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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 517 580
Rank change year-on-year +30 +63 +182
Contract jobs citing Adobe After Effects 14 16 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.050% 0.049% 0.047%
As % of the Applications category 0.59% 0.75% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 16
10th Percentile £183 £250 -
25th Percentile £202 £263 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £229 £325 £305
Median % change year-on-year -29.54% +6.56% -12.86%
75th Percentile £240 £381 £378
90th Percentile £308 £475 £444
UK median daily rate £230 £325 £305
% change year-on-year -29.23% +6.56% -12.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £31.36 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.82% - -
UK median hourly rate £31.36 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -49.82% - -

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 2,383 2,129 3,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.58% 6.51% 7.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,352 1,211 2,162
10th Percentile £198 £176 £180
25th Percentile £300 £257 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £536 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £663
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 252 240
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.16 £14.12
25th Percentile £16.36 £15.55 £16.70
Median hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -29.90% +7.78%
75th Percentile £35.50 £35.00 £42.63
90th Percentile £58.46 £59.88 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £23.82 £17.50 £22.53
% change year-on-year +36.09% -22.33% +2.41%

Adobe After Effects
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Adobe After Effects as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Adobe After Effects 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +26 9 £209 -35.69% 22
South East +23 2 £240 -4.00% 16
East of England +5 1 - - 2
North of England -14 1 - - 10
North West -15 1 - - 9
West Midlands - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 4
Adobe After Effects
UK

Adobe After Effects
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (7.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 11 (78.57%) Photoshop
2 9 (64.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (50.00%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (21.43%) InDesign
5 2 (14.29%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (14.29%) Final Cut Pro
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (7.14%) 3ds Max
6 1 (7.14%) Blender
6 1 (7.14%) DaVinci Resolve
6 1 (7.14%) Maya
6 1 (7.14%) NUKE
6 1 (7.14%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (14.29%) Figma
3 1 (7.14%) Veeva
General
1 11 (78.57%) Marketing
2 4 (28.57%) Advertising
3 2 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Arabic Language
4 1 (7.14%) French Language
4 1 (7.14%) Games
4 1 (7.14%) German Language
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Italian Language
4 1 (7.14%) Japanese Language
4 1 (7.14%) Korean Language
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Designer
2 3 (21.43%) Animator
3 2 (14.29%) Graphic Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Junior
3 2 (14.29%) Junior Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Junior Graphic Designer
4 1 (7.14%) Artworker
4 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.14%) Creative Artworker
4 1 (7.14%) Creative Designer
4 1 (7.14%) Graphic Artist
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Motion Designer
4 1 (7.14%) Motion Graphics Artist
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Video Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) CSS
1 1 (7.14%) Framer.js
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
1 1 (7.14%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Motion Graphics
2 5 (35.71%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (28.57%) Animation
3 4 (28.57%) Social Media
4 3 (21.43%) Graphic Design
5 1 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Media
5 1 (7.14%) New Media
5 1 (7.14%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Storyboarding
1 3 (21.43%) Storytelling
1 3 (21.43%) Time Management
1 3 (21.43%) Typography
2 2 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (14.29%) Deadline-Driven
2 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) Outbound Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) User Experience
3 1 (7.14%) A/B Testing
3 1 (7.14%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (7.14%) Creative Marketing
3 1 (7.14%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (7.14%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.14%) Interaction Design
3 1 (7.14%) Microinteractions
3 1 (7.14%) Post-Production
3 1 (7.14%) UX Design
3 1 (7.14%) Visual Effects
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Java
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Adobe
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Autodesk
3 1 (7.14%) Instagram
3 1 (7.14%) TikTok
3 1 (7.14%) YouTube