Adobe Job Trends in the South East

Adobe
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 30 December 2025, 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
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 251 221
Rank change year-on-year +73 -30 0
Permanent jobs citing Adobe 89 47 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.86% 0.51% 0.64%
As % of the Vendors category 2.68% 1.39% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 68 15 36
10th Percentile £25,000 £33,463 -
25th Percentile £28,938 £36,783 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £60,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.83% +57.89% -19.58%
75th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £47,813
90th Percentile £54,675 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -9.09%

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,319 3,393 3,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.95% 36.82% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,834 1,830 2,438
10th Percentile £27,325 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,212 £81,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £51,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -4.35%

Adobe
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Adobe job vacancy trend in the South East

Adobe
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Adobe

Adobe
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Adobe in the South East over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Adobe in the South East

Adobe
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley +19 38 £41,250 -36.54% 50
Berkshire +5 15 £32,500 -50.00% 33
Buckinghamshire +12 14 £52,500 +61.54% 11
Surrey +11 12 £28,250 - 13
Hampshire +39 11 £30,000 -18.44% 16
Oxfordshire +31 9 £45,000 +5.88% 6
Kent - 9 £32,500 - 11
West Sussex -2 7 £30,000 - 6
Middlesex - 6 - - 1
East Sussex - 6 £25,000 - 5
Adobe
England

Adobe
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 12 (13.48%) CMS
2 8 (8.99%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.74%) WordPress
4 4 (4.49%) Confluence
5 1 (1.12%) ArcGIS
5 1 (1.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 30 (33.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 28 (31.46%) Photoshop
3 19 (21.35%) Adobe Premiere
3 19 (21.35%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (20.22%) InDesign
5 17 (19.10%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (11.24%) Adobe XD
7 6 (6.74%) Adobe After Effects
7 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (4.49%) SketchUp
9 2 (2.25%) Acrobat
9 2 (2.25%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (2.25%) Elementor
10 1 (1.12%) GIMP
10 1 (1.12%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 27 (30.34%) Figma
2 13 (14.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 11 (12.36%) SaaS
4 10 (11.24%) Google Analytics
5 8 (8.99%) Adobe Analytics
6 6 (6.74%) Canva
6 6 (6.74%) MailChimp
6 6 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (5.62%) AWS
8 4 (4.49%) Google Ads
9 3 (3.37%) Miro
10 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (2.25%) Power Platform
11 1 (1.12%) Azure
11 1 (1.12%) ChatGPT
11 1 (1.12%) Contentsquare
11 1 (1.12%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.49%) LAN
1 4 (4.49%) VoIP
1 4 (4.49%) WAN
2 3 (3.37%) Broadband
2 3 (3.37%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.12%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.25%) Power BI
2 1 (1.12%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (5.62%) Axure RP
1 5 (5.62%) Balsamiq
2 3 (3.37%) JIRA
General
1 37 (41.57%) Marketing
2 26 (29.21%) Social Skills
3 12 (13.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (12.36%) Advertising
5 10 (11.24%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (8.99%) Public Sector
7 7 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (7.87%) Multimedia
8 6 (6.74%) Billing
9 5 (5.62%) Banking
9 5 (5.62%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (5.62%) Law
10 3 (3.37%) Games
11 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.25%) Retail
11 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
12 1 (1.12%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (1.12%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 21 (23.60%) Designer
2 16 (17.98%) Marketing Executive
2 16 (17.98%) Senior
3 8 (8.99%) Marketing Manager
4 7 (7.87%) Graphic Designer
4 7 (7.87%) Support Engineer
5 6 (6.74%) Coordinator
5 6 (6.74%) Digital Designer
5 6 (6.74%) Senior Manager
5 6 (6.74%) Senior Marketing Executive
6 5 (5.62%) Analyst
6 5 (5.62%) IT Support
6 5 (5.62%) Lead
6 5 (5.62%) Senior Designer
6 5 (5.62%) Strategy Manager
6 5 (5.62%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.49%) Consultant
7 4 (4.49%) IT Engineer
7 4 (4.49%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (3.37%) Digital Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (15.73%) HTML
2 9 (10.11%) CSS
3 5 (5.62%) Bootstrap
4 3 (3.37%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (1.12%) Sass
5 1 (1.12%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (39.33%) Social Media
2 9 (10.11%) Onboarding
2 9 (10.11%) Photography
2 9 (10.11%) Video Editing
3 7 (7.87%) Digital Media
4 6 (6.74%) Animation
4 6 (6.74%) Digital Signage
4 6 (6.74%) Graphic Design
5 5 (5.62%) Product Ownership
6 4 (4.49%) Blog
6 4 (4.49%) Educational Technology
6 4 (4.49%) Motion Graphics
6 4 (4.49%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.25%) e-Learning
8 2 (2.25%) Learning Management System
9 1 (1.12%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.12%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.11%) Windows
2 4 (4.49%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.12%) Linux
3 1 (1.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (31.46%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (28.09%) Analytics
3 24 (26.97%) User Experience
4 18 (20.22%) UX Design
5 17 (19.10%) AI
5 17 (19.10%) Storytelling
6 15 (16.85%) CRM
6 15 (16.85%) Prototyping
6 15 (16.85%) Wireframes
7 14 (15.73%) Agile
7 14 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (15.73%) Marketing Strategy
7 14 (15.73%) SEO
8 13 (14.61%) Content Management
9 12 (13.48%) B2B
10 11 (12.36%) Customer Experience
11 10 (11.24%) Customer Service
12 9 (10.11%) Digital Marketing
12 9 (10.11%) Time Management
13 8 (8.99%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.99%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.12%) Bash
2 1 (1.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (16.85%) Degree
2 8 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.62%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.22%) Accessibility
2 6 (6.74%) WCAG
3 3 (3.37%) ISO 9001
3 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.25%) QA
5 1 (1.12%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (5.62%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 31 (34.83%) Microsoft
2 18 (20.22%) Google
3 8 (8.99%) Facebook
3 8 (8.99%) Instagram
4 7 (7.87%) Apple
5 6 (6.74%) Dell
5 6 (6.74%) HP
5 6 (6.74%) NVIDIA
6 5 (5.62%) Qualtrics
7 4 (4.49%) Pardot
7 4 (4.49%) Sage
7 4 (4.49%) Salesforce
7 4 (4.49%) TikTok
7 4 (4.49%) Zoho
8 3 (3.37%) Cisco
9 2 (2.25%) HubSpot
10 1 (1.12%) ESRI
10 1 (1.12%) Freshdesk
10 1 (1.12%) Oracle
10 1 (1.12%) SendGrid