Acrobat Contracts

Adobe Acrobat
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Acrobat skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Acrobat over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 532 667
Rank change year-on-year -6 +135 +183
Contract jobs citing Acrobat 12 42 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.097% 0.021%
As % of the Applications category 0.45% 1.33% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 7
10th Percentile - £207 £115
25th Percentile - £241 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £180
Median % change year-on-year - +233.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile - £625 £500
90th Percentile - - £591
UK excluding London median daily rate - £600 £131
% change year-on-year - +357.74% -25.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 21 2
10th Percentile - £36.25 £20.13
25th Percentile - - £22.94
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year - +62.16% +0.91%
75th Percentile - - £32.44
90th Percentile - £87.80 £35.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £45.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year - +143.24% -

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 2,681 3,158 4,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.43% 7.29% 7.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,537 1,622 2,705
10th Percentile £195 £164 £187
25th Percentile £285 £225 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £545 £525 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £370 £394
% change year-on-year +8.11% -5.97% +4.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 633 266
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.70 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.06 £16.88
Median hourly rate £24.59 £17.29 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +42.23% -32.77% +15.34%
75th Percentile £39.48 £37.50 £49.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £57.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £16.06 £22.53
% change year-on-year +40.91% -28.72% +15.66%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Acrobat.

Daily rate trend for Acrobat in the UK

Acrobat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Acrobat.

Hourly rate trend for Acrobat in the UK

Acrobat
Top 6 Contract 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 5 July 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 +38 7 £600 +174.29% 49
London +47 6 £600 +166.67% 31
Work from Home +19 5 £600 +41.18% 18
UK excluding London +16 3 - - 23
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2
South East +35 1 - - 6

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 7 (58.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (41.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (58.33%) OneDrive
2 5 (41.67%) Figma
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) PBX
1 1 (8.33%) WebEx
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Dutch Language
2 1 (8.33%) Italian Language
2 1 (8.33%) Polish Language
2 1 (8.33%) Portuguese Language
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Designer
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365 Manager
1 5 (41.67%) Support Manager
1 5 (41.67%) Visual Designer
2 2 (16.67%) Mobile Designer
3 1 (8.33%) Communications Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Service Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Android
1 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) People Management
1 6 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (25.00%) Community of Practice
3 3 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (25.00%) Infographics
3 3 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 3 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (25.00%) Service Design
3 3 (25.00%) Storytelling
4 1 (8.33%) Active Listening
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (8.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Adobe
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco