Adobe Illustrator Contract Job Trends in the South East

Adobe Illustrator
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Adobe Illustrator skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 181 204
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 +49
Contract jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 7 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.098% 0.11%
As % of the Applications category 2.06% 1.22% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £225 £220
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% -25.42%
England median daily rate £380 £300 £305
% change year-on-year +26.67% -1.64% -49.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Median hourly rate £33.05 - £45.21
England median hourly rate £33.05 £12.00 £31.36
% change year-on-year +175.42% -61.73% +21.48%

All Software Application Skills
South East

Adobe Illustrator 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 340 329 548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.18% 8.09% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 173 358
10th Percentile £181 £170 £149
25th Percentile £263 £223 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £356
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +12.52% -7.66%
75th Percentile £519 £510 £500
90th Percentile £600 £588 £603
England median daily rate £438 £410 £400
% change year-on-year +6.77% +2.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 28 41
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.93 £14.00
25th Percentile £13.56 £23.94 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.18 £35.00 £23.24
Median % change year-on-year -53.77% +50.60% -10.62%
75th Percentile £22.50 £53.25 £38.75
90th Percentile £29.61 £59.05 £58.75
England median hourly rate £22.32 £24.18 £27.25
% change year-on-year -7.71% -11.27% +5.44%

Adobe Illustrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Adobe Illustrator relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Adobe Illustrator job vacancy trend in the South East

Adobe Illustrator
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Adobe Illustrator.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Adobe Illustrator.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Hampshire - 4 - - 1
Thames Valley +3 3 £240 +6.67% 3
Berkshire -1 3 £240 +6.67% 2
Adobe Illustrator
England

Adobe Illustrator
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (42.86%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (28.57%) 3ds Max
3 2 (28.57%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (14.29%) Blender
4 1 (14.29%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (14.29%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Veeva
General
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
2 2 (28.57%) Military
2 2 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) 3D Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Designer
2 2 (28.57%) e-Learning Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Animator
3 1 (14.29%) Graphic Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Motion Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Motion Graphics Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Video Editor
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Animation
2 2 (28.57%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (28.57%) e-Learning
2 2 (28.57%) Vector Graphics
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (14.29%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Storyboarding
2 4 (57.14%) Instructional Design
3 2 (28.57%) 3D Animation
3 2 (28.57%) 3D Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Infographics
4 1 (14.29%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Adobe
2 2 (28.57%) Autodesk