Adobe InDesign
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for InDesign skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited InDesign over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 693 994 974
Rank change year-on-year +301 -20 -239
Permanent jobs citing InDesign 40 96 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.076% 0.097%
As % of the Applications category 0.92% 0.82% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 31 54 51
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,600 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £33,375 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.90% +6.21%
75th Percentile £44,375 £47,500 £40,125
90th Percentile £53,750 £59,625 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +15.38% -13.33%

All Software Application Skills
UK

InDesign is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4,333 11,685 11,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.01% 9.29% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,020 6,486 6,744
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,948 £45,750 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +3.98% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £38,637 £37,500
% change year-on-year -2.94% +3.03% -

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 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Top 12 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 29 November 2023. 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 +262 40 £42,500 +6.25% 29
London +241 22 £43,000 +4.30% 10
UK excluding London +206 18 £40,000 +6.67% 17
Work from Home +244 10 £47,500 +26.67% 2
East of England +125 8 - - 2
Midlands +107 6 £40,000 -5.88% 3
East Midlands - 4 £42,500 - 2
South East +150 2 £34,500 +6.15% 9
West Midlands +90 2 £22,250 -47.65% 1
North of England +134 1 £40,000 - 4
South West +61 1 £40,000 - 1
North West - 1 £40,000 - 3

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 4 (10.00%) CMS
2 2 (5.00%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (90.00%) Photoshop
2 27 (67.50%) Adobe Illustrator
3 16 (40.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 12 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (22.50%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (17.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (15.00%) InCopy
8 5 (12.50%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (10.00%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (7.50%) Acrobat
11 2 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (2.50%) Adobe XD
12 1 (2.50%) CINEMA 4D
12 1 (2.50%) Final Cut Pro
12 1 (2.50%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 9 (22.50%) Power Platform
2 6 (15.00%) Google Workspace
3 2 (5.00%) Figma
3 2 (5.00%) Google Analytics
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.50%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (22.50%) Power BI
2 8 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (5.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (2.50%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.50%) Balsamiq
General
1 21 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 18 (45.00%) Marketing
3 12 (30.00%) Advertising
4 6 (15.00%) Retail
5 5 (12.50%) Finance
5 5 (12.50%) Law
6 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Automotive
7 1 (2.50%) Games
7 1 (2.50%) Legal
7 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Designer
2 7 (17.50%) Senior
3 6 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (15.00%) Support Specialist
4 5 (12.50%) Artworker
4 5 (12.50%) Creative Artworker
4 5 (12.50%) Developer
4 5 (12.50%) Graphic Designer
5 4 (10.00%) Digital Project Manager
5 4 (10.00%) Junior
5 4 (10.00%) Marketing Manager
5 4 (10.00%) Marketing Project Manager
5 4 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Designer
5 4 (10.00%) Systems Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 3 (7.50%) Senior Artworker
7 2 (5.00%) CRM Manager
7 2 (5.00%) ICT Officer
7 2 (5.00%) Junior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (25.00%) HTML
2 9 (22.50%) CSS
3 2 (5.00%) .NET
3 2 (5.00%) AngularJS
3 2 (5.00%) NumPy
3 2 (5.00%) Pandas
3 2 (5.00%) React
4 1 (2.50%) Alpine.js
4 1 (2.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (27.50%) Social Media
2 8 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
3 5 (12.50%) Graphic Design
4 3 (7.50%) Mobile App
4 3 (7.50%) Photography
4 3 (7.50%) Video Editing
5 2 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.50%) Digital Media
6 1 (2.50%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.50%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 6 (15.00%) Windows
2 6 (15.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) User Experience
2 12 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (27.50%) Workflow
4 9 (22.50%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (22.50%) CRM
4 9 (22.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (20.00%) Agile
5 8 (20.00%) Data Management
5 8 (20.00%) Logistics
5 8 (20.00%) Presales
5 8 (20.00%) Product Management
5 8 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (10.00%) Responsive Web Design
6 4 (10.00%) Web Development
7 3 (7.50%) Content Management
7 3 (7.50%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (7.50%) Fintech
7 3 (7.50%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) JavaScript
1 3 (7.50%) SQL
2 2 (5.00%) Python
2 2 (5.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (15.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) Jamf Pro
1 6 (15.00%) SCCM
2 2 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) Adobe
2 8 (20.00%) Google
2 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.50%) Facebook
3 1 (2.50%) Instagram
3 1 (2.50%) TikTok
3 1 (2.50%) Twitter
3 1 (2.50%) YouTube