InDesign Job Trends in the West Midlands

Adobe InDesign
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring InDesign skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 203 174
Rank change year-on-year +34 -29 +95
Permanent jobs citing InDesign 5 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.097% 0.045% 0.033%
As % of the Applications category 0.98% 0.36% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £28,100 £26,875 -
25th Percentile £28,625 £27,813 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £31,250 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +38.89% -48.69%
75th Percentile £32,625 £35,313 £23,750
90th Percentile £33,300 £36,625 -
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year - -24.42% +7.50%

All Software Application Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 511 548 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.87% 12.32% 9.87%
Number of salaries quoted 231 191 229
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,750 £24,393
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £30,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £66,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -9.01%

InDesign
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

InDesign job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

InDesign
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing InDesign.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing InDesign

InDesign
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing InDesign within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
Staffordshire - 4 £32,500 -
Worcestershire - 1 £28,500 -
InDesign
England

InDesign
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (40.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
General
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Designer
2 3 (60.00%) Content Designer
2 3 (60.00%) e-Learning Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Artworker
3 1 (20.00%) Junior
3 1 (20.00%) Junior Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Visual Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Animation
1 3 (60.00%) e-Learning
1 3 (60.00%) Graphic Design
1 3 (60.00%) Learning Management System
1 3 (60.00%) Video Editing
1 3 (60.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) Content Development
1 3 (60.00%) Copywriting
1 3 (60.00%) Instructional Design
1 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (60.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Adobe