InDesign Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Adobe InDesign
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring InDesign skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 543 524
Rank change year-on-year +71 -19 +217
Permanent jobs citing InDesign 37 17 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.089% 0.044% 0.053%
As % of the Applications category 0.80% 0.41% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 27 14 7
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,575 £25,600
25th Percentile £29,125 £25,875 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £29,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% -27.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £37,500 £34,875 £43,750
90th Percentile £51,250 £37,500 -
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% -19.77% +7.50%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

InDesign 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 4,605 4,161 2,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.02% 10.70% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,684 1,502 1,787
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £27,965
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,449 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% +20.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,501 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +11.77% -7.61%

InDesign
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

InDesign job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

InDesign
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing InDesign

InDesign
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing InDesign in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Salary histogram for InDesign in the UK excluding London

InDesign
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 InDesign within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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 +53 20 £32,500 +9.24% 3
East of England +34 9 £31,500 +21.15% 6
West Midlands +30 5 £30,500 -2.40% 1
Midlands +30 5 £30,500 -2.40% 1
North of England +23 3 £29,000 -10.77% 2
Yorkshire - 3 £29,000 - 1
InDesign
UK

InDesign
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 10 (27.03%) CMS
2 3 (8.11%) Drupal
2 3 (8.11%) WordPress
3 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (75.68%) Photoshop
2 24 (64.86%) Adobe Illustrator
3 20 (54.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (32.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (27.03%) Adobe Premiere
6 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Excel
7 5 (13.51%) Adobe XD
8 3 (8.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (2.70%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) Figma
2 8 (21.62%) SaaS
3 7 (18.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 7 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (16.22%) Canva
5 5 (13.51%) MailChimp
6 4 (10.81%) Google Analytics
7 1 (2.70%) ChatGPT
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) Unified Communications
2 3 (8.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
General
1 31 (83.78%) Marketing
2 17 (45.95%) Social Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Advertising
4 3 (8.11%) Brand Awareness
4 3 (8.11%) Multimedia
4 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (54.05%) Designer
2 14 (37.84%) Graphic Designer
3 10 (27.03%) Marketing Executive
4 6 (16.22%) Senior
4 6 (16.22%) Senior Marketing Executive
5 4 (10.81%) Digital Designer
6 3 (8.11%) Content Designer
6 3 (8.11%) e-Learning Designer
6 3 (8.11%) Marketing Specialist
7 2 (5.41%) Art Director
8 1 (2.70%) Artworker
8 1 (2.70%) IT Trainer
8 1 (2.70%) Junior
8 1 (2.70%) Junior Designer
8 1 (2.70%) Technical Designer
8 1 (2.70%) Trainer
8 1 (2.70%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Bootstrap
1 3 (8.11%) CSS
1 3 (8.11%) HTML
1 3 (8.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (72.97%) Social Media
2 14 (37.84%) Graphic Design
3 10 (27.03%) Video Editing
4 9 (24.32%) Web Conferencing
5 6 (16.22%) Motion Graphics
5 6 (16.22%) Onboarding
6 5 (13.51%) Animation
7 3 (8.11%) e-Learning
7 3 (8.11%) Learning Management System
7 3 (8.11%) Photography
8 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) User Experience
2 10 (27.03%) Analytics
2 10 (27.03%) Typography
3 9 (24.32%) CRM
4 8 (21.62%) Commercial Awareness
4 8 (21.62%) Product Marketing
5 7 (18.92%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (18.92%) Collaborative Culture
5 7 (18.92%) Creative Marketing
6 6 (16.22%) Business Analytics
6 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
6 6 (16.22%) Demand Generation
6 6 (16.22%) GTM Strategy
6 6 (16.22%) Lead Generation
6 6 (16.22%) Line Management
6 6 (16.22%) Storytelling
7 5 (13.51%) Responsive Web Design
7 5 (13.51%) UX Design
7 5 (13.51%) Wireframes
8 4 (10.81%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (51.35%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) ISO 9001
1 6 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) Adobe
2 14 (37.84%) Microsoft
3 6 (16.22%) Cisco
3 6 (16.22%) Zoho
4 4 (10.81%) Facebook
4 4 (10.81%) Google
4 4 (10.81%) Instagram