Adobe Illustrator Job Trends in the South East

Adobe Illustrator
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Adobe Illustrator skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 266 335
Rank change year-on-year -22 +69 +32
Permanent jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 8 11 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.055% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Applications category 0.81% 1.71% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 40
10th Percentile £26,566 £25,300 -
25th Percentile £30,113 £25,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £27,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.41% -10.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £53,750 £30,000 £37,500
90th Percentile - £31,500 £45,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% +16.67% -29.41%

All Software Application Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 988 645 2,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.82% 8.40% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 467 337 1,313
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £23,550
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +16.44% -5.19%
75th Percentile £56,500 £57,750 £49,000
90th Percentile £65,500 £66,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +22.67% -16.67%

Adobe Illustrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Adobe Illustrator job vacancy trend in the South East

Adobe Illustrator
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Adobe Illustrator.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Adobe Illustrator in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Adobe Illustrator in the South East

Adobe Illustrator
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Surrey -13 4 £52,500 -
Berkshire +5 2 £32,500 +18.18% 1
Thames Valley +2 2 £32,500 +20.37% 2
Hampshire - 1 £26,951 - 2
West Sussex - 1 £27,500 -
Adobe Illustrator
England

Adobe Illustrator
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (62.50%) CMS
1 5 (62.50%) WordPress
2 1 (12.50%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (37.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (37.50%) InDesign
3 2 (25.00%) Adobe XD
4 1 (12.50%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Canva
1 4 (50.00%) SaaS
2 2 (25.00%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Geospatial Data
General
1 6 (75.00%) Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Multimedia
2 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Economy
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Marketing Communications Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Marketing Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Designer
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Blog
1 4 (50.00%) IoT
1 4 (50.00%) Podcast
1 4 (50.00%) Social Media
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) AI
2 4 (50.00%) B2B
2 4 (50.00%) B2B Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Content Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Copywriting
2 4 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Product Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) SEO
3 2 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 2 (25.00%) Typography
3 2 (25.00%) User Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Web Design
3 2 (25.00%) Wireframes
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Cartography
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) ESRI