Acrobat Contract Job Trends

Adobe Acrobat
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Acrobat skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 549 637
Rank change year-on-year -9 +88 +183
Contract jobs citing Acrobat 7 14 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.021% 0.037% 0.010%
As % of the Applications category 0.25% 0.55% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £383 £156 £300
25th Percentile £394 £208 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £325 £650
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -50.00% +185.71%
75th Percentile £600 £463 -
90th Percentile - £488 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £113 £650
% change year-on-year +255.56% -82.69% +204.09%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Acrobat 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,795 2,555 3,727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.40% 6.79% 7.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,569 1,446 2,365
10th Percentile £188 £163 £173
25th Percentile £300 £250 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £526 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 372 242 288
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.86 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £16.68
Median hourly rate £23.54 £21.50 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +9.49% -16.37% +11.78%
75th Percentile £33.91 £36.75 £45.00
90th Percentile £59.93 £59.75 £53.94
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £18.50 £22.75
% change year-on-year +21.62% -18.68% +3.41%

Acrobat
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Acrobat relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Acrobat job vacancy trend in the UK

Acrobat
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Acrobat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Acrobat

Acrobat
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acrobat over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Acrobat in the UK

Acrobat
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Acrobat.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Acrobat

Acrobat
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acrobat within the UK over the 6 months to 16 October 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
England +21 5 £500 +128.57% 9
London +22 4 £600 +166.67% 4
Work from Home +14 3 £600 +41.18% 5
UK excluding London -19 2 £400 +255.56% 6
North of England - 1 £400 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
North West - 1 £400 - 1

Acrobat
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (42.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (28.57%) InDesign
2 2 (28.57%) Photoshop
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (42.86%) OneDrive
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Figma
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) PBX
1 1 (14.29%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Dutch Language
3 1 (14.29%) Italian Language
3 1 (14.29%) Polish Language
3 1 (14.29%) Portuguese Language
3 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Graphic Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Support Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Visual Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Communications Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Conceptual Designer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Photoshop Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Graphic Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Android
1 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Agile
1 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (28.57%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (28.57%) People Management
1 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
1 2 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) Active Listening
2 1 (14.29%) AI
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Adobe
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft