Adobe Illustrator Contracts

Adobe Illustrator
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Adobe Illustrator skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Adobe Illustrator 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 492 522 621
Rank change year-on-year +30 +99 +137
Contract jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 27 78 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.18% 0.15%
As % of the Applications category 1.11% 2.26% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 30 72
10th Percentile £150 £200 £221
25th Percentile £244 £275 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £348 £325 £406
Median % change year-on-year +6.92% -20.00% -14.47%
75th Percentile £380 £434 £600
90th Percentile £593 £596 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £350 £419
% change year-on-year +35.71% -16.42% +24.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 1
10th Percentile - £13.95 -
25th Percentile - £14.60 £51.25
Median hourly rate - £28.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -45.24% +53.28%
75th Percentile - £38.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £37.50 -

All Software Application Skills
UK

Adobe Illustrator 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 Illustrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Adobe Illustrator in the UK

Adobe Illustrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Adobe Illustrator in the UK

Adobe Illustrator
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Adobe Illustrator in the UK

Adobe Illustrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Adobe Illustrator in the UK

Adobe Illustrator
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 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 +13 26 £370 +13.85% 87
London +18 21 £325 +4.00% 46
Work from Home +26 7 £263 -12.50% 40
UK excluding London +21 6 £475 +35.71% 44
East of England +33 2 £475 +66.67% 6
South East +39 1 - - 10
South West +34 1 £575 +53.33% 7
North of England +15 1 - - 12
Yorkshire +2 1 - - 5
Wales - 1 £273 - 1

Adobe Illustrator
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 8 (29.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.11%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (96.30%) Photoshop
2 12 (44.44%) Adobe Premiere
2 12 (44.44%) InDesign
3 10 (37.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 10 (37.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (29.63%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (11.11%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (7.41%) Final Cut Pro
6 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (7.41%) OmniGraffle
6 2 (7.41%) Sketch
7 1 (3.70%) InVision
7 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
7 1 (3.70%) UXPin
7 1 (3.70%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Figma
2 2 (7.41%) Google Workspace
2 2 (7.41%) Slack
2 2 (7.41%) Yammer
3 1 (3.70%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Axure RP
1 1 (3.70%) Balsamiq
General
1 12 (44.44%) Marketing
2 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 5 (18.52%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Advertising
5 2 (7.41%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.70%) Arabic Language
6 1 (3.70%) Banking
6 1 (3.70%) French Language
6 1 (3.70%) German Language
6 1 (3.70%) Italian Language
6 1 (3.70%) Japanese Language
6 1 (3.70%) Korean Language
6 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Designer
2 10 (37.04%) Senior
3 9 (33.33%) Senior Designer
4 6 (22.22%) Graphic Designer
5 3 (11.11%) Motion Designer
6 2 (7.41%) Artworker
6 2 (7.41%) Communications Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Creative Artworker
6 2 (7.41%) Creative Designer
6 2 (7.41%) Creative Strategist
6 2 (7.41%) IT Communications Manager
6 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Motion Designer
6 2 (7.41%) Transformation Manager
6 2 (7.41%) UX Designer
7 1 (3.70%) Animator
7 1 (3.70%) Creative Graphic Designer
7 1 (3.70%) Digital Designer
7 1 (3.70%) Senior UX Designer
7 1 (3.70%) Video Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) CSS
1 5 (18.52%) HTML
2 1 (3.70%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Animation
1 11 (40.74%) Motion Graphics
2 9 (33.33%) Photography
3 6 (22.22%) Social Media
4 5 (18.52%) Graphic Design
5 4 (14.81%) Video Editing
6 3 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (7.41%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (7.41%) Digital Media
7 2 (7.41%) Mobile App
7 2 (7.41%) Virtual Reality
8 1 (3.70%) New Media
8 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) B2B
1 6 (22.22%) Storytelling
2 5 (18.52%) User Experience
3 4 (14.81%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (14.81%) Deadline-Driven
3 4 (14.81%) Web Design
4 3 (11.11%) Content Management
4 3 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.11%) Prototyping
4 3 (11.11%) Typography
5 2 (7.41%) Business Strategy
5 2 (7.41%) Competitor Analysis
5 2 (7.41%) Content Marketing
5 2 (7.41%) Content Strategy
5 2 (7.41%) Decision-Making
5 2 (7.41%) Digital Engineering
5 2 (7.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (7.41%) Due Diligence
5 2 (7.41%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.70%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Adobe
2 3 (11.11%) YouTube
3 2 (7.41%) Google
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.70%) Instagram
4 1 (3.70%) TikTok