Adobe Creative Suite Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Adobe Creative Suite
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Adobe Creative Suite skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 455 532 531
Rank change year-on-year +77 -1 +196
Permanent jobs citing Adobe Creative Suite 68 47 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.13% 0.055%
As % of the Applications category 1.59% 1.20% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 54 14 14
10th Percentile £25,900 £27,725 £23,125
25th Percentile £26,500 £30,688 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% -15.43% -7.89%
75th Percentile £43,438 £46,563 £59,375
90th Percentile £52,625 £55,375 £77,500
UK median annual salary £34,000 £41,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.58% -25.00% +10.00%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

Adobe Creative Suite 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4,269 3,911 2,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.15% 10.49% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,637 1,433 1,849
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,525 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £27,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -1.86%
75th Percentile £51,240 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +12.20% -7.61%

Adobe Creative Suite
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Adobe Creative Suite relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Adobe Creative Suite job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Adobe Creative Suite
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Adobe Creative Suite.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Creative Suite
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Adobe Creative Suite in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Adobe Creative Suite in the UK excluding London

Adobe Creative Suite
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Creative Suite within the UK excluding London 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
South East +49 30 £32,500 -23.53% 6
South West +23 15 £27,000 - 3
North of England +21 9 £37,000 -1.33% 10
North West +27 8 £34,000 -24.44% 7
Midlands +21 8 £41,250 +11.49%
East of England +23 6 £31,500 - 8
East Midlands -18 5 £42,500 +8.97%
West Midlands +25 3 £32,500 -7.14%
North East +5 1 £55,000 +92.98%
Adobe Creative Suite
UK

Adobe Creative Suite
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (17.65%) CMS
2 10 (14.71%) WordPress
3 1 (1.47%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 34 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 29 (42.65%) Adobe Illustrator
3 20 (29.41%) InDesign
4 12 (17.65%) Adobe Premiere
5 8 (11.76%) Adobe After Effects
6 7 (10.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (8.82%) Adobe XD
7 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
8 5 (7.35%) Elementor
9 2 (2.94%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (1.47%) Acrobat
10 1 (1.47%) Blender
10 1 (1.47%) GIMP
10 1 (1.47%) InVision
10 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
10 1 (1.47%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Shopify
2 2 (2.94%) OpenCart
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (2.94%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.47%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.82%) Figma
2 9 (13.24%) Canva
2 9 (13.24%) Google Analytics
3 7 (10.29%) MailChimp
4 6 (8.82%) Google Ads
4 6 (8.82%) SaaS
5 3 (4.41%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (1.47%) Cloudflare
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Git
General
1 53 (77.94%) Marketing
2 26 (38.24%) Social Skills
3 13 (19.12%) Advertising
4 9 (13.24%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (10.29%) Multimedia
6 5 (7.35%) Retail
7 4 (5.88%) Brand Awareness
8 3 (4.41%) Finance
9 2 (2.94%) General Ledger
9 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.94%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.47%) Billing
10 1 (1.47%) Games
Job Titles
1 31 (45.59%) Designer
2 13 (19.12%) Graphic Designer
3 7 (10.29%) Marketing Executive
3 7 (10.29%) Senior
4 5 (7.35%) Marketing Manager
5 4 (5.88%) Digital Designer
5 4 (5.88%) Senior Designer
6 3 (4.41%) Coordinator
6 3 (4.41%) Developer
6 3 (4.41%) Digital Executive
6 3 (4.41%) Digital Marketing Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Operations Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Artworker
7 2 (2.94%) Creative Director
7 2 (2.94%) Digital Developer
7 2 (2.94%) E-Commerce Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Oracle Specialist
7 2 (2.94%) Senior Developer
7 2 (2.94%) Web Designer
7 2 (2.94%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (26.47%) HTML
2 16 (23.53%) CSS
3 5 (7.35%) Bootstrap
4 3 (4.41%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (1.47%) Sass
6 1 (1.47%) Semantic HTML
6 1 (1.47%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (1.47%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 33 (48.53%) Social Media
2 19 (27.94%) Motion Graphics
3 13 (19.12%) Graphic Design
4 8 (11.76%) Video Editing
5 7 (10.29%) Blog
6 6 (8.82%) Animation
7 5 (7.35%) Digital Media
8 4 (5.88%) e-Learning
8 4 (5.88%) Learning Management System
9 3 (4.41%) Digital Signage
10 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
10 2 (2.94%) Web Conferencing
11 1 (1.47%) 3D Graphics
11 1 (1.47%) Acoustics
11 1 (1.47%) Mobile App
11 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (1.47%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (38.24%) B2B
1 26 (38.24%) User Experience
2 15 (22.06%) Digital Marketing
2 15 (22.06%) Marketing Strategy
3 14 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (19.12%) Typography
4 13 (19.12%) UX Design
5 12 (17.65%) SEO
6 11 (16.18%) B2B Marketing
7 10 (14.71%) Analytics
8 9 (13.24%) Copywriting
8 9 (13.24%) Wireframes
9 8 (11.76%) Demand Generation
9 8 (11.76%) Email Marketing
9 8 (11.76%) Storyboarding
10 7 (10.29%) Content Management
10 7 (10.29%) Performance Metrics
10 7 (10.29%) Storytelling
11 6 (8.82%) E-Commerce
11 6 (8.82%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 21 (30.88%) Degree
2 2 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.24%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.94%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) Adobe
2 14 (20.59%) Google
3 7 (10.29%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.35%) HubSpot
5 4 (5.88%) Facebook
5 4 (5.88%) Instagram
6 2 (2.94%) Ahrefs
6 2 (2.94%) Oracle
6 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.47%) Optimizely
7 1 (1.47%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.47%) WooCommerce
7 1 (1.47%) Zoho