InDesign Job Trends in the North West

Adobe InDesign
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring InDesign skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 195 231
Rank change year-on-year -2 +36 +65
Permanent jobs citing InDesign 1 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.013% 0.045% 0.12%
As % of the Applications category 0.18% 0.45% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - £32,250 £20,160
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £24,728
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +36.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £28,750
90th Percentile - £42,750 £29,425
England median annual salary £32,500 £39,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -17.72% +31.67% -33.33%

All Software Application Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 541 447 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.20% 9.98% 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 251 240 381
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £22,900
25th Percentile £30,250 £36,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £46,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £58,943 £56,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -16.67%

InDesign
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

InDesign job vacancy trend in the North West

InDesign
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing InDesign.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing InDesign

InDesign
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 InDesign within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 February 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
Cheshire - 1 £32,500 -
InDesign
England

InDesign
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (100.00%) Blender
1 1 (100.00%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Graphic Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Motion Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
1 1 (100.00%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe