Adobe Illustrator Jobs

Adobe Illustrator
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Adobe Illustrator skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Adobe Illustrator over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 625 679 819
Rank change year-on-year +54 +140 +8
Permanent jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 67 217 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Applications category 1.05% 2.21% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 27 175 118
10th Percentile £26,950 £23,000 £28,900
25th Percentile £30,250 £25,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -31.43% -2.78%
75th Percentile £48,750 £39,500 £51,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £71,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £28,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +14.04% -18.57% -15.15%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 6,389 9,799 9,165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.28% 9.95% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,208 6,131 4,992
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,945 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.04% -0.74%
75th Percentile £60,265 £53,469 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -6.67% -4.63%

Adobe Illustrator
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Adobe Illustrator as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Adobe Illustrator in the UK

Adobe Illustrator
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Adobe Illustrator.

Salary trend for Adobe Illustrator in the UK

Adobe Illustrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Adobe Illustrator over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Adobe Illustrator in the UK

Adobe Illustrator
Top 14 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +38 65 £38,750 +29.17% 100
London +103 33 £47,500 +18.75% 55
UK excluding London +65 32 £32,500 +14.04% 56
Work from Home +167 29 £46,250 +54.17% 42
South East +76 10 £26,000 -13.33% 19
North of England +54 10 £45,000 +60.71% 12
East of England +32 6 £32,500 +14.04% 10
Yorkshire +62 5 £30,000 - 5
South West +96 3 - - 7
Midlands +53 3 £42,500 +58.88% 8
North West +14 3 £46,250 +68.18% 7
North East +51 2 - -
East Midlands +32 2 £38,000 +43.40% 3
West Midlands +39 1 £42,500 +41.67% 3

Adobe Illustrator
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (16.42%) CMS
2 6 (8.96%) IBM Domino
3 4 (5.97%) WordPress
4 3 (4.48%) SharePoint
5 2 (2.99%) ArcGIS
6 1 (1.49%) Confluence
6 1 (1.49%) IIS
6 1 (1.49%) Umbraco
Applications
1 65 (97.01%) Photoshop
2 40 (59.70%) InDesign
3 37 (55.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 20 (29.85%) Adobe After Effects
5 18 (26.87%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (8.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (7.46%) Adobe XD
7 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (5.97%) CINEMA 4D
8 4 (5.97%) QuarkXPress
9 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
10 1 (1.49%) Blender
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Shopify
2 2 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.99%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.90%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 9 (13.43%) Figma
3 6 (8.96%) Canva
4 4 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.48%) Contentful
5 3 (4.48%) SaaS
6 2 (2.99%) BigCommerce
7 1 (1.49%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.49%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.48%) Broadband
1 3 (4.48%) Intranet
1 3 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) JIRA
General
1 41 (61.19%) Marketing
2 19 (28.36%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (13.43%) Retail
4 8 (11.94%) Advertising
4 8 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.46%) Legal
5 5 (7.46%) Multimedia
5 5 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.48%) Brand Awareness
6 3 (4.48%) Publishing
7 2 (2.99%) Games
7 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.49%) Finance
8 1 (1.49%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 34 (50.75%) Designer
2 9 (13.43%) Graphic Designer
3 8 (11.94%) Content Manager
3 8 (11.94%) Digital Designer
4 7 (10.45%) Artworker
4 7 (10.45%) Creative Designer
5 6 (8.96%) Creative Artworker
6 5 (7.46%) Senior
6 5 (7.46%) Senior Designer
7 4 (5.97%) Developer
7 4 (5.97%) Digital Content Manager
7 4 (5.97%) Web Designer
8 3 (4.48%) Web Developer
9 2 (2.99%) Consultant
9 2 (2.99%) Digital Marketing Manager
9 2 (2.99%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 2 (2.99%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
9 2 (2.99%) Junior
9 2 (2.99%) Junior Designer
9 2 (2.99%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (16.42%) HTML
2 10 (14.93%) CSS
3 6 (8.96%) ATL
4 1 (1.49%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.49%) Bootstrap
4 1 (1.49%) DCOM
4 1 (1.49%) HTML5
4 1 (1.49%) jQuery
4 1 (1.49%) React
4 1 (1.49%) Sass
4 1 (1.49%) SVG
Miscellaneous
1 38 (56.72%) Social Media
2 17 (25.37%) Graphic Design
3 12 (17.91%) Animation
4 9 (13.43%) Motion Graphics
5 6 (8.96%) Digital Media
6 5 (7.46%) Algorithms
6 5 (7.46%) Video Editing
7 4 (5.97%) Photography
8 3 (4.48%) Blog
8 3 (4.48%) NHS
9 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (2.99%) ASTM
9 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
9 2 (2.99%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (1.49%) e-Learning
10 1 (1.49%) FMCG
10 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
10 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (1.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (1.49%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.34%) Digital Marketing
2 13 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (16.42%) Content Management
3 11 (16.42%) E-Commerce
3 11 (16.42%) Email Marketing
3 11 (16.42%) Storytelling
4 9 (13.43%) Analytics
4 9 (13.43%) CRM
4 9 (13.43%) Typography
4 9 (13.43%) User Experience
5 8 (11.94%) Project Management
6 6 (8.96%) Creative Thinking
6 6 (8.96%) Pay per click
6 6 (8.96%) Time Management
6 6 (8.96%) Visualisation
7 5 (7.46%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (7.46%) Data Protection
7 5 (7.46%) SEO
7 5 (7.46%) UX Design
8 4 (5.97%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.96%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.97%) PHP
3 1 (1.49%) C#
3 1 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (25.37%) Degree
2 4 (5.97%) DBS Check
2 4 (5.97%) HNC
2 4 (5.97%) HND
3 2 (2.99%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.45%) Accessibility
2 6 (8.96%) QA
3 2 (2.99%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.49%) GDPR
Vendors
1 65 (97.01%) Adobe
2 7 (10.45%) Google
2 7 (10.45%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.46%) YouTube
4 2 (2.99%) Cisco
4 2 (2.99%) WooCommerce
4 2 (2.99%) Xerox
5 1 (1.49%) Facebook
5 1 (1.49%) Instagram
5 1 (1.49%) TikTok