InDesign Job Trends

Adobe InDesign
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring InDesign skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 590 701 684
Rank change year-on-year +111 -17 +300
Permanent jobs citing InDesign 57 51 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.081% 0.074%
As % of the Applications category 0.87% 0.83% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 37 23 29
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £30,700
25th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% -18.82% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £45,000
90th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £29,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +12.07% -27.50% +14.29%

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 6,523 6,145 4,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.69% 9.78% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,520 2,283 3,023
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £25,025
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -6.59%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,100 £80,000 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £43,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -11.49% +16.00% -2.60%

InDesign
Job Vacancy Trend

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

InDesign job vacancy trend in the UK

InDesign
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing InDesign.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing InDesign

InDesign
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Top 10 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 6 December 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 +94 51 £32,500 - 12
UK excluding London +106 37 £32,500 +12.07% 13
Work from Home +92 29 £37,500 +4.90% 7
South East +47 20 £32,500 +9.24% 4
London +45 14 £42,500 +6.25%
East of England +34 9 £31,500 +21.15% 6
West Midlands +39 5 £30,500 -2.40%
Midlands +36 5 £30,500 -2.40%
North of England +38 3 £29,000 -10.77% 2
Yorkshire - 3 £29,000 -

InDesign
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 12 (21.05%) CMS
2 9 (15.79%) WordPress
3 3 (5.26%) Drupal
4 2 (3.51%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.75%) Confluence
5 1 (1.75%) DNN
Applications
1 45 (78.95%) Photoshop
2 39 (68.42%) Adobe Illustrator
3 30 (52.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 20 (35.09%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (35.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (28.07%) Microsoft Excel
6 10 (17.54%) Adobe Premiere
7 8 (14.04%) Adobe After Effects
8 7 (12.28%) Adobe XD
9 2 (3.51%) Acrobat
9 2 (3.51%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (28.07%) Figma
2 14 (24.56%) SaaS
3 13 (22.81%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (19.30%) Canva
5 9 (15.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 5 (8.77%) Google Analytics
6 5 (8.77%) MailChimp
7 1 (1.75%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.75%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.79%) Unified Communications
2 3 (5.26%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 45 (78.95%) Marketing
2 26 (45.61%) Social Skills
3 11 (19.30%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (17.54%) Advertising
5 7 (12.28%) Multimedia
6 4 (7.02%) Brand Awareness
7 3 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.51%) Retail
9 1 (1.75%) Finance
9 1 (1.75%) Legal
9 1 (1.75%) Publishing
9 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (54.39%) Designer
2 20 (35.09%) Graphic Designer
3 13 (22.81%) Marketing Executive
4 12 (21.05%) Senior
5 9 (15.79%) Senior Marketing Executive
6 5 (8.77%) Digital Designer
7 4 (7.02%) Creative Designer
8 3 (5.26%) Content Designer
8 3 (5.26%) e-Learning Designer
8 3 (5.26%) Marketing Specialist
9 2 (3.51%) Art Director
9 2 (3.51%) Artworker
9 2 (3.51%) Communications Officer
9 2 (3.51%) Junior
9 2 (3.51%) Junior Designer
9 2 (3.51%) Senior Designer
9 2 (3.51%) Senior Graphic Designer
10 1 (1.75%) IT Trainer
10 1 (1.75%) Technical Designer
10 1 (1.75%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.28%) CSS
1 7 (12.28%) HTML
2 3 (5.26%) Bootstrap
2 3 (5.26%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (1.75%) SWT
Miscellaneous
1 39 (68.42%) Social Media
2 21 (36.84%) Graphic Design
3 12 (21.05%) Motion Graphics
3 12 (21.05%) Web Conferencing
4 11 (19.30%) Video Editing
5 9 (15.79%) Onboarding
6 8 (14.04%) Animation
7 3 (5.26%) e-Learning
7 3 (5.26%) Learning Management System
7 3 (5.26%) Photography
7 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.75%) Blog
8 1 (1.75%) Digital Media
8 1 (1.75%) FMCG
8 1 (1.75%) NHS
8 1 (1.75%) Smart City
8 1 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.84%) User Experience
2 18 (31.58%) Analytics
3 14 (24.56%) Storytelling
4 13 (22.81%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (22.81%) CRM
4 13 (22.81%) Line Management
4 13 (22.81%) Typography
5 12 (21.05%) Business Analytics
6 11 (19.30%) Collaborative Culture
6 11 (19.30%) Commercial Awareness
6 11 (19.30%) Product Marketing
7 9 (15.79%) Computer Science
7 9 (15.79%) Demand Generation
7 9 (15.79%) GTM Strategy
7 9 (15.79%) Lead Generation
8 8 (14.04%) Creative Marketing
8 8 (14.04%) UX Design
9 6 (10.53%) Wireframes
10 5 (8.77%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (8.77%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.75%) PHP
Qualifications
1 28 (49.12%) Degree
2 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.05%) ISO 9001
1 12 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.02%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 57 (100.00%) Adobe
2 21 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 12 (21.05%) Cisco
4 9 (15.79%) Zoho
5 5 (8.77%) Google
6 4 (7.02%) Facebook
6 4 (7.02%) Instagram
7 1 (1.75%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.75%) TippingPoint