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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 565 472 515
Rank change year-on-year -93 +43 +131
Contract jobs citing Adobe After Effects 17 10 35
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.043% 0.041% 0.093%
As % of the Applications category 0.66% 0.48% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 11
10th Percentile £313 - £208
25th Percentile £322 £200 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £330 £225
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +46.67% -40.40%
75th Percentile £428 £433 £350
90th Percentile £438 £526 £363
UK median daily rate £375 £330 £225
% change year-on-year +13.64% +46.67% -30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.81
25th Percentile - - £49.22
Median hourly rate - - £53.86
75th Percentile - - £59.12
90th Percentile - - £61.90
UK median hourly rate - - £53.86
% change year-on-year - - +108.66%

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 2,584 2,071 3,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.59% 8.51% 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,513 1,249 1,555
10th Percentile £220 £195 £158
25th Percentile £340 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £396
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +7.32% -7.91%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 211 577
10th Percentile £13.40 £14.20 £11.68
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.30 £25.00 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% +40.45% -46.06%
75th Percentile £30.59 £46.90 £38.95
90th Percentile £68.75 £76.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £20.33 £24.66 £18.00
% change year-on-year -17.58% +37.00% -44.62%

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
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 10 April 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 -58 14 £400 +50.94% 4
East of England -35 1 £350 - 1
South East - 1 - - 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 (11.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (64.71%) Photoshop
2 10 (58.82%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (41.18%) Adobe Premiere
4 6 (35.29%) CINEMA 4D
5 5 (29.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (17.65%) Adobe XD
6 3 (17.65%) InDesign
6 3 (17.65%) Trello
7 2 (11.76%) InVision
7 2 (11.76%) Sketch
8 1 (5.88%) Acrobat
8 1 (5.88%) Blender
8 1 (5.88%) Camtasia
8 1 (5.88%) Chatbot
8 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Figma
2 2 (11.76%) Asana
3 1 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Google Docs
3 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.88%) Miro
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) Axure RP
3 1 (5.88%) Dreamweaver
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Marketing
3 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 4 (23.53%) Wearables
4 3 (17.65%) Legal
5 2 (11.76%) Advertising
5 2 (11.76%) Finance
5 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Publishing
6 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Designer
2 5 (29.41%) Motion Designer
3 3 (17.65%) Digital Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Graphic Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Service Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Conceptual Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Development Manager
5 1 (5.88%) e-Learning Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Motion Graphics Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Product Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Graphic Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Video Content Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) HTML
2 3 (17.65%) CSS
3 2 (11.76%) Framer.js
4 1 (5.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Animation
2 5 (29.41%) Motion Graphics
3 4 (23.53%) Augmented Reality
3 4 (23.53%) IoT
3 4 (23.53%) Social Media
4 3 (17.65%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (11.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (11.76%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (5.88%) e-Learning
6 1 (5.88%) Media Streaming
6 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Design Thinking
1 6 (35.29%) Storytelling
2 5 (29.41%) Visual Effects
3 4 (23.53%) Interaction Design
3 4 (23.53%) Project Management
3 4 (23.53%) User Experience
4 3 (17.65%) A/B Testing
4 3 (17.65%) AI
4 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (17.65%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
4 3 (17.65%) Post-Production
4 3 (17.65%) Prototyping
4 3 (17.65%) Time Management
4 3 (17.65%) UX Design
4 3 (17.65%) Wireframes
5 2 (11.76%) Front End Development
5 2 (11.76%) Infographics
5 2 (11.76%) Multichannel Marketing
5 2 (11.76%) SFIA
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.76%) WCAG
3 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Adobe
2 2 (11.76%) Atlassian
2 2 (11.76%) Google
2 2 (11.76%) Sony
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft