Adobe Job Trends in Manchester

Adobe
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring knowledge or experience of Adobe products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Adobe over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Adobe Systems, Inc.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 122 129
Rank change year-on-year +29 +7 +49
Permanent jobs citing Adobe 46 37 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.65% 1.37% 0.98%
As % of the Vendors category 5.72% 3.59% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 18 18 11
10th Percentile £33,500 £35,475 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £43,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +8.43%
75th Percentile £50,000 £59,500 £58,125
90th Percentile - £68,000 £65,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £44,274
% change year-on-year +5.88% -4.01% +7.33%

All Vendors
Manchester

Adobe falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 804 1,032 784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 28.88% 38.12% 33.42%
Number of salaries quoted 522 437 671
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,729 £70,000 £72,216
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,000 £90,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

Adobe
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Adobe job vacancy trend in Manchester

Adobe
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Adobe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Adobe

Adobe
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Adobe in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Adobe in Manchester

Adobe
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 4 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
Rochdale - 4 £34,000 -
Altrincham -7 1 - - 1
Adobe
North West

Adobe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (8.70%) WordPress
2 3 (6.52%) Confluence
3 1 (2.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (2.17%) Apache
3 1 (2.17%) CMS
3 1 (2.17%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (17.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (10.87%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (10.87%) Photoshop
4 3 (6.52%) Elementor
4 3 (6.52%) Trello
5 2 (4.35%) Adobe XD
6 1 (2.17%) InVision
6 1 (2.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 17 (36.96%) AWS
2 16 (34.78%) Azure
3 7 (15.22%) Adobe Analytics
3 7 (15.22%) Figma
4 3 (6.52%) Google Ads
5 2 (4.35%) ChatGPT
6 1 (2.17%) Cloudflare
6 1 (2.17%) GCP
6 1 (2.17%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) JIRA
2 3 (6.52%) Git
3 1 (2.17%) Axure RP
3 1 (2.17%) JUnit
3 1 (2.17%) Maven
3 1 (2.17%) Selenium
General
1 20 (43.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
3 8 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (15.22%) Marketing
5 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (13.04%) Banking
5 6 (13.04%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Advertising
6 3 (6.52%) Brand Awareness
6 3 (6.52%) Retail
7 1 (2.17%) Law
7 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (19.57%) Analyst
1 9 (19.57%) Architect
2 6 (13.04%) Software Engineer
2 6 (13.04%) Strategy Manager
3 4 (8.70%) Developer
3 4 (8.70%) Senior
4 3 (6.52%) Coordinator
4 3 (6.52%) Digital Marketing Manager
4 3 (6.52%) Marketing Manager
4 3 (6.52%) Senior Manager
4 3 (6.52%) Senior Strategy Manager
5 2 (4.35%) PHP Developer
5 2 (4.35%) Support Manager
6 1 (2.17%) Artworker
6 1 (2.17%) HTML Developer
6 1 (2.17%) JavaScript Developer
6 1 (2.17%) Junior
6 1 (2.17%) MySQL Developer
6 1 (2.17%) PHP Web Developer
6 1 (2.17%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) CSS
1 4 (8.70%) HTML
2 1 (2.17%) JSR 170
2 1 (2.17%) LAMP
2 1 (2.17%) LEMP Stack
2 1 (2.17%) OSGi
2 1 (2.17%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.17%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.91%) Data Centre
2 9 (19.57%) Onboarding
2 9 (19.57%) Public Cloud
3 6 (13.04%) Social Media
4 3 (6.52%) Blog
5 2 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.35%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (2.17%) Life Science
6 1 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (2.17%) Midjourney
6 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (45.65%) AI
2 20 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (43.48%) Software Licensing
3 12 (26.09%) Customer Engagement
3 12 (26.09%) Time Management
4 9 (19.57%) Client Onboarding
4 9 (19.57%) Cost Optimisation
4 9 (19.57%) FinOps
4 9 (19.57%) User Experience
5 8 (17.39%) Analytics
6 7 (15.22%) Agile
6 7 (15.22%) Prototyping
6 7 (15.22%) UX Design
6 7 (15.22%) Wireframes
7 6 (13.04%) B2B
7 6 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (13.04%) Matrix Organization
7 6 (13.04%) Software Engineering
7 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (13.04%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) PHP
2 4 (8.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.17%) Java
3 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (19.57%) AWS Certification
1 9 (19.57%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) PhD
2 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Docker
Vendors
1 20 (43.48%) Apple
1 20 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.57%) Palo Alto
3 6 (13.04%) Qualtrics
4 4 (8.70%) Google
5 2 (4.35%) Dell
6 1 (2.17%) HubSpot