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 17 June 2026, 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
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 73 233
Rank change year-on-year -126 +160 0
Permanent jobs citing Adobe 102 294 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.69% 3.76% 0.96%
As % of the Vendors category 2.69% 8.99% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 16 23 125
10th Percentile £28,875 £26,300 £24,100
25th Percentile £33,750 £28,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% +18.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £47,813 £54,375 £38,500
90th Percentile £55,563 £66,000 £45,150
England median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +21.05% -24.00%

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 3,790 3,270 6,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.72% 41.87% 36.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,357 1,755 4,484
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% +10.00% -13.04%

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 17 June 2026.

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 17 June 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
Thames Valley -70 47 £37,500 +25.00% 14
Buckinghamshire -32 40 £39,000 +44.44% 6
Surrey -1 34 £42,500 +32.81% 10
Berkshire +17 7 £37,500 +8.70% 5
West Sussex -19 7 £27,250 -31.88% 5
Kent -20 6 £50,000 - 4
East Sussex -51 3 £45,000 -10.00% 5
Middlesex - 2 - -
Sussex - 2 - -
Hampshire -46 1 £70,000 +64.71% 8
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 7 (6.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 6 (5.88%) CMS
3 3 (2.94%) ColdFusion
3 3 (2.94%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (2.94%) WordPress
4 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (13.73%) Acrobat
2 10 (9.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (5.88%) Photoshop
4 5 (4.90%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (4.90%) InDesign
5 4 (3.92%) Adobe After Effects
5 4 (3.92%) UserZoom
6 3 (2.94%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.98%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.98%) DaVinci Resolve
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.98%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 42 (41.18%) Adobe Analytics
2 30 (29.41%) Figma
3 11 (10.78%) Asana
3 11 (10.78%) Sprout Social
4 5 (4.90%) Azure
5 4 (3.92%) Contentsquare
5 4 (3.92%) Miro
6 3 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 3 (2.94%) Canva
7 2 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.98%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.98%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (43.14%) Broadband
2 2 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.98%) Internet
3 1 (0.98%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.98%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.98%) Power BI
2 1 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Bitbucket
1 1 (0.98%) Git
1 1 (0.98%) JIRA
General
1 40 (39.22%) Games
2 32 (31.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (29.41%) Marketing
4 18 (17.65%) Social Skills
5 9 (8.82%) Finance
6 6 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.92%) Automotive
7 4 (3.92%) Multimedia
7 4 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.92%) Retail
8 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.98%) Digital Economy
9 1 (0.98%) Electronics
9 1 (0.98%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.98%) Japanese Language
9 1 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (30.39%) Lead
2 29 (28.43%) Designer
3 21 (20.59%) Lead Designer
4 14 (13.73%) Senior
5 11 (10.78%) Digital Designer
5 11 (10.78%) Social Media Executive
6 9 (8.82%) UX Designer
7 8 (7.84%) Lead UX Designer
8 5 (4.90%) Customer Experience Designer
8 5 (4.90%) Lead Product Designer
8 5 (4.90%) Product Designer
9 4 (3.92%) Development Specialist
9 4 (3.92%) Graphic Designer
9 4 (3.92%) Systems Manager
10 3 (2.94%) Architect
10 3 (2.94%) Developer
10 3 (2.94%) Digital User Researcher
10 3 (2.94%) E-Commerce Developer
10 3 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (2.94%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.86%) HTML
2 6 (5.88%) CSS
3 3 (2.94%) .NET
4 1 (0.98%) DOM
4 1 (0.98%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 57 (55.88%) Social Media
2 13 (12.75%) Onboarding
3 12 (11.76%) Video Editing
4 5 (4.90%) Graphic Design
5 4 (3.92%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.92%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.94%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.94%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.96%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.98%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.98%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.98%) Motion Graphics
8 1 (0.98%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (56.86%) AI
2 55 (53.92%) Analytics
3 49 (48.04%) Customer Experience
4 44 (43.14%) Agile
4 44 (43.14%) User Research
5 41 (40.20%) Roadmaps
5 41 (40.20%) Storytelling
6 40 (39.22%) Digital Customer Experience
6 40 (39.22%) Product Roadmap
6 40 (39.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 31 (30.39%) Prototyping
8 26 (25.49%) Workshop Facilitation
9 21 (20.59%) Customer Insight
9 21 (20.59%) User Experience
10 20 (19.61%) B2B
11 16 (15.69%) DesignOps
11 16 (15.69%) Project Management
12 15 (14.71%) Customer-Centricity
12 15 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (14.71%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.92%) SQL
2 3 (2.94%) CFML
2 3 (2.94%) PHP
3 2 (1.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (3.92%) Degree
2 3 (2.94%) ICAEW
3 2 (1.96%) CCNA
3 2 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.96%) MCSA
3 2 (1.96%) MCSE
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (43.14%) Accessibility
2 13 (12.75%) WCAG
3 1 (0.98%) GDPR
3 1 (0.98%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.96%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (10.78%) Hootsuite
1 11 (10.78%) Instagram
1 11 (10.78%) Wrike
2 4 (3.92%) Samsung
3 3 (2.94%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.94%) Sitecore
4 2 (1.96%) Cisco
4 2 (1.96%) Citrix
4 2 (1.96%) Dell
4 2 (1.96%) Draytek
4 2 (1.96%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.96%) HubSpot
4 2 (1.96%) Juniper
4 2 (1.96%) SonicWALL
4 2 (1.96%) Veeam
4 2 (1.96%) VMware
4 2 (1.96%) WatchGuard
5 1 (0.98%) Google
5 1 (0.98%) Oracle
5 1 (0.98%) YouTube