Adobe Contract Job Trends in the South East

Adobe
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring knowledge or experience of Adobe products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Adobe over the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Adobe Systems, Inc.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 140 135
Rank change year-on-year -55 -5 +26
Contract jobs citing Adobe 32 24 46
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.49% 0.67% 1.04%
As % of the Vendors category 1.11% 1.30% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 29
10th Percentile - £244 £180
25th Percentile £400 £294 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £406 £300
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +35.42% -27.54%
75th Percentile £650 £548 £450
90th Percentile £790 £584 £588
England median daily rate £475 £450 £378
% change year-on-year +5.56% +19.05% -11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 0
10th Percentile £20.55 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £28.88 £18.20 -
Median hourly rate £40.75 £33.05 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.30% - -
75th Percentile £54.69 - -
90th Percentile £65.38 £40.28 -
England median hourly rate £33.99 £50.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -32.02% +85.19% +0.82%

All Vendors
South East

Adobe falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,883 1,843 2,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.97% 51.77% 49.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,733 1,239 1,326
10th Percentile £263 £204 £254
25th Percentile £425 £356 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £634
90th Percentile £679 £650 £700
England median daily rate £515 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.48% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 112 91
10th Percentile £14.05 £14.20 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.21 £15.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £37.24 £21.07 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +76.74% -63.26% +14.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 £34.83 £63.78
90th Percentile £88.00 £77.13 £70.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.38% -28.14% -20.16%

Adobe
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Adobe job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Adobe in the South East over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Adobe in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Adobe in the South East over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Adobe in the South East

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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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 October 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
Hampshire -29 13 £500 -25.23% 9
Middlesex - 11 - - 1
Berkshire -18 5 £400 +66.67% 13
Thames Valley -40 5 £400 +66.67% 29
West Sussex - 2 £547 - 8
Kent - 1 - - 2
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England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 3 (9.38%) CMS
2 2 (6.25%) Confluence
3 1 (3.13%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Adobe After Effects
1 4 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.25%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (6.25%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (6.25%) Houdini
3 2 (6.25%) NUKE
4 1 (3.13%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (3.13%) Adobe XD
4 1 (3.13%) FrameMaker
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (3.13%) Photoshop
4 1 (3.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Workfront
2 1 (3.13%) Primavera
2 1 (3.13%) SAP HR
2 1 (3.13%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (3.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Adobe Analytics
2 3 (9.38%) Figma
3 2 (6.25%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) GCP
3 2 (6.25%) iPaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Contentsquare
4 1 (3.13%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (28.13%) Broadband
2 2 (6.25%) DHCP
2 2 (6.25%) DNS
2 2 (6.25%) HTTP
2 2 (6.25%) SSL
2 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.25%) VPN
3 1 (3.13%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Looker
1 2 (6.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) Git
General
1 10 (31.25%) Marketing
2 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.38%) Aerospace
4 3 (9.38%) Finance
5 2 (6.25%) Advertising
5 2 (6.25%) Billing
5 2 (6.25%) Games
5 2 (6.25%) Publishing
5 2 (6.25%) Retail
6 1 (3.13%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Senior
2 8 (25.00%) Product Owner
3 6 (18.75%) Developer
4 3 (9.38%) Platform Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Product Owner
4 3 (9.38%) Technical Manager
5 2 (6.25%) CRM Manager
5 2 (6.25%) CRM Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Designer
5 2 (6.25%) Digital Designer
5 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Lead
5 2 (6.25%) Migration Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Migration Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Product Designer
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Designer
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Digital Designer
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Product Designer
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Leader
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) HTML
1 2 (6.25%) REST
1 2 (6.25%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) CSS
2 1 (3.13%) CSS3
2 1 (3.13%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.13%) HTML5
2 1 (3.13%) LESS
2 1 (3.13%) Next.js
2 1 (3.13%) React
2 1 (3.13%) RESTful
2 1 (3.13%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.13%) SAPUI5
2 1 (3.13%) Sass
2 1 (3.13%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 11 (34.38%) Social Media
2 9 (28.13%) Product Ownership
3 8 (25.00%) Marketing Technology
4 6 (18.75%) Motion Graphics
5 2 (6.25%) Animation
5 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.25%) Over-the-Top Content
5 2 (6.25%) Public Cloud
6 1 (3.13%) e-Learning
6 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Analytics
2 9 (28.13%) Agile
2 9 (28.13%) Personalization
3 7 (21.88%) Product Backlog
3 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.88%) Workflow
4 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 5 (15.63%) AI
5 5 (15.63%) Content Development
5 5 (15.63%) Customer Experience
5 5 (15.63%) Project Management
6 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.50%) Migration
6 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 4 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
7 3 (9.38%) Backlog Management
7 3 (9.38%) CRM
7 3 (9.38%) E-Commerce
7 3 (9.38%) SEO
7 3 (9.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) R
2 1 (3.13%) ABAP
2 1 (3.13%) C#
2 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) Degree
1 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
1 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.25%) QA
3 1 (3.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (6.25%) vSphere
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) Google
1 3 (9.38%) SAP
2 2 (6.25%) Foundry
2 2 (6.25%) Oracle
2 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
2 2 (6.25%) VMware
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft