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 27 February 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
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 127 162
Rank change year-on-year -37 +35 +35
Contract jobs citing Adobe 25 30 43
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.51% 0.96% 0.78%
As % of the Vendors category 1.07% 1.90% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 20
10th Percentile £269 £250 £212
25th Percentile £347 £300 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £383 £412
Median % change year-on-year +13.73% -7.22% -13.21%
75th Percentile £469 £480 £420
90th Percentile £479 £650 £455
England median daily rate £450 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +20.00% -11.76% -12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £16.31 - -
25th Percentile £19.78 - -
Median hourly rate £25.56 - £45.21
75th Percentile £31.34 - -
90th Percentile £34.81 - -
England median hourly rate £49.81 - £45.00
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

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 2,343 1,581 2,712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 47.83% 50.41% 49.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,662 1,027 1,696
10th Percentile £263 £243 £205
25th Percentile £413 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -0.50%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £687 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -3.81% +0.96% -3.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 59 156
10th Percentile £12.50 £18.44 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.28 £23.84 £18.44
Median hourly rate £26.97 £27.76 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% -41.56% +5.56%
75th Percentile £66.88 £63.13 £62.66
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.44 £76.53
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -22.03% +18.38% -21.21%

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

Adobe
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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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
Surrey -2 8 £469 +28.42% 12
Thames Valley -35 8 £369 +12.24% 12
Hampshire -25 7 £415 -36.15% 4
Buckinghamshire - 5 £409 - 8
Berkshire -32 3 £340 -11.11% 3
West Sussex -13 2 £470 - 3
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 7 (28.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 5 (20.00%) CMS
3 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (8.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (4.00%) Acrobat
3 1 (4.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (4.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (4.00%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (4.00%) Adobe XD
3 1 (4.00%) Blender
3 1 (4.00%) Chatbot
3 1 (4.00%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (4.00%) InDesign
3 1 (4.00%) InVision
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.00%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Adobe Campaign
2 3 (12.00%) Eloqua
3 2 (8.00%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (4.00%) SAP HR
4 1 (4.00%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Canva
2 2 (8.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 2 (8.00%) Viva Engage
3 1 (4.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) ChatGPT
3 1 (4.00%) Figma
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (8.00%) Data Mining
2 2 (8.00%) OLAP
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle OLAP
3 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Axure RP
General
1 13 (52.00%) Marketing
2 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Advertising
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Retail
4 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) Analyst
1 4 (16.00%) Data Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Architect
2 3 (12.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Campaign Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Data Business Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Change Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Consultant
3 2 (8.00%) Data Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Designer
3 2 (8.00%) Digital Executive
3 2 (8.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (4.00%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Business Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Communications Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Graphic Designer
4 1 (4.00%) IT Trainer
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (8.00%) CSS
1 2 (8.00%) CSS3
1 2 (8.00%) HTML
1 2 (8.00%) HTML5
1 2 (8.00%) JSR 170
1 2 (8.00%) OSGi
1 2 (8.00%) React
1 2 (8.00%) RESTful
1 2 (8.00%) Vue
2 1 (4.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (4.00%) SAPUI5
2 1 (4.00%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (8.00%) Graphic Design
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Animation
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) Life Science
3 1 (4.00%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Agile
2 6 (24.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (24.00%) CRM
2 6 (24.00%) Migration
2 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (20.00%) User Experience
4 4 (16.00%) Change Management
4 4 (16.00%) Content Management
4 4 (16.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
4 4 (16.00%) Prototyping
4 4 (16.00%) Use Case
4 4 (16.00%) User Stories
4 4 (16.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (12.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) Data Ingestion
5 3 (12.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (12.00%) Product Backlog
5 3 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) Java
1 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (12.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Salesforce
1 4 (16.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle
2 3 (12.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow