Adobe Creative Suite Contract Job Trends

Adobe Creative Suite
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Adobe Creative Suite skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 487 535
Rank change year-on-year -103 +48 +82
Contract jobs citing Adobe Creative Suite 48 35 55
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.097% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Applications category 1.77% 1.41% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 25 25
10th Percentile £309 £150 £210
25th Percentile £325 £200 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £325 £325
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% - -31.58%
75th Percentile £575 £380 £500
90th Percentile £625 £445 £544
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £181 £309
% change year-on-year +203.45% -41.30% -27.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.70
25th Percentile £28.00 - £14.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £17.00
75th Percentile £32.00 - £18.75
90th Percentile - - £19.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 - £14.00
% change year-on-year - - -36.36%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Adobe Creative Suite 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 2,717 2,479 3,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.49% 8.47% 7.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,564 1,427 1,680
10th Percentile £231 £193 £165
25th Percentile £333 £263 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.79% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £551 £541 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +13.33% +0.05% -3.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 286 636
10th Percentile £13.26 £14.25 £11.59
25th Percentile £16.03 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.66 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +51.94% -44.19%
75th Percentile £34.47 £43.75 £36.57
90th Percentile £68.75 £65.45 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.35 £24.40 £16.06
% change year-on-year -16.61% +51.95% -39.35%

Adobe Creative Suite
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Adobe Creative Suite job vacancy trend in the UK

Adobe Creative Suite
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Adobe Creative Suite.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Creative Suite
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Adobe Creative Suite over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Adobe Creative Suite in the UK

Adobe Creative Suite
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Adobe Creative Suite.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Creative Suite
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Creative Suite within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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
UK excluding London -79 28 £550 +203.45% 22
England -134 26 £350 +6.87% 31
Scotland +8 15 £550 +238.46% 2
London -80 12 £321 -8.21% 15
South West - 7 £600 - 1
Work from Home -55 4 - - 20
Midlands -52 3 £350 +75.00% 2
West Midlands -57 3 £350 +75.00% 1
North of England -79 2 - - 8
Yorkshire -59 1 - - 1
North East - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 - - 3

Adobe Creative Suite
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 1 (2.08%) CMS
1 1 (2.08%) Moodle
Applications
1 11 (22.92%) Sketch
2 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (16.67%) Photoshop
4 7 (14.58%) Adobe After Effects
4 7 (14.58%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (14.58%) InDesign
5 4 (8.33%) Final Cut Pro
5 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (2.08%) Blender
6 1 (2.08%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 38 (79.17%) Figma
2 3 (6.25%) SaaS
2 3 (6.25%) Vyond
3 2 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (2.08%) Canva
4 1 (2.08%) Vertex AI
General
1 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.67%) Marketing
3 6 (12.50%) Finance
3 6 (12.50%) Retail
4 5 (10.42%) Banking
5 3 (6.25%) Games
5 3 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.17%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.08%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.08%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 37 (77.08%) Designer
2 12 (25.00%) Senior
3 11 (22.92%) Visual Designer
4 9 (18.75%) Digital Designer
4 9 (18.75%) Senior Designer
5 7 (14.58%) Artworker
5 7 (14.58%) UI Designer
6 6 (12.50%) Creative Artworker
7 5 (10.42%) Product Designer
8 4 (8.33%) Graphic Designer
8 4 (8.33%) Lead
8 4 (8.33%) Lead Designer
8 4 (8.33%) Senior UI Designer
9 3 (6.25%) Creative Designer
9 3 (6.25%) Developer
9 3 (6.25%) Digital Artworker
9 3 (6.25%) Digital Developer
9 3 (6.25%) Senior Artworker
9 3 (6.25%) Senior Digital Designer
10 1 (2.08%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (37.50%) Mobile App
2 8 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (14.58%) Graphic Design
4 6 (12.50%) Social Media
5 5 (10.42%) Animation
5 5 (10.42%) Motion Graphics
6 4 (8.33%) e-Learning
6 4 (8.33%) Learning Management System
7 3 (6.25%) Educational Technology
7 3 (6.25%) SCORM
8 2 (4.17%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (2.08%) Blog
9 1 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (2.08%) IoT
9 1 (2.08%) Media Streaming
9 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.33%) Android
1 4 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) User Experience
2 19 (39.58%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (37.50%) Agile
4 17 (35.42%) AI
4 17 (35.42%) Storytelling
5 16 (33.33%) Infographics
6 13 (27.08%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (27.08%) Generative AI
6 13 (27.08%) Typography
7 12 (25.00%) Interaction Design
7 12 (25.00%) Service Design
8 11 (22.92%) Community of Practice
8 11 (22.92%) Content Writing
8 11 (22.92%) Creative Thinking
8 11 (22.92%) Prototyping
9 9 (18.75%) Time Management
10 8 (16.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 8 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
10 8 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 7 (14.58%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (60.42%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Firmware
Vendors
1 48 (100.00%) Adobe
2 12 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.25%) Synthesia
4 2 (4.17%) Oracle
4 2 (4.17%) Sitecore
4 2 (4.17%) Sony
5 1 (2.08%) Google
5 1 (2.08%) Instagram
5 1 (2.08%) YouTube