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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 519 544
Rank change year-on-year +73 +25 +171
Permanent jobs citing Adobe Creative Suite 63 47 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.13% 0.084%
As % of the Applications category 1.53% 1.22% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 53 14 26
10th Percentile £25,850 £30,150 £20,705
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,563 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,250 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% +5.52% -23.68%
75th Percentile £43,750 £46,563 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £55,375 £60,000
UK median annual salary £34,000 £40,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year -15.00% -13.51% -7.50%

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 4,106 3,841 2,890
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.68% 10.69% 8.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,563 1,370 2,048
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +21.62% -1.33%
75th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £41,250
% change year-on-year -16.11% +15.60% -9.69%

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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
South East +53 29 £32,500 -23.53% 6
South West +15 11 £27,000 - 1
North of England +9 9 £37,000 -17.78% 5
North West +21 8 £34,000 -24.44% 3
Midlands +16 8 £41,250 +10.00%
East of England +27 6 £31,500 - 4
East Midlands -14 5 £42,500 +11.11%
West Midlands +22 3 £32,500 -7.14%
North East +11 1 £55,000 +92.98% 1
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 13 (20.63%) CMS
2 10 (15.87%) WordPress
3 1 (1.59%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 30 (47.62%) Photoshop
2 27 (42.86%) Adobe Illustrator
3 19 (30.16%) InDesign
4 10 (15.87%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (9.52%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (9.52%) Adobe XD
5 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (7.94%) Elementor
7 2 (3.17%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (1.59%) Acrobat
8 1 (1.59%) Blender
8 1 (1.59%) GIMP
8 1 (1.59%) InVision
8 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (1.59%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Shopify
2 2 (3.17%) OpenCart
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.59%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 22 (34.92%) Figma
2 9 (14.29%) Google Analytics
3 8 (12.70%) Canva
4 7 (11.11%) MailChimp
5 6 (9.52%) Google Ads
5 6 (9.52%) SaaS
6 3 (4.76%) Google Workspace
7 2 (3.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (1.59%) Cloudflare
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Git
General
1 48 (76.19%) Marketing
2 26 (41.27%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.63%) Advertising
4 7 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (7.94%) Multimedia
5 5 (7.94%) Retail
6 4 (6.35%) Brand Awareness
7 3 (4.76%) Finance
8 2 (3.17%) General Ledger
8 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.59%) Billing
9 1 (1.59%) Games
9 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (44.44%) Designer
2 12 (19.05%) Graphic Designer
3 7 (11.11%) Marketing Executive
3 7 (11.11%) Senior
4 6 (9.52%) Marketing Manager
5 4 (6.35%) Digital Designer
5 4 (6.35%) Senior Designer
6 3 (4.76%) Coordinator
6 3 (4.76%) Developer
6 3 (4.76%) Digital Executive
6 3 (4.76%) Digital Marketing Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Artworker
7 2 (3.17%) Creative Director
7 2 (3.17%) Digital Developer
7 2 (3.17%) E-Commerce Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Operations Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Oracle Specialist
7 2 (3.17%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.17%) UI/UX Designer
7 2 (3.17%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (25.40%) HTML
2 14 (22.22%) CSS
3 5 (7.94%) Bootstrap
4 3 (4.76%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (3.17%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (1.59%) Sass
6 1 (1.59%) Semantic HTML
6 1 (1.59%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (1.59%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 30 (47.62%) Social Media
2 14 (22.22%) Motion Graphics
3 12 (19.05%) Graphic Design
4 7 (11.11%) Blog
5 6 (9.52%) Animation
6 5 (7.94%) Video Editing
7 4 (6.35%) e-Learning
7 4 (6.35%) Learning Management System
8 3 (4.76%) Digital Media
8 3 (4.76%) Digital Signage
9 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
9 2 (3.17%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (1.59%) 3D Graphics
10 1 (1.59%) Acoustics
10 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
10 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (1.59%) Smart City
10 1 (1.59%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.68%) User Experience
2 23 (36.51%) B2B
3 16 (25.40%) Marketing Strategy
4 15 (23.81%) Digital Marketing
5 13 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (20.63%) Typography
5 13 (20.63%) UX Design
6 12 (19.05%) SEO
7 10 (15.87%) Analytics
8 9 (14.29%) B2B Marketing
8 9 (14.29%) Copywriting
8 9 (14.29%) Wireframes
9 8 (12.70%) Email Marketing
10 7 (11.11%) Content Management
10 7 (11.11%) Demand Generation
10 7 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
11 6 (9.52%) Creative Marketing
11 6 (9.52%) Pay per click
11 6 (9.52%) Responsive Web Design
11 6 (9.52%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.87%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (30.16%) Degree
2 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.17%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 63 (100.00%) Adobe
2 14 (22.22%) Google
3 7 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.94%) HubSpot
5 4 (6.35%) Facebook
5 4 (6.35%) Instagram
6 3 (4.76%) Salesforce
7 2 (3.17%) Ahrefs
7 2 (3.17%) Oracle
8 1 (1.59%) Optimizely
8 1 (1.59%) Pardot
8 1 (1.59%) Sitecore
8 1 (1.59%) WooCommerce
8 1 (1.59%) Zoho