InDesign Contracts

Adobe InDesign
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring InDesign skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited InDesign over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 559 653
Rank change year-on-year +24 +94 +185
Contract jobs citing InDesign 13 26 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.060% 0.053%
As % of the Applications category 0.48% 0.83% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 27
10th Percentile £150 £180 £185
25th Percentile £191 £195 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £225 £325
Median % change year-on-year +64.44% -30.77% +18.18%
75th Percentile £380 £300 £497
90th Percentile £390 £323 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £190 £281
% change year-on-year +136.84% -32.44% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £12.00 -
25th Percentile £42.50 £12.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £14.37 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +213.15% -72.63% +32.91%
75th Percentile £47.50 £26.88 £53.75
90th Percentile - £44.45 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £12.00 -
% change year-on-year +275.00% - -

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,685 3,151 4,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.43% 7.28% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,537 1,614 2,723
10th Percentile £195 £163 £185
25th Percentile £285 £225 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £545 £525 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £370 £390
% change year-on-year +8.11% -5.13% +3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 634 266
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.70 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.06 £16.88
Median hourly rate £24.66 £17.39 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +41.79% -32.35% +16.10%
75th Percentile £40.84 £37.31 £49.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £57.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £16.06 £22.53
% change year-on-year +40.91% -28.72% +15.66%

InDesign
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing InDesign as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing InDesign.

Daily rate trend for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing InDesign over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing InDesign.

Hourly rate trend for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Top 9 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 July 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
England +42 13 £370 +64.44% 68
London +29 9 £370 +23.33% 38
UK excluding London +43 4 £450 +136.84% 39
Work from Home +25 3 £325 +13.04% 28
Midlands +15 2 £450 - 4
East Midlands - 2 £450 - 1
South East +36 1 - - 14
North of England - 1 - - 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1

InDesign
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (92.31%) Adobe Illustrator
1 12 (92.31%) Photoshop
2 9 (69.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (61.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (46.15%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Figma
2 1 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dreamweaver
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Marketing
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Publishing
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Designer
2 6 (46.15%) Graphic Designer
3 5 (38.46%) Senior
3 5 (38.46%) Senior Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Artworker
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Creative Artworker
4 1 (7.69%) Creative Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Creative Graphic Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Implementation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) CSS
1 4 (30.77%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Motion Graphics
2 5 (38.46%) Animation
2 5 (38.46%) Photography
3 1 (7.69%) Blog
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.69%) Graphic Design
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) B2B
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Web Design
4 2 (15.38%) B2C
4 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Competitor Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Due Diligence
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) API Management
5 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.69%) Content Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Copywriting
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Project Planning
5 1 (7.69%) RBAC
5 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (7.69%) Use Case
5 1 (7.69%) Web Usability
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Adobe
2 1 (7.69%) Avaya
2 1 (7.69%) Facebook
2 1 (7.69%) Genesys
2 1 (7.69%) Instagram
2 1 (7.69%) Twitter
2 1 (7.69%) YouTube