Adobe Creative Suite Job Trends

Adobe Creative Suite
UK

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 576 690
Rank change year-on-year -72 +114 -17
Permanent jobs citing Adobe Creative Suite 137 112 129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Applications category 2.54% 1.94% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 58 68 99
10th Percentile £29,438 £26,500 £25,400
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,600 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.64% +16.00% -30.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £54,700 £50,375 £58,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £31,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% +8.62% -31.76%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 5,404 5,760 8,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.10% 11.57% 10.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,036 2,586 3,751
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,137 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.76% -3.21% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,250 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year - -5.06% -

Adobe Creative Suite
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Adobe Creative Suite job vacancy trend in the UK

Adobe Creative Suite
Salary Trend

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

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

Adobe Creative Suite
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Adobe Creative Suite over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Adobe Creative Suite in the UK

Adobe Creative Suite
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 August 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
England -54 127 £37,500 -10.39% 50
Work from Home +20 92 £42,500 +32.81% 21
London -26 64 £45,000 -5.26% 22
UK excluding London -99 58 £37,500 +19.05% 33
South West -58 20 £32,500 +20.37% 4
East of England -30 10 £35,000 +11.11%
Midlands -18 9 £45,000 +42.86% 8
South East -37 9 £37,500 +15.38% 12
North of England -52 9 £37,500 -5.06% 6
West Midlands -20 8 £45,000 +42.86% 4
North West -21 6 £37,500 -5.06% 4
North East -56 2 £34,750 -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 4
Scotland - 1 - - 1

Adobe Creative Suite
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 17 (12.41%) WordPress
2 14 (10.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 10 (7.30%) CMS
4 5 (3.65%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (21.90%) Photoshop
2 28 (20.44%) Adobe Illustrator
3 25 (18.25%) InDesign
4 16 (11.68%) Adobe After Effects
5 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (5.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (2.92%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
9 1 (0.73%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.73%) DaVinci Resolve
9 1 (0.73%) Houdini
9 1 (0.73%) NUKE
9 1 (0.73%) Revit
9 1 (0.73%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 39 (28.47%) Workfront
2 3 (2.19%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.46%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 53 (38.69%) iPaaS
2 21 (15.33%) Canva
3 20 (14.60%) Figma
4 13 (9.49%) SaaS
5 6 (4.38%) Google Analytics
6 4 (2.92%) Azure
6 4 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.19%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.46%) GoToWebinar
8 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.46%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.46%) SurveyMonkey
9 1 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.73%) AWS
9 1 (0.73%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.73%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.73%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.73%) MailChimp
9 1 (0.73%) Meta Ads
9 1 (0.73%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 56 (40.88%) Broadband
2 5 (3.65%) WPA
3 1 (0.73%) DHCP
3 1 (0.73%) DNS
3 1 (0.73%) HTTP
3 1 (0.73%) Intranet
3 1 (0.73%) SSL
3 1 (0.73%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.73%) VLAN
3 1 (0.73%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (38.69%) Metadata
2 2 (1.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Git
General
1 105 (76.64%) Marketing
2 33 (24.09%) Social Skills
3 22 (16.06%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (8.03%) Multimedia
5 8 (5.84%) Advertising
6 7 (5.11%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.38%) Brand Awareness
8 5 (3.65%) Automotive
9 4 (2.92%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.92%) Aviation
9 4 (2.92%) Finance
9 4 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.19%) Games
10 3 (2.19%) Retail
11 2 (1.46%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.73%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.73%) iGaming
12 1 (0.73%) Law
12 1 (0.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 41 (29.93%) Product Owner
2 38 (27.74%) Designer
3 12 (8.76%) Graphic Designer
4 9 (6.57%) Marketing Manager
5 8 (5.84%) Digital Designer
5 8 (5.84%) Marketing Executive
5 8 (5.84%) UX Designer
6 7 (5.11%) UI Designer
7 6 (4.38%) Technology Owner
8 5 (3.65%) Creative Designer
8 5 (3.65%) Lead
8 5 (3.65%) Senior
8 5 (3.65%) Web Designer
9 4 (2.92%) Coordinator
9 4 (2.92%) Product Lead
9 4 (2.92%) Senior Designer
9 4 (2.92%) UI/UX Designer
10 3 (2.19%) IT Technician
10 3 (2.19%) Product Marketing Manager
10 3 (2.19%) Senior UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (16.79%) HTML
2 22 (16.06%) CSS
3 1 (0.73%) GreenSock GSAP
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.73%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 92 (67.15%) Social Media
2 53 (38.69%) Marketing Technology
2 53 (38.69%) Over-the-Top Content
2 53 (38.69%) Product Ownership
3 23 (16.79%) Graphic Design
4 11 (8.03%) Web Conferencing
5 9 (6.57%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (4.38%) Animation
6 6 (4.38%) Photography
6 6 (4.38%) Video Editing
7 5 (3.65%) Blog
7 5 (3.65%) FMCG
7 5 (3.65%) Motion Graphics
8 4 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.92%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.92%) Podcast
9 3 (2.19%) Learning Management System
10 2 (1.46%) Digital Media
10 2 (1.46%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.92%) Windows
2 3 (2.19%) Android
2 3 (2.19%) Mac OS
2 3 (2.19%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (48.91%) Digital Marketing
2 58 (42.34%) Decision-Making
3 57 (41.61%) Agile
3 57 (41.61%) Roadmaps
4 54 (39.42%) Customer Experience
4 54 (39.42%) Workflow
5 53 (38.69%) Ideation Sessions
5 53 (38.69%) Matrix Organization
5 53 (38.69%) Personalization
5 53 (38.69%) Product Backlog
5 53 (38.69%) Product Management
5 53 (38.69%) Product Requirements
5 53 (38.69%) Product Vision
5 53 (38.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 53 (38.69%) Sprint Planning
5 53 (38.69%) User Stories
6 39 (28.47%) Workflow Management
7 34 (24.82%) B2B
8 30 (21.90%) User Experience
9 19 (13.87%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.92%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.73%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (18.25%) Degree
2 4 (2.92%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.19%) A+ Certification
3 3 (2.19%) MBA
4 2 (1.46%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.73%) RIBA
5 1 (0.73%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.73%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.49%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.19%) WCAG
3 1 (0.73%) GDPR
3 1 (0.73%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.73%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 136 (99.27%) Adobe
2 13 (9.49%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.57%) HubSpot
4 7 (5.11%) Facebook
4 7 (5.11%) Instagram
5 6 (4.38%) Google
6 5 (3.65%) Pardot
7 4 (2.92%) Apple
7 4 (2.92%) Marketo
8 3 (2.19%) YouTube
9 2 (1.46%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.46%) TikTok
10 1 (0.73%) DoubleClick
10 1 (0.73%) Foundry
10 1 (0.73%) Hootsuite
10 1 (0.73%) HP
10 1 (0.73%) Oracle
10 1 (0.73%) Synthesia
10 1 (0.73%) VMware