Adobe Illustrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Adobe Illustrator
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Adobe Illustrator skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 492 582
Rank change year-on-year -59 +90 +11
Permanent jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 41 40 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.062% 0.14% 0.24%
As % of the Applications category 1.06% 1.22% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 28 15 145
10th Percentile £30,741 £25,600 £23,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £29,375 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +31.58% -18.57%
75th Percentile £53,750 £42,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £67,250 £46,500 £45,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +25.00% -25.00%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

Adobe Illustrator 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 3,867 3,292 7,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.81% 11.16% 9.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,899 1,532 4,508
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,938 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £66,274 £62,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +15.38% -13.33%

Adobe Illustrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Adobe Illustrator job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Adobe Illustrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Adobe Illustrator
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Adobe Illustrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Adobe Illustrator in the UK excluding London

Adobe Illustrator
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 Illustrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Midlands -10 14 £45,000 +2.86% 2
West Midlands -12 14 £45,000 +5.88% 1
South West -57 10 £34,000 -9.33% 1
South East -29 9 £52,500 +94.44% 6
North of England -35 7 £35,000 -24.32% 2
North West +16 5 £35,000 -24.32% 1
Yorkshire -39 2 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 1
Adobe Illustrator
UK

Adobe Illustrator
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 11 (26.83%) CMS
2 5 (12.20%) WordPress
3 4 (9.76%) nginx
4 2 (4.88%) Umbraco
5 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 37 (90.24%) Photoshop
2 20 (48.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 18 (43.90%) Adobe After Effects
3 18 (43.90%) InDesign
4 6 (14.63%) Adobe Premiere
5 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (7.32%) Camtasia
7 1 (2.44%) Adobe XD
7 1 (2.44%) Blender
7 1 (2.44%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Shopify
2 2 (4.88%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Figma
2 5 (12.20%) Canva
3 4 (9.76%) AWS
3 4 (9.76%) GitHub
3 4 (9.76%) SaaS
4 2 (4.88%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) Bluetooth
1 4 (9.76%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (9.76%) Wireless
2 1 (2.44%) Intranet
2 1 (2.44%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Git
1 4 (9.76%) Vite
General
1 22 (53.66%) Marketing
2 13 (31.71%) Multimedia
3 9 (21.95%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (17.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
6 5 (12.20%) Automotive
6 5 (12.20%) Games
6 5 (12.20%) iGaming
7 4 (9.76%) Electronics
7 4 (9.76%) Manufacturing
7 4 (9.76%) Telecoms
8 3 (7.32%) Finance
8 3 (7.32%) Legal
9 1 (2.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Designer
2 8 (19.51%) Graphic Designer
2 8 (19.51%) Marketing Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Support Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Animator
4 5 (12.20%) Senior
5 4 (9.76%) Marketing Communications Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Product Owner
5 4 (9.76%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Technical Support
5 4 (9.76%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Digital Producer
6 3 (7.32%) Graphic Artist
7 2 (4.88%) 2D Animator
7 2 (4.88%) Digital Designer
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Animator
8 1 (2.44%) Communications Officer
8 1 (2.44%) Creative Designer
8 1 (2.44%) Digital Executive
8 1 (2.44%) Digital Marketing Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (34.15%) HTML
2 13 (31.71%) CSS
3 4 (9.76%) Laravel
3 4 (9.76%) LEMP Stack
3 4 (9.76%) Tailwind CSS
3 4 (9.76%) Vue
3 4 (9.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (48.78%) Social Media
2 18 (43.90%) Graphic Design
3 8 (19.51%) IoT
4 6 (14.63%) Animation
5 5 (12.20%) Product Ownership
5 5 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (12.20%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (9.76%) Blog
6 4 (9.76%) Podcast
7 3 (7.32%) Photography
8 2 (4.88%) Digital Signage
8 2 (4.88%) Motion Graphics
9 1 (2.44%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (2.44%) Digital Media
9 1 (2.44%) FMCG
9 1 (2.44%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) User Experience
2 18 (43.90%) B2B
3 12 (29.27%) AI
4 9 (21.95%) Customer Engagement
4 9 (21.95%) Digital Marketing
5 8 (19.51%) B2B Marketing
5 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (19.51%) Roadmaps
6 7 (17.07%) Customer-Centricity
6 7 (17.07%) Infographics
6 7 (17.07%) SEO
6 7 (17.07%) Storytelling
7 6 (14.63%) Content Marketing
8 5 (12.20%) Campaign Management
8 5 (12.20%) Copywriting
8 5 (12.20%) Lead Generation
8 5 (12.20%) Logistics
8 5 (12.20%) Supplier Management
8 5 (12.20%) Time Management
9 4 (9.76%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
2 4 (9.76%) Bash
2 4 (9.76%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Degree
2 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Docker
Vendors
1 33 (80.49%) Adobe
2 5 (12.20%) Facebook
2 5 (12.20%) Instagram
3 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.88%) Hootsuite
5 1 (2.44%) Google
5 1 (2.44%) Salesforce