InDesign Jobs

Adobe InDesign
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring InDesign skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited InDesign 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 644 758 899
Rank change year-on-year +114 +141 +147
Permanent jobs citing InDesign 48 138 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.14% 0.087%
As % of the Applications category 0.75% 1.41% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 23 118 68
10th Percentile £26,650 £22,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,375 £25,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £28,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -32.94% +10.39%
75th Percentile £50,000 £37,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,000 £44,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £28,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +16.07% -20.00% -5.41%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

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%

InDesign
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing InDesign.

Salary trend for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing InDesign 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 +88 46 £47,500 +66.67% 53
London +115 27 £50,000 +25.00% 30
UK excluding London +112 19 £32,500 +16.07% 31
Work from Home +167 16 £50,000 +78.57% 21
South East +83 8 £26,000 -7.96% 11
East of England +36 5 £32,500 +14.04% 6
South West +105 3 - - 3
North of England +69 3 £46,250 +68.18% 6
North West +24 3 £46,250 +68.18% 2

InDesign
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 6 (12.50%) IBM Domino
2 5 (10.42%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (10.42%) CMS
3 4 (8.33%) SharePoint
4 2 (4.17%) WordPress
5 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 40 (83.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 40 (83.33%) Photoshop
2 29 (60.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (25.00%) Adobe Premiere
4 11 (22.92%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (4.17%) Adobe XD
8 1 (2.08%) Blender
8 1 (2.08%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Shopify
2 2 (4.17%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 7 (14.58%) Figma
3 5 (10.42%) Canva
4 3 (6.25%) Contentful
4 3 (6.25%) SaaS
5 2 (4.17%) BigCommerce
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.08%) Asana
6 1 (2.08%) Google Ads
6 1 (2.08%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) Broadband
1 3 (6.25%) Intranet
1 3 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 30 (62.50%) Marketing
2 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 10 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (14.58%) Retail
5 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (10.42%) Finance
6 5 (10.42%) Legal
7 4 (8.33%) Advertising
7 4 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (6.25%) Publishing
9 2 (4.17%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 2 (4.17%) Multimedia
10 1 (2.08%) Games
Job Titles
1 20 (41.67%) Designer
2 9 (18.75%) Graphic Designer
3 7 (14.58%) Content Manager
3 7 (14.58%) Junior
4 6 (12.50%) Artworker
4 6 (12.50%) Creative Artworker
4 6 (12.50%) Creative Designer
5 5 (10.42%) Developer
5 5 (10.42%) Junior Developer
5 5 (10.42%) Junior Python Developer
5 5 (10.42%) Python Developer
6 4 (8.33%) Digital Content Manager
6 4 (8.33%) Digital Designer
7 2 (4.17%) Communications Manager
7 2 (4.17%) E-Commerce Executive
7 2 (4.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 2 (4.17%) Junior Designer
7 2 (4.17%) Junior Front-End Developer (Junior Client-Side Developer)
7 2 (4.17%) Web Designer
8 1 (2.08%) Digital Communications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.50%) ATL
2 5 (10.42%) NumPy
2 5 (10.42%) Pandas
3 3 (6.25%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.08%) DCOM
4 1 (2.08%) EDI
4 1 (2.08%) HTML
4 1 (2.08%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 28 (58.33%) Social Media
2 11 (22.92%) Graphic Design
3 8 (16.67%) Motion Graphics
4 5 (10.42%) Animation
5 4 (8.33%) Video Editing
6 3 (6.25%) Algorithms
6 3 (6.25%) Photography
7 2 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
8 1 (2.08%) Digital Media
8 1 (2.08%) e-Learning
8 1 (2.08%) FMCG
8 1 (2.08%) NHS
8 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 1 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 14 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (20.83%) E-Commerce
4 9 (18.75%) Email Marketing
4 9 (18.75%) Project Management
4 9 (18.75%) Storytelling
5 8 (16.67%) Typography
6 7 (14.58%) CRM
6 7 (14.58%) User Experience
7 6 (12.50%) Analytics
7 6 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (12.50%) Pay per click
8 5 (10.42%) Content Management
8 5 (10.42%) Situational Awareness
9 4 (8.33%) Asset Management
9 4 (8.33%) Campaign Management
9 4 (8.33%) Infographics
9 4 (8.33%) UX Design
9 4 (8.33%) Visualisation
9 4 (8.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.42%) Python
1 5 (10.42%) SQL
2 3 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (20.83%) Degree
2 4 (8.33%) DBS Check
3 2 (4.17%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.17%) GDPR
2 2 (4.17%) ISO 9001
2 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.08%) PERC
3 1 (2.08%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 48 (100.00%) Adobe
2 6 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (10.42%) Google
4 4 (8.33%) YouTube
5 2 (4.17%) Cisco
5 2 (4.17%) WooCommerce
5 2 (4.17%) Xerox
6 1 (2.08%) Facebook
6 1 (2.08%) Instagram
6 1 (2.08%) Pardot
6 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.08%) TikTok