Adobe After Effects Contract Job Trends in England

Adobe After Effects
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Adobe After Effects skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 541 476 524
Rank change year-on-year -65 +48 +158
Contract jobs citing Adobe After Effects 19 12 34
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.057% 0.046% 0.089%
As % of the Applications category 0.76% 0.58% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 14
10th Percentile £209 £200 £183
25th Percentile £261 £238 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £308 £225
Median % change year-on-year +13.82% +36.67% -50.00%
75th Percentile £413 £433 £356
90th Percentile £438 £483 £382
UK median daily rate £350 £308 £225
% change year-on-year +13.82% +36.67% -52.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £31.36 - £45.21
75th Percentile - - £54.48
90th Percentile - - £60.04
UK median hourly rate £31.36 - £45.21
% change year-on-year - - +86.45%

All Software Application Skills
England

Adobe After Effects falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,514 2,076 3,292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.53% 7.93% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,467 1,195 1,857
10th Percentile £203 £176 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £401 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% +0.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £553 £538 £550
90th Percentile £674 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 186 470
10th Percentile £12.94 £15.44 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.94 £14.13
Median hourly rate £19.14 £27.13 £20.66
Median % change year-on-year -29.46% +31.32% -39.25%
75th Percentile £29.53 £43.75 £42.60
90th Percentile £63.10 £82.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £19.10 £27.13 £20.54
% change year-on-year -29.59% +32.06% -35.72%

Adobe After Effects
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Adobe After Effects relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Adobe After Effects job vacancy trend in England

Adobe After Effects
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe After Effects.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Adobe After Effects in England over the 6 months to 8 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Adobe After Effects in England

Adobe After Effects
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe After Effects.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe After Effects within the England region over the 6 months to 8 February 2026. 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
London -23 16 £338 -10.60% 4
East of England -19 1 £350 +22.81% 1
North West -27 1 - -
South East -28 1 - - 3
North of England -64 1 - -
Adobe After Effects
UK

Adobe After Effects
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (10.53%) Confluence
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 14 (73.68%) Photoshop
2 9 (47.37%) Adobe Illustrator
2 9 (47.37%) Adobe Premiere
3 5 (26.32%) InDesign
4 3 (15.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (15.79%) Adobe XD
4 3 (15.79%) Sketch
4 3 (15.79%) Trello
5 2 (10.53%) Blender
5 2 (10.53%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (10.53%) InVision
5 2 (10.53%) Maya
5 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (5.26%) 3ds Max
6 1 (5.26%) Acrobat
6 1 (5.26%) Camtasia
6 1 (5.26%) Chatbot
6 1 (5.26%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 6 (31.58%) Figma
3 2 (10.53%) Asana
4 1 (5.26%) Google Docs
4 1 (5.26%) Google Workspace
4 1 (5.26%) Miro
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
2 2 (10.53%) Axure RP
3 1 (5.26%) Dreamweaver
General
1 10 (52.63%) Marketing
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Advertising
3 4 (21.05%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Games
4 3 (15.79%) Legal
5 2 (10.53%) Finance
5 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.26%) Publishing
6 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Designer
2 4 (21.05%) Graphic Designer
3 3 (15.79%) Digital Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Graphic Artist
4 2 (10.53%) Junior
4 2 (10.53%) Junior Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Junior Graphic Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Motion Graphics Artist
4 2 (10.53%) Service Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Animator
5 1 (5.26%) Conceptual Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Coordinator
5 1 (5.26%) Development Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Lead
5 1 (5.26%) Motion Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Motion Graphics Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Product Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Graphic Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Video Content Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) HTML
2 3 (15.79%) CSS
2 3 (15.79%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (10.53%) Framer.js
3 2 (10.53%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Motion Graphics
2 5 (26.32%) Augmented Reality
3 4 (21.05%) Animation
3 4 (21.05%) Social Media
4 3 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (15.79%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (10.53%) Graphic Design
5 2 (10.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (10.53%) Video Editing
6 1 (5.26%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Project Management
1 4 (21.05%) User Experience
2 3 (15.79%) A/B Testing
2 3 (15.79%) AI
2 3 (15.79%) Creative Thinking
2 3 (15.79%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
2 3 (15.79%) Prototyping
2 3 (15.79%) Storyboarding
2 3 (15.79%) Storytelling
2 3 (15.79%) Time Management
2 3 (15.79%) UX Design
2 3 (15.79%) Wireframes
3 2 (10.53%) Agile
3 2 (10.53%) Journey Map
3 2 (10.53%) Outbound Marketing
3 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
3 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.53%) Usability Engineering
3 2 (10.53%) User Research
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) Accessibility
2 2 (10.53%) WCAG
3 1 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Adobe
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Atlassian
3 2 (10.53%) Autodesk
3 2 (10.53%) Google
3 2 (10.53%) YouTube