Adobe After Effects Contracts

Adobe After Effects
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Adobe After Effects skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Adobe After Effects over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 566 685
Rank change year-on-year +58 +119 +135
Contract jobs citing Adobe After Effects 11 34 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.078% 0.047%
As % of the Applications category 0.45% 0.99% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 22
10th Percentile - £209 £263
25th Percentile £200 £220 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £255 £363
Median % change year-on-year +22.55% -29.66% +124.46%
75th Percentile £471 £363 £450
90th Percentile £541 £407 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £225 £250
% change year-on-year +155.56% -10.00% +78.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £62.50 -

All Software Application Skills
UK

Adobe After Effects 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 2,424 3,448 4,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.29% 7.91% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,446 1,743 2,896
10th Percentile £188 £163 £188
25th Percentile £261 £213 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.76%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £350 £391
% change year-on-year +7.14% -10.54% +4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 635 264
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.57 £13.94
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.00 £18.48
Median hourly rate £23.59 £17.80 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% -51.23% +69.77%
75th Percentile £43.75 £39.92 £53.45
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £16.06 £32.30
% change year-on-year +40.10% -50.28% +70.00%

Adobe After Effects
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Adobe After Effects as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Adobe After Effects in the UK

Adobe After Effects
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Adobe After Effects.

Daily rate trend for Adobe After Effects in the UK

Adobe After Effects
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Adobe After Effects over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Adobe After Effects in the UK

Adobe After Effects
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Adobe After Effects.

Hourly rate trend for Adobe After Effects in the UK

Adobe After Effects
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 Adobe After Effects within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +41 11 £313 +22.55% 37
London +32 9 £200 -38.46% 29
Work from Home +41 6 £313 -3.85% 16
UK excluding London +34 2 £575 +155.56% 8
East of England +33 1 - - 1
South West - 1 £575 -

Adobe After Effects
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 1 (9.09%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (72.73%) Photoshop
2 5 (45.45%) CINEMA 4D
3 4 (36.36%) Adobe Premiere
3 4 (36.36%) Final Cut Pro
4 3 (27.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (18.18%) Blender
6 1 (9.09%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Figma
2 2 (18.18%) BigCommerce
General
1 6 (54.55%) Marketing
2 3 (27.27%) Games
2 3 (27.27%) Retail
3 2 (18.18%) Advertising
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Arabic Language
4 1 (9.09%) French Language
4 1 (9.09%) German Language
4 1 (9.09%) Italian Language
4 1 (9.09%) Japanese Language
4 1 (9.09%) Korean Language
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Designer
2 5 (45.45%) Senior
3 4 (36.36%) Senior Designer
4 3 (27.27%) Motion Designer
5 2 (18.18%) Senior Motion Designer
6 1 (9.09%) 3D Designer
6 1 (9.09%) Animator
6 1 (9.09%) Artworker
6 1 (9.09%) Creative Artworker
6 1 (9.09%) Creative Designer
6 1 (9.09%) Digital Designer
6 1 (9.09%) Graphic Designer
6 1 (9.09%) Interaction Designer
6 1 (9.09%) Interactive Designer
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Interaction Designer
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Interactive Designer
6 1 (9.09%) Senior UI Designer
6 1 (9.09%) UI Designer
6 1 (9.09%) Video Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Framer.js
1 2 (18.18%) VML
2 1 (9.09%) CSS
2 1 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Animation
2 4 (36.36%) Graphic Design
2 4 (36.36%) Motion Graphics
2 4 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (36.36%) Social Media
2 4 (36.36%) Video Editing
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Media
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
4 1 (9.09%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (9.09%) Mixed Reality
4 1 (9.09%) New Media
4 1 (9.09%) Photography
4 1 (9.09%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Storytelling
1 4 (36.36%) Typography
2 3 (27.27%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
2 3 (27.27%) User Experience
3 2 (18.18%) B2B
3 2 (18.18%) Customer Acquisition
3 2 (18.18%) Deadline-Driven
3 2 (18.18%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
3 2 (18.18%) Time Management
3 2 (18.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (18.18%) UX Design
4 1 (9.09%) A/B Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Interaction Design
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Adobe
2 3 (27.27%) YouTube
3 2 (18.18%) Salesforce
3 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 2 (18.18%) Sitecore
4 1 (9.09%) Instagram
4 1 (9.09%) TikTok