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 14 January 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 128 163
Rank change year-on-year -43 +35 +33
Contract jobs citing Adobe 13 36 38
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.30% 1.07% 0.76%
As % of the Vendors category 0.59% 2.14% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 17
10th Percentile £255 £237 £102
25th Percentile £261 £252 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £333 £412
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% -19.30% -12.34%
75th Percentile £362 £384 £415
90th Percentile £453 £400 £443
England median daily rate £450 £400 £415
% change year-on-year +12.50% -3.50% -17.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £45.21
England median hourly rate £46.93 - £26.78
% change year-on-year - - -23.49%

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 2,186 1,684 2,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 49.82% 50.19% 51.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,581 1,099 1,648
10th Percentile £250 £239 £205
25th Percentile £406 £400 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.59% +1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 50 130
10th Percentile £13.35 £20.00 £15.69
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £47.50 £55.40
Median % change year-on-year -52.63% -14.26% +61.75%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.69 £67.02
90th Percentile £89.63 £74.88 £78.00
England median hourly rate £23.79 £30.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -20.71% -31.58% +39.07%

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

Adobe
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Adobe in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Adobe in the South East

Adobe
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

Adobe
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 14 January 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
Thames Valley -30 6 £354 +35.04% 12
Surrey -7 4 £300 -17.81% 8
Hampshire -17 3 £263 -12.50% 9
Berkshire -25 3 £290 +5.45% 7
Buckinghamshire - 3 £409 - 5
Adobe
England

Adobe
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 (23.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 3 (23.08%) CMS
2 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Photoshop
2 2 (15.38%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (15.38%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe XD
3 1 (7.69%) Blender
3 1 (7.69%) Chatbot
3 1 (7.69%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (7.69%) InDesign
3 1 (7.69%) InVision
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (7.69%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Canva
2 2 (15.38%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) Viva Engage
3 1 (7.69%) Contentsquare
3 1 (7.69%) Figma
3 1 (7.69%) Google Ads
3 1 (7.69%) Google Data Studio
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
1 2 (15.38%) Tableau
2 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.69%) Looker
2 1 (7.69%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Axure RP
General
1 7 (53.85%) Marketing
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Designer
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Change Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Digital Executive
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Business Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Change Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Communications Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Marketing Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Graphic Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing Executive
3 1 (7.69%) Motion Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Motion Graphics Designer
3 1 (7.69%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
1 1 (7.69%) CSS
1 1 (7.69%) CSS3
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
1 1 (7.69%) HTML5
1 1 (7.69%) JSR 170
1 1 (7.69%) OSGi
1 1 (7.69%) React
1 1 (7.69%) RESTful
1 1 (7.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Graphic Design
2 1 (7.69%) Animation
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (7.69%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) User Experience
2 4 (30.77%) CRM
2 4 (30.77%) E-Commerce
3 3 (23.08%) Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Change Management
3 3 (23.08%) Content Management
3 3 (23.08%) SEO
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Content Curation
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (15.38%) Development Roadmap
4 2 (15.38%) Digital Content Management
4 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.69%) ITSM
5 1 (7.69%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Google
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
1 1 (7.69%) SAP
1 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
1 1 (7.69%) TikTok