Adobe Illustrator Job Trends in the North West

Adobe Illustrator
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Adobe Illustrator skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 200 190
Rank change year-on-year +28 -10 +123
Permanent jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 7 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.096% 0.026%
As % of the Applications category 1.29% 0.92% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £32,950 £32,663 -
25th Percentile £35,875 £34,783 £20,160
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,942 £20,218
Median % change year-on-year +2.72% +92.61% -49.46%
75th Percentile £42,500 £42,475 £20,275
90th Percentile - £44,220 -
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -15.88% -14.14%

All Software Application Skills
North West

Adobe Illustrator 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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 543 543 248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.81% 10.44% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 209 262 170
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £21,800
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £25,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +34.92% -16.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,669
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,943 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +12.20% -8.60%

Adobe Illustrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Adobe Illustrator job vacancy trend in the North West

Adobe Illustrator
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Adobe Illustrator.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +22 5 £40,000 +23.08% 2
Cumbria +5 2 - -
Adobe Illustrator
England

Adobe Illustrator
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (57.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 5 (71.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (42.86%) Elementor
4 2 (28.57%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (28.57%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (14.29%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Google Ads
2 1 (14.29%) Cloudflare
2 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 4 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Brand Awareness
2 3 (42.86%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Digital Marketing Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Artworker
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) HTML CSS Developer
2 1 (14.29%) HTML Developer
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Junior
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Artworker
2 1 (14.29%) MySQL Developer
2 1 (14.29%) MySQL Web Developer
2 1 (14.29%) PHP Developer
2 1 (14.29%) PHP MySQL Developer
2 1 (14.29%) PHP MySQL Web Developer
2 1 (14.29%) PHP Web Developer
2 1 (14.29%) PHP WordPress Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
2 1 (14.29%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Social Media
2 2 (28.57%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) SEO
2 3 (42.86%) B2B
2 3 (42.86%) B2B Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Campaign Management
2 3 (42.86%) Copywriting
2 3 (42.86%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Email Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Marketing Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Pay per click
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (42.86%) Remarketing
2 3 (42.86%) Thought Leadership
2 3 (42.86%) Time Management
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (28.57%) Experiential Learning
3 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Adobe
2 4 (57.14%) Google
3 1 (14.29%) HubSpot