Adobe Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Adobe
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 14 September 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
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 70 129
Rank change year-on-year -89 +59 +26
Permanent jobs citing Adobe 36 167 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.50% 4.23% 1.22%
As % of the Vendors category 2.03% 9.99% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 14 17 22
10th Percentile £36,250 £27,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £29,000 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £40,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% +6.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £53,125 £47,500 -
90th Percentile £65,339 £70,950 £46,550
South East median annual salary £41,500 £35,000 £36,783
% change year-on-year +18.57% -4.85% +2.18%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,776 1,671 1,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.76% 42.35% 33.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 660 789
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £31,225
25th Percentile £38,500 £34,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -6.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -3.85%

Adobe
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Adobe job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Adobe
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Adobe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Adobe

Adobe
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Adobe in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Adobe in the Thames Valley

Adobe
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Buckinghamshire -57 18 £57,500 +10.58% 6
Berkshire +19 11 £42,500 +41.67% 13
Oxfordshire -26 7 £41,500 +0.61% 2
Adobe
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (13.89%) Moodle
1 5 (13.89%) WordPress
2 3 (8.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (8.33%) CMS
2 3 (8.33%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (16.67%) Adobe After Effects
2 6 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (16.67%) InDesign
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (16.67%) Photoshop
3 4 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (11.11%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (8.33%) Camtasia
5 2 (5.56%) AutoCAD
5 2 (5.56%) CapCut
5 2 (5.56%) Revit
5 2 (5.56%) SketchUp
6 1 (2.78%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 5 (13.89%) Figma
3 3 (8.33%) Azure
4 2 (5.56%) AWS
4 2 (5.56%) Google Analytics
4 2 (5.56%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) 5G
1 2 (5.56%) SMS
2 1 (2.78%) Broadband
2 1 (2.78%) LAN
2 1 (2.78%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.78%) VoIP
2 1 (2.78%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Axure RP
1 1 (2.78%) Balsamiq
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 23 (63.89%) Marketing
2 20 (55.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (30.56%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (27.78%) Finance
5 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (25.00%) Multimedia
5 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Legal
6 2 (5.56%) Publishing
7 1 (2.78%) Law
7 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.78%) Retail
7 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (16.67%) Communications Manager
1 6 (16.67%) Designer
1 6 (16.67%) Developer
2 5 (13.89%) Digital Developer
3 4 (11.11%) Graphic Designer
4 3 (8.33%) Architect
4 3 (8.33%) Digital Architect
4 3 (8.33%) Digital Solutions Architect
4 3 (8.33%) e-Learning Specialist
4 3 (8.33%) Senior
4 3 (8.33%) Senior Developer
4 3 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.56%) Junior
5 2 (5.56%) Junior Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Lead
5 2 (5.56%) Marketing Specialist
6 1 (2.78%) E-Commerce Manager
6 1 (2.78%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Technical Designer
6 1 (2.78%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (30.56%) HTML
2 10 (27.78%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.78%) Social Media
2 8 (22.22%) e-Learning
3 6 (16.67%) Graphic Design
4 5 (13.89%) Animation
4 5 (13.89%) Learning Management System
4 5 (13.89%) SCORM
5 4 (11.11%) Product Ownership
6 3 (8.33%) Cloud Native
7 2 (5.56%) Digital Media
7 2 (5.56%) IVR
7 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
7 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
7 2 (5.56%) Video Editing
8 1 (2.78%) Handset
8 1 (2.78%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
1 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) AI
2 11 (30.56%) User Experience
3 10 (27.78%) Customer-Centricity
4 9 (25.00%) Line Management
5 7 (19.44%) Agile
5 7 (19.44%) Mentoring
6 6 (16.67%) Content Strategy
6 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (16.67%) Performance Measurement
6 6 (16.67%) Project Management
6 6 (16.67%) Software Licensing
7 5 (13.89%) Analytics
7 5 (13.89%) Content Development
7 5 (13.89%) Service Design
8 4 (11.11%) B2B
8 4 (11.11%) Campaign Management
8 4 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (11.11%) Infographics
8 4 (11.11%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) DBS Check
1 3 (8.33%) ICAEW
2 1 (2.78%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 7 (19.44%) QA
2 7 (19.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.67%) Apple
3 4 (11.11%) Samsung
4 3 (8.33%) Sitecore
5 2 (5.56%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (5.56%) Google
5 2 (5.56%) HubSpot
5 2 (5.56%) Instagram
5 2 (5.56%) Marketo
5 2 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 2 (5.56%) SAP