InDesign Job Trends in the Midlands

Adobe InDesign
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring InDesign skills. It covers permanent 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 224 248 208
Rank change year-on-year +24 -40 +107
Permanent jobs citing InDesign 5 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.065% 0.029% 0.11%
As % of the Applications category 0.68% 0.24% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £28,100 £26,875 £27,250
25th Percentile £28,625 £27,813 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £31,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% -26.47% -3.08%
75th Percentile £32,625 £35,313 £43,750
90th Percentile £33,300 £36,625 -
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year - -24.42% +7.50%

All Software Application Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 738 832 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.53% 12.14% 9.85%
Number of salaries quoted 320 274 317
10th Percentile £26,925 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,224 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,375 £62,350 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -9.01%

InDesign
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

InDesign job vacancy trend in the Midlands

InDesign
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing InDesign.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing InDesign

InDesign
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing InDesign within the Midlands 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +34 5 £30,500 -2.40% 1
InDesign
England

InDesign
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (40.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
General
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Designer
2 3 (60.00%) Content Designer
2 3 (60.00%) e-Learning Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Artworker
3 1 (20.00%) Junior
3 1 (20.00%) Junior Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Visual Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Animation
1 3 (60.00%) e-Learning
1 3 (60.00%) Graphic Design
1 3 (60.00%) Learning Management System
1 3 (60.00%) Video Editing
1 3 (60.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) Content Development
1 3 (60.00%) Copywriting
1 3 (60.00%) Instructional Design
1 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (60.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Adobe