Adobe Illustrator Job Trends

Adobe Illustrator
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Adobe Illustrator skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 738 597 717
Rank change year-on-year -141 +120 -43
Permanent jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 55 76 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.15% 0.10%
As % of the Applications category 0.97% 1.24% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 28 37 38
10th Percentile £28,463 £26,400 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -7.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £43,438
90th Percentile £41,375 £48,500 £54,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £32,500 £32,250
% change year-on-year +12.31% +0.78% -19.38%

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 5,651 6,120 7,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.98% 12.34% 9.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,227 2,583 2,741
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,875 £60,265
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +6.45%

Adobe Illustrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Adobe Illustrator job vacancy trend in the UK

Adobe Illustrator
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Adobe Illustrator over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Adobe Illustrator in the UK

Adobe Illustrator
Top 13 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 13 September 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 -118 52 £36,000 +10.77% 29
UK excluding London -120 42 £36,500 +12.31% 20
Work from Home -53 26 £37,500 +15.38% 11
South East -44 13 £37,500 +25.00% 10
London -49 13 £35,500 +9.23% 15
North of England -49 13 £37,500 -5.06% 3
North West -8 10 £37,500 -5.06% 1
South West -66 10 £34,000 -9.33% 1
Midlands -59 3 £36,500 +12.31% 3
Yorkshire - 3 - - 2
Scotland - 3 - - 2
East Midlands -33 2 £33,750 -6.90% 3
West Midlands -42 1 £36,500 +12.31%

Adobe Illustrator
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 5 (9.09%) WordPress
2 2 (3.64%) Moodle
2 2 (3.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.82%) CMS
3 1 (1.82%) Umbraco
Applications
1 42 (76.36%) Photoshop
2 31 (56.36%) InDesign
3 26 (47.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 21 (38.18%) Adobe After Effects
5 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (10.91%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (3.64%) Adobe XD
8 1 (1.82%) 3ds Max
8 1 (1.82%) Blender
8 1 (1.82%) Camtasia
8 1 (1.82%) CorelDRAW
8 1 (1.82%) Inkscape
8 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (1.82%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 19 (34.55%) Figma
2 9 (16.36%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (3.64%) SaaS
4 1 (1.82%) Canva
4 1 (1.82%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.82%) Slack
4 1 (1.82%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.09%) WPA
2 4 (7.27%) Bluetooth
2 4 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (7.27%) Wireless
3 3 (5.45%) RIP
4 1 (1.82%) Internet
4 1 (1.82%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) GIS
1 1 (1.82%) Power BI
1 1 (1.82%) Power Query
1 1 (1.82%) QGIS
General
1 31 (56.36%) Marketing
2 16 (29.09%) Multimedia
2 16 (29.09%) Organisational Skills
3 12 (21.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 6 (10.91%) Advertising
5 6 (10.91%) Retail
6 5 (9.09%) Manufacturing
7 4 (7.27%) Electronics
8 3 (5.45%) Banking
9 2 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (3.64%) Automotive
9 2 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.64%) Law
9 2 (3.64%) Local Government
9 2 (3.64%) Publishing
10 1 (1.82%) iGaming
10 1 (1.82%) Legal
10 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (47.27%) Designer
2 11 (20.00%) Graphic Designer
3 9 (16.36%) Senior
4 7 (12.73%) Senior Designer
4 7 (12.73%) Senior UI Designer
4 7 (12.73%) Senior UI/UX Designer
4 7 (12.73%) Senior UX Designer
4 7 (12.73%) UI Designer
4 7 (12.73%) UI/UX Designer
4 7 (12.73%) UX Designer
5 6 (10.91%) Junior
6 5 (9.09%) Creative Designer
6 5 (9.09%) Support Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Technical Support
7 4 (7.27%) Technical Support Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) Author
8 3 (5.45%) Digital Designer
8 3 (5.45%) Graduate
8 3 (5.45%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (23.64%) CSS
1 13 (23.64%) HTML
2 7 (12.73%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.27%) Graphic Design
2 13 (23.64%) Social Media
3 10 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (16.36%) Animation
5 5 (9.09%) FMCG
6 4 (7.27%) IoT
7 3 (5.45%) Learning Management System
7 3 (5.45%) Photography
8 2 (3.64%) Digital Media
8 2 (3.64%) e-Learning
8 2 (3.64%) Management Information System
8 2 (3.64%) Midjourney
8 2 (3.64%) Mobile App
8 2 (3.64%) PMI
8 2 (3.64%) Product Ownership
8 2 (3.64%) SCORM
9 1 (1.82%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.82%) Motion Graphics
9 1 (1.82%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (36.36%) User Experience
2 18 (32.73%) AI
3 14 (25.45%) Prototyping
4 13 (23.64%) B2B
5 12 (21.82%) Customer Engagement
6 11 (20.00%) Typography
6 11 (20.00%) UX Design
7 9 (16.36%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (16.36%) Mentoring
8 8 (14.55%) Customer-Centricity
8 8 (14.55%) Digital Marketing
8 8 (14.55%) Infographics
8 8 (14.55%) Storytelling
9 7 (12.73%) Global Marketing
9 7 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (12.73%) Rapid Prototyping
10 5 (9.09%) Line Management
10 5 (9.09%) Project Delivery
10 5 (9.09%) Workflow
11 4 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.45%) Java
1 3 (5.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (3.64%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.82%) HNC
3 1 (1.82%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.64%) QA
Vendors
1 52 (94.55%) Adobe
2 5 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.82%) Google
3 1 (1.82%) Xerox
3 1 (1.82%) YouTube