Management
3 1 (11.11%) Logistics
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Storytelling
3 1 (11.11%) User Research
3 1 (11.11%) UX Design
3 1 (11.11%) Web Design
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Adobe
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Facebook
3 1 (11.11%) Instagram