# Tools & technology — web designer

Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 27-1024.00.

| Software | Category | Hot technology |
|---|---|---|
| Intuit QuickBooks | Accounting software | yes |
| Autodesk AutoCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Autodesk Revit | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Bentley MicroStation | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| Adobe InDesign | Desktop publishing software | yes |
| Adobe Acrobat | Document management software | yes |
| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes |
| Extensible markup language XML | Enterprise application integration software | yes |
| Figma | Graphical user interface development software | yes |
| Adobe Creative Cloud software | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| Adobe Illustrator | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| Adobe Photoshop | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| Canva | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| Trimble SketchUp Pro | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| jQuery | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
| Apple macOS | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
| Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes |
| Microsoft Project | Project management software | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
| Adobe After Effects | Video creation and editing software | yes |
| Facebook | Web page creation and editing software | yes |
| WordPress | Web page creation and editing software | yes |
| AJAX | Web platform development software | yes |
| Cascading style sheets CSS | Web platform development software | yes |
| Hypertext markup language HTML | Web platform development software | yes |
| JavaScript | Web platform development software | yes |
| PHP | Web platform development software | yes |
| Google Docs | Word processing software | yes |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes |
| Google Drive | Cloud-based data access and sharing software |  |
| Computer aided design and drafting CADD software | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
| Computer aided design and drafting software CADD | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
| Dassault Systemes CATIA | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
| PTC Creo Parametric | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
| SignCAD Systems SignCAD | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
| Oracle Eloqua | Customer relationship management CRM software |  |
| FileMaker Pro | Data base user interface and query software |  |
| Adobe Distiller | Desktop publishing software |  |
| Adobe FrameMaker | Desktop publishing software |  |
| Adobe PageMaker | Desktop publishing software |  |
| Microsoft Publisher | Desktop publishing software |  |
| QuarkXPress | Desktop publishing software |  |
| Adobe ActionScript | Development environment software |  |
| Verilog | Development environment software |  |
| PDF readers | Document management software |  |
| IBM Notes | Electronic mail software |  |
| Adobe FreeHand MX | Graphics or photo imaging software |  |
| Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite | Graphics or photo imaging software |  |
| SmugMug Flickr | Graphics or photo imaging software |  |
| Google Chrome | Internet browser software |  |
| Web browser software | Internet browser software |  |
| Avid Pro Tools | Music or sound editing software |  |
| Corel WordPerfect Office Suite | Office suite software |  |
| Nuance OmniPage Professional | Optical character reader OCR or scanning software |  |
| Apple iWork Keynote | Presentation software |  |
| Apple Keynote | Presentation software |  |
| Google Slides | Presentation software |  |
| Google Ads | Sales and marketing software |  |
| Adobe Premiere Pro | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Apple Final Cut Pro | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Apple iMovie | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Maxon Cinema 4D | Video creation and editing software |  |
| WeVideo | Video creation and editing software |  |
| YouTube | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Adobe Dreamweaver | Web page creation and editing software |  |
| Adobe Macromedia HomeSite | Web page creation and editing software |  |
| LinkedIn | Web page creation and editing software |  |
| Social media sites | Web page creation and editing software |  |
| Adobe ColdFusion | Web platform development software |  |
| Drupal | Web platform development software |  |
| Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML | Web platform development software |  |
| Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML | Web platform development software |  |
| Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP | Web platform development software |  |

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 7 ads, as of 2026-07-14)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Tools

- AWS — **43 %**
- Acquia — **43 %**
- Composer — **43 %**
- Azure — **43 %**
- Drupal — **43 %**
- Pantheon — **43 %**
- MySQL — **29 %**
- MySQL / MariaDB — **29 %**
- Microsoft Word — **29 %**
- Git — **29 %**
- GraphQL — **29 %**
- Drush — **29 %**
- Adobe Dreamweaver — **29 %**
- CSS — **14 %**
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD) — **14 %**
- Axe — **14 %**
- ANDI — **14 %**
- Docker — **14 %**
- JavaScript — **14 %**
- HTML — **14 %**
- Lighthouse — **14 %**
- JAWS — **14 %**
- NVDA — **14 %**
- React — **14 %**
- WAVE — **14 %**
- Vue — **14 %**
- SharePoint — **14 %**
- SharePoint Services — **14 %**
- SQL — **14 %**

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