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 5 May 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
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 124 135
Rank change year-on-year -57 +11 +36
Contract jobs citing Adobe 30 30 57
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.51% 1.00% 1.03%
As % of the Vendors category 1.20% 1.90% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 38
10th Percentile £283 £206 £180
25th Percentile £369 £285 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £515 £406
Median % change year-on-year -12.54% +26.72% -1.93%
75th Percentile £475 £650 £423
90th Percentile £496 £751 £500
England median daily rate £450 £418 £429
% change year-on-year +7.78% -2.57% -9.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £18.62 - -
25th Percentile £25.56 £78.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.12 £82.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.73% +368.57% -
75th Percentile £42.94 £85.50 £18.75
90th Percentile £46.42 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £82.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -63.41% +82.22% +17.65%

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 2,501 1,580 2,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 42.68% 52.65% 46.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,740 1,057 1,596
10th Percentile £300 £250 £213
25th Percentile £413 £406 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.66% +2.93% -
75th Percentile £610 £613 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 91 183
10th Percentile £13.48 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.95 £17.06
Median hourly rate £47.54 £24.66 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.78% -53.03% +16.67%
75th Percentile £87.00 £59.44 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.25 £67.02
England median hourly rate £31.18 £27.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +14.93% +20.56% -43.75%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 May 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 -26 10 £415 -36.15% 5
Thames Valley -39 9 £409 -0.73% 5
Surrey -19 7 £475 +30.14% 3
Buckinghamshire - 6 £450 - 3
West Sussex -17 3 £482 -
Berkshire -31 3 £340 +23.64% 2
Kent - 1 - - 4
Adobe
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 9 (30.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 6 (20.00%) CMS
3 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Photoshop
2 2 (6.67%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.33%) Acrobat
3 1 (3.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (3.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (3.33%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (3.33%) Blender
3 1 (3.33%) Chatbot
3 1 (3.33%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (3.33%) InDesign
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.33%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Adobe Campaign
2 3 (10.00%) Eloqua
3 2 (6.67%) SAP HR
3 2 (6.67%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (6.67%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (3.33%) Primavera
4 1 (3.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Canva
2 2 (6.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 2 (6.67%) Viva Engage
3 1 (3.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) ChatGPT
3 1 (3.33%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (6.67%) Data Mining
2 2 (6.67%) OLAP
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle OLAP
3 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (46.67%) Marketing
2 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Advertising
5 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.33%) Retail
5 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (13.33%) Analyst
1 4 (13.33%) Architect
1 4 (13.33%) Data Analyst
2 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (10.00%) Campaign Manager
2 3 (10.00%) Data Business Analyst
3 2 (6.67%) ABAP Developer
3 2 (6.67%) Change Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Consultant
3 2 (6.67%) Data Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Developer
3 2 (6.67%) Digital Executive
3 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
3 2 (6.67%) SAP Developer
4 1 (3.33%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Business Consultant
4 1 (3.33%) Change Consultant
4 1 (3.33%) Communications Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) HTML
1 3 (10.00%) OSGi
2 2 (6.67%) AngularJS
2 2 (6.67%) CSS
2 2 (6.67%) CSS3
2 2 (6.67%) HTML5
2 2 (6.67%) JSR 170
2 2 (6.67%) React
2 2 (6.67%) RESTful
2 2 (6.67%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (6.67%) SAPUI5
2 2 (6.67%) Vue
2 2 (6.67%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.67%) Graphic Design
2 2 (6.67%) Life Science
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.33%) Animation
3 1 (3.33%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Agile
2 7 (23.33%) CRM
3 6 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (20.00%) Migration
3 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 5 (16.67%) Use Case
4 5 (16.67%) User Stories
5 4 (13.33%) Change Management
5 4 (13.33%) Content Management
5 4 (13.33%) Data Modelling
5 4 (13.33%) DevOps
5 4 (13.33%) Product Backlog
5 4 (13.33%) SEO
5 4 (13.33%) User Experience
5 4 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 3 (10.00%) Data Management
6 3 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) Java
2 2 (6.67%) ABAP
2 2 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) QA
2 3 (10.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Salesforce
1 4 (13.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
1 4 (13.33%) SAP
2 3 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (3.33%) Google
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow