Acrobat Contract Job Trends

Adobe Acrobat
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Acrobat skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 546 647
Rank change year-on-year -5 +101 +206
Contract jobs citing Acrobat 6 15 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.039% 0.010%
As % of the Applications category 0.22% 0.59% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile - £138 £300
25th Percentile - £186 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £325 £650
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% -50.00% +225.00%
75th Percentile - £444 -
90th Percentile - £478 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £113 £650
% change year-on-year - -82.69% +246.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £85.28 -
25th Percentile - £85.70 £18.25
Median hourly rate - £86.40 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - +367.03% -
75th Percentile - £87.10 £18.75
90th Percentile - £87.52 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £86.40 £18.50
% change year-on-year - +367.03% -

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 2,752 2,537 3,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.48% 6.65% 7.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,536 1,436 2,480
10th Percentile £200 £165 £180
25th Percentile £300 £250 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £543 £525 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 278 265
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.16 £13.95
25th Percentile £16.02 £15.21 £16.50
Median hourly rate £23.63 £17.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.03% -22.22% +3.31%
75th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £42.25
90th Percentile £55.14 £59.13 £54.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £16.23 £21.50
% change year-on-year +37.49% -24.51% +7.50%

Acrobat
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Acrobat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Acrobat 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
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 5 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 15 September 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
London +19 3 £600 +65.40%
England +16 3 £600 +166.67% 7
Work from Home +20 2 £600 +41.18% 7
UK excluding London +2 2 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

Acrobat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 2 (33.33%) Figma
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) PBX
1 1 (16.67%) WebEx
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Dutch Language
2 1 (16.67%) Italian Language
2 1 (16.67%) Polish Language
2 1 (16.67%) Portuguese Language
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Support Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Visual Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Communications Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Android
1 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) People Management
1 3 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Active Listening
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft