Adobe After Effects Contract Job Trends in London

Adobe After Effects
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Adobe After Effects skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 382 438
Rank change year-on-year +28 +56 +158
Contract jobs citing Adobe After Effects 10 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.075% 0.050% 0.073%
As % of the Applications category 0.97% 0.89% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 13
10th Percentile £180 £263 -
25th Percentile £200 £288 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £218 £325 £325
Median % change year-on-year -32.92% - -23.98%
75th Percentile £227 £381 £388
90th Percentile £316 £487 £478
England median daily rate £218 £325 £310
% change year-on-year -32.92% +4.84% -11.43%

All Software Application Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,029 903 1,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.75% 5.60% 7.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 578 1,074
10th Percentile £250 £213 £206
25th Percentile £325 £313 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £426 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -10.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £540 £600
90th Percentile £713 £681 £700
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 28 38
10th Percentile £15.84 £18.60 £16.62
25th Percentile £19.31 £21.81 £19.01
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.97 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +4.90% -2.39%
75th Percentile £28.95 £34.00 £40.56
90th Percentile £36.28 £39.38 £50.02
England median hourly rate £23.82 £16.44 £25.00
% change year-on-year +44.86% -34.24% +7.78%

Adobe After Effects
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Adobe After Effects in London

Adobe After Effects
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Adobe After Effects
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Adobe After Effects in London over the 6 months to 22 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Adobe After Effects in London

Adobe After Effects
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Adobe After Effects
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (10.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Photoshop
2 7 (70.00%) Adobe Premiere
3 6 (60.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (20.00%) Final Cut Pro
4 2 (20.00%) InDesign
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (10.00%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (10.00%) DaVinci Resolve
5 1 (10.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (20.00%) Figma
General
1 9 (90.00%) Marketing
2 4 (40.00%) Advertising
3 2 (20.00%) Games
3 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Arabic Language
4 1 (10.00%) French Language
4 1 (10.00%) German Language
4 1 (10.00%) Italian Language
4 1 (10.00%) Japanese Language
4 1 (10.00%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Designer
2 2 (20.00%) Graphic Artist
2 2 (20.00%) Graphic Designer
2 2 (20.00%) Junior
2 2 (20.00%) Junior Designer
2 2 (20.00%) Junior Graphic Designer
2 2 (20.00%) Motion Graphics Artist
3 1 (10.00%) Animator
3 1 (10.00%) Artworker
3 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Creative Artworker
3 1 (10.00%) Creative Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Motion Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Motion Graphics
1 4 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (30.00%) Graphic Design
2 3 (30.00%) Social Media
3 2 (20.00%) Animation
3 2 (20.00%) Video Editing
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (10.00%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Storytelling
1 3 (30.00%) Time Management
1 3 (30.00%) Typography
2 2 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (20.00%) Deadline-Driven
2 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Outbound Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) A/B Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Post-Production
3 1 (10.00%) Storyboarding
3 1 (10.00%) User Experience
3 1 (10.00%) Web Design
3 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Adobe
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) YouTube