InDesign Job Trends in England

Adobe InDesign
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring InDesign skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 620 635
Rank change year-on-year +61 +15 +249
Permanent jobs citing InDesign 43 42 48
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.081% 0.087% 0.098%
As % of the Applications category 0.91% 0.82% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 33 13 38
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,650 £22,850
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £29,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £43,750
90th Percentile - £47,750 £51,125
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -17.65% -5.56%

All Software Application Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4,746 5,100 4,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.94% 10.58% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,119 1,851 2,899
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.29%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £41,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +16.30% -10.09%

InDesign
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing InDesign relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

InDesign job vacancy trend in England

InDesign
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing InDesign.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing InDesign

InDesign
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing InDesign in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for InDesign in England

InDesign
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing InDesign within the England region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
South East +41 17 £32,500 - 5
London +42 10 £47,500 +18.75% 1
East of England +32 8 £31,500 +21.15% 6
Midlands +24 5 £30,500 -2.40%
West Midlands +23 5 £30,500 -2.40%
North of England +15 3 £29,000 -22.67% 2
Yorkshire - 3 £29,000 -
InDesign
UK

InDesign
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 7 (16.28%) CMS
2 6 (13.95%) WordPress
3 1 (2.33%) Confluence
3 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 31 (72.09%) Photoshop
2 27 (62.79%) Adobe Illustrator
3 26 (60.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 17 (39.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (37.21%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (30.23%) Microsoft Excel
7 7 (16.28%) Adobe Premiere
8 6 (13.95%) Adobe After Effects
8 6 (13.95%) Adobe XD
9 2 (4.65%) CINEMA 4D
10 1 (2.33%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 14 (32.56%) Figma
2 13 (30.23%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (30.23%) SaaS
3 6 (13.95%) Canva
4 5 (11.63%) MailChimp
5 4 (9.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 4 (9.30%) Google Analytics
6 1 (2.33%) ChatGPT
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.33%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.93%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 37 (86.05%) Marketing
2 24 (55.81%) Social Skills
3 10 (23.26%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (11.63%) Advertising
5 4 (9.30%) Multimedia
6 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.65%) Retail
7 1 (2.33%) Finance
7 1 (2.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (60.47%) Designer
2 15 (34.88%) Graphic Designer
3 13 (30.23%) Marketing Executive
4 11 (25.58%) Senior
5 9 (20.93%) Senior Marketing Executive
6 5 (11.63%) Digital Designer
7 4 (9.30%) Creative Designer
8 3 (6.98%) Content Designer
8 3 (6.98%) e-Learning Designer
9 2 (4.65%) Art Director
9 2 (4.65%) Senior Designer
9 2 (4.65%) Senior Graphic Designer
10 1 (2.33%) Artworker
10 1 (2.33%) IT Trainer
10 1 (2.33%) Junior
10 1 (2.33%) Junior Designer
10 1 (2.33%) Technical Designer
10 1 (2.33%) Trainer
10 1 (2.33%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) Bootstrap
1 3 (6.98%) CSS
1 3 (6.98%) HTML
1 3 (6.98%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 31 (72.09%) Social Media
2 16 (37.21%) Graphic Design
3 12 (27.91%) Web Conferencing
4 11 (25.58%) Motion Graphics
5 9 (20.93%) Onboarding
6 8 (18.60%) Animation
7 7 (16.28%) Video Editing
8 3 (6.98%) e-Learning
8 3 (6.98%) Learning Management System
9 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (2.33%) Smart City
9 1 (2.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) User Experience
2 16 (37.21%) Analytics
3 13 (30.23%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (27.91%) Business Analytics
4 12 (27.91%) Line Management
4 12 (27.91%) Typography
5 11 (25.58%) Collaborative Culture
5 11 (25.58%) Storytelling
6 10 (23.26%) Commercial Awareness
6 10 (23.26%) Product Marketing
7 9 (20.93%) Computer Science
7 9 (20.93%) CRM
7 9 (20.93%) Demand Generation
7 9 (20.93%) GTM Strategy
7 9 (20.93%) Lead Generation
8 8 (18.60%) UX Design
9 6 (13.95%) Wireframes
10 5 (11.63%) Creative Marketing
10 5 (11.63%) Responsive Web Design
10 5 (11.63%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.98%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (53.49%) Degree
2 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) ISO 9001
1 12 (27.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (9.30%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) Adobe
2 17 (39.53%) Microsoft
3 12 (27.91%) Cisco
4 9 (20.93%) Zoho
5 4 (9.30%) Facebook
5 4 (9.30%) Google
5 4 (9.30%) Instagram
6 1 (2.33%) Atlassian