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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 510 602
Rank change year-on-year +14 +92 +174
Contract jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 29 75 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.18% 0.15%
As % of the Applications category 1.19% 2.33% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 28 70
10th Percentile £150 £218 £257
25th Percentile £259 £275 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £325 £416
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% -21.92% -4.86%
75th Percentile £380 £399 £567
90th Percentile £598 £605 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £350 £406
% change year-on-year +35.71% -13.85% +16.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 1
10th Percentile £34.00 £13.95 -
25th Percentile £35.41 £14.60 £51.25
Median hourly rate £39.03 £28.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.74% -45.24% +87.50%
75th Percentile £43.89 £38.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £46.06 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.03 £37.50 -
% change year-on-year +4.07% - -

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 2,444 3,216 4,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.48% 7.51% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,411 1,659 2,709
10th Percentile £190 £165 £185
25th Percentile £263 £213 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -2.86%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £649 £650 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £350 £384
% change year-on-year +7.14% -8.85% +2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 630 256
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.50 £14.22
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £22.90 £16.44 £29.08
Median % change year-on-year +39.29% -43.47% +35.26%
75th Percentile £43.75 £37.50 £51.77
90th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.70 £16.06 £26.48
% change year-on-year +35.09% -39.35% +37.59%

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 29 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Adobe Illustrator over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 29 May 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 +22 28 £370 +13.85% 357
London +39 20 £348 +11.20% 42
UK excluding London +33 9 £475 +35.71% 366
Work from Home +19 7 £325 +4.00% 260
South East +42 4 - - 103
East of England +31 2 £475 +66.67% 51
South West +32 1 £575 +53.33% 43
Yorkshire -3 1 - - 36
North of England -4 1 - - 84
Wales - 1 £273 - 9

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 (27.59%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.34%) CMS
Applications
1 27 (93.10%) Photoshop
2 12 (41.38%) InDesign
3 11 (37.93%) Adobe Premiere
4 10 (34.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (34.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (24.14%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (10.34%) CINEMA 4D
7 2 (6.90%) Final Cut Pro
7 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (6.90%) OmniGraffle
7 2 (6.90%) Sketch
8 1 (3.45%) 3ds Max
8 1 (3.45%) InVision
8 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
8 1 (3.45%) UXPin
8 1 (3.45%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 12 (41.38%) Figma
2 2 (6.90%) Google Workspace
2 2 (6.90%) Slack
2 2 (6.90%) Yammer
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Axure RP
1 1 (3.45%) Balsamiq
General
1 12 (41.38%) Marketing
2 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.90%) Advertising
5 2 (6.90%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.45%) Arabic Language
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) French Language
6 1 (3.45%) German Language
6 1 (3.45%) Italian Language
6 1 (3.45%) Japanese Language
6 1 (3.45%) Korean Language
6 1 (3.45%) Military
6 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (65.52%) Designer
2 10 (34.48%) Senior
3 9 (31.03%) Senior Designer
4 7 (24.14%) Graphic Designer
5 3 (10.34%) Motion Designer
6 2 (6.90%) Artworker
6 2 (6.90%) Communications Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Creative Artworker
6 2 (6.90%) Creative Designer
6 2 (6.90%) Creative Strategist
6 2 (6.90%) Developer
6 2 (6.90%) IT Communications Manager
6 2 (6.90%) IT Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Motion Designer
6 2 (6.90%) Transformation Manager
6 2 (6.90%) UX Designer
7 1 (3.45%) Creative Graphic Designer
7 1 (3.45%) Digital Designer
7 1 (3.45%) Email Marketing Specialist
7 1 (3.45%) Marketing Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) CSS
1 5 (17.24%) HTML
2 1 (3.45%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) Animation
1 11 (37.93%) Motion Graphics
2 9 (31.03%) Photography
3 6 (20.69%) Graphic Design
3 6 (20.69%) Social Media
4 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (10.34%) Video Editing
5 2 (6.90%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (6.90%) Digital Media
5 2 (6.90%) Mobile App
5 2 (6.90%) Virtual Reality
6 1 (3.45%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (3.45%) e-Learning
6 1 (3.45%) New Media
6 1 (3.45%) Vector Graphics
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) B2B
1 6 (20.69%) Storytelling
2 5 (17.24%) User Experience
3 4 (13.79%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (13.79%) Deadline-Driven
3 4 (13.79%) Storyboarding
3 4 (13.79%) Web Design
4 3 (10.34%) Content Management
4 3 (10.34%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.34%) Prototyping
4 3 (10.34%) Typography
5 2 (6.90%) Business Strategy
5 2 (6.90%) Content Marketing
5 2 (6.90%) Digital Engineering
5 2 (6.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (6.90%) Instructional Design
5 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (6.90%) Time Management
5 2 (6.90%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (3.45%) Degree
1 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 21 (72.41%) Adobe
2 3 (10.34%) YouTube
3 2 (6.90%) Google
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.45%) Autodesk
4 1 (3.45%) Instagram
4 1 (3.45%) TikTok