InDesign Contracts

Adobe InDesign
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for InDesign skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited InDesign over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 679 809
Rank change year-on-year +109 +130 -156
Contract jobs citing InDesign 30 34 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.057% 0.053%
As % of the Applications category 0.87% 0.77% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 31 31
10th Percentile £180 £185 -
25th Percentile £200 £234 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £325 £250
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -24.81%
75th Percentile £331 £465 £375
90th Percentile £575 £500 £395
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £250 £195
% change year-on-year -24.00% +28.21% -25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile £13.42 - £26.25
25th Percentile £14.06 £51.25 £26.31
Median hourly rate £14.37 £52.50 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -72.63% +55.56% +113.74%
75th Percentile £38.75 £53.75 £40.75
90th Percentile £47.30 - £50.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 - £40.50
% change year-on-year - - +47.84%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,447 4,405 6,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.91% 7.38% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,742 2,896 4,310
10th Percentile £163 £188 £160
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £428
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -0.76% +7.06%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £549
90th Percentile £650 £684 £649
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £391 £375
% change year-on-year -10.54% +4.33% +10.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 635 264 437
10th Percentile £11.57 £13.94 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.48 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.80 £36.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.23% +69.77% +14.51%
75th Percentile £39.92 £53.45 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.75 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £32.30 £19.00
% change year-on-year -50.28% +70.00% +2.70%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing InDesign.

Daily rate trend for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing InDesign over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing InDesign.

Hourly rate trend for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing InDesign over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for InDesign in the UK

InDesign
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing InDesign within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +101 29 £275 -15.38% 47
London +100 22 £300 -7.69% 24
Work from Home +120 13 £300 -29.82% 16
UK excluding London +70 7 £190 -24.00% 25
South East - 6 £190 - 8
West Midlands - 1 - - 4
Midlands - 1 - - 7

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 2 (6.67%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) Moodle
Applications
1 30 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 25 (83.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 12 (40.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 6 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (16.67%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (10.00%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (3.33%) 3ds Max
8 1 (3.33%) Blender
8 1 (3.33%) InVision
8 1 (3.33%) Marvel
8 1 (3.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Figma
2 4 (13.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (6.67%) MailChimp
4 1 (3.33%) Azure
4 1 (3.33%) GitHub
4 1 (3.33%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.33%) SurveyMonkey
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) Maven
General
1 13 (43.33%) Marketing
2 9 (30.00%) Advertising
2 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Retail
4 4 (13.33%) Finance
5 3 (10.00%) Health Technology
5 3 (10.00%) Legal
5 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.33%) Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 21 (70.00%) Designer
2 8 (26.67%) Senior
2 8 (26.67%) Senior Designer
3 5 (16.67%) Artworker
3 5 (16.67%) Digital Designer
4 3 (10.00%) Graphic Designer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior UI Designer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior UI/UX Designer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior UX Designer
4 3 (10.00%) UI Designer
4 3 (10.00%) UI/UX Designer
4 3 (10.00%) UX Designer
5 2 (6.67%) Creative Designer
5 2 (6.67%) Product Designer
5 2 (6.67%) Production Executive
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Digital Designer
6 1 (3.33%) Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Creative Designer
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Graphic Designer
6 1 (3.33%) Systems Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) HTML
2 2 (6.67%) CSS
3 1 (3.33%) HTML5
3 1 (3.33%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (3.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Graphic Design
2 5 (16.67%) Social Media
3 4 (13.33%) Animation
3 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (10.00%) Digital Media
5 1 (3.33%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (3.33%) e-Learning
5 1 (3.33%) Interactive Media
5 1 (3.33%) Photography
5 1 (3.33%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Android
1 3 (10.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Typography
2 7 (23.33%) Project Management
3 4 (13.33%) Change Management
3 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (13.33%) Time Management
3 4 (13.33%) User Experience
4 3 (10.00%) B2C
4 3 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (10.00%) Multichannel Marketing
4 3 (10.00%) UX Design
4 3 (10.00%) Web Design
5 2 (6.67%) Agile
5 2 (6.67%) Content Development
5 2 (6.67%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (6.67%) Email Marketing
5 2 (6.67%) Logistics
5 2 (6.67%) Programme Management
5 2 (6.67%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.67%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) C#
1 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) Adobe
2 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.67%) Atlassian