Adobe Acrobat
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Acrobat skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Acrobat over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 706 832
Rank change year-on-year +143 +126 -155
Contract jobs citing Acrobat 35 13 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.022% 0.019%
As % of the Applications category 1.02% 0.29% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 5
10th Percentile £206 £119 £120
25th Percentile £231 £131 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £180 £165
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% +9.09% -49.23%
75th Percentile £625 £491 £188
90th Percentile - £573 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £131 £170
% change year-on-year +357.74% -22.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 4
10th Percentile £36.25 £20.13 £15.92
25th Percentile - £22.94 £22.56
Median hourly rate £45.00 £27.75 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.16% +0.91% +41.03%
75th Percentile - £32.44 £28.94
90th Percentile £87.80 £35.18 £29.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £18.50 £11.49
% change year-on-year +143.24% +61.01% -41.08%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Acrobat 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 3,418 4,408 6,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.89% 7.37% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,731 2,901 4,333
10th Percentile £161 £188 £160
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £390 £375
% change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% +10.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 634 264 438
10th Percentile £11.55 £13.91 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.48 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.76 £36.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.34% +69.77% +13.16%
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% -

Acrobat
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Acrobat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Acrobat in the UK

Acrobat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Acrobat in the UK

Acrobat
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acrobat over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acrobat in the UK

Acrobat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Acrobat in the UK

Acrobat
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Acrobat over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Acrobat in the UK

Acrobat
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acrobat within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
UK excluding London +89 30 £600 +357.74% 3
England +139 21 £219 -52.70% 9
South West +37 16 - -
Wales - 11 £600 - 1
Work from Home +137 9 £225 +71.65% 3
London +97 3 £225 -29.96% 7
Scotland +31 1 - -
West Midlands +30 1 - -
South East +26 1 £113 -83.93% 1
Midlands +23 1 - - 1

Acrobat
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 13 (37.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.57%) CMS
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (11.43%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (11.43%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) Google Docs
2 2 (5.71%) Azure
2 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) LAN
1 1 (2.86%) VoIP
1 1 (2.86%) WAN
General
1 16 (45.71%) Social Skills
2 13 (37.14%) Aerospace
3 12 (34.29%) Marketing
4 11 (31.43%) Local Government
5 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (14.29%) Publishing
7 4 (11.43%) Finance
7 4 (11.43%) Legal
7 4 (11.43%) Multimedia
8 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.86%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Author
1 12 (34.29%) Technical Author
2 11 (31.43%) Bid Manager
3 10 (28.57%) Senior
4 9 (25.71%) Senior Bid Manager
4 9 (25.71%) Senior Manager
5 4 (11.43%) Technical Illustrator
6 2 (5.71%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (5.71%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) IT Support
6 2 (5.71%) Lead
6 2 (5.71%) Project Leader
6 2 (5.71%) Support Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) IT Support Technician
7 1 (2.86%) IT Technician
7 1 (2.86%) Messaging Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Senior IT Support
7 1 (2.86%) Senior IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (34.29%) SGML
1 12 (34.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (45.71%) Animation
2 1 (2.86%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Apple iOS
2 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) CAD
2 14 (40.00%) Project Management
3 12 (34.29%) Data Management
4 11 (31.43%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (31.43%) PRINCE2
4 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (31.43%) Value Proposition
5 10 (28.57%) Psychology
5 10 (28.57%) Risk Management
6 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (22.86%) Critical Thinking
8 4 (11.43%) Bill of Materials
8 4 (11.43%) Desktop Publishing
8 4 (11.43%) Work Breakdown Structure
9 3 (8.57%) Budget Management
9 3 (8.57%) Content Management
9 3 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (8.57%) Migration
10 2 (5.71%) People Management
11 1 (2.86%) Malware Detection/Protection
Qualifications
1 16 (45.71%) Degree
2 12 (34.29%) Security Cleared
3 11 (31.43%) PMI Certification
3 11 (31.43%) PMP
3 11 (31.43%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.86%) MCDST
4 1 (2.86%) MCP
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (34.29%) Def Stans
2 3 (8.57%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) Adobe
2 18 (51.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.57%) Google
4 2 (5.71%) Apple