Adobe Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Adobe
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of Adobe products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Adobe over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Adobe Systems, Inc.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 84 100
Rank change year-on-year -49 +16 +17
Contract jobs citing Adobe 27 16 8
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.84% 1.16% 0.41%
As % of the Vendors category 1.88% 2.41% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 5
10th Percentile £325 £200 -
25th Percentile £353 £300 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £463 £225
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +105.56% -52.63%
75th Percentile £500 £509 £230
90th Percentile - £550 £332
England median daily rate £450 £425 £436
% change year-on-year +5.88% -2.52% -6.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 2
10th Percentile £20.31 - £13.27
25th Percentile - - £13.66
Median hourly rate £33.99 £50.00 £14.83
Median % change year-on-year -32.02% +237.27% -50.58%
75th Percentile - - £15.49
90th Percentile - - £15.59
England median hourly rate £33.99 £39.03 £45.00
% change year-on-year -12.90% -13.28% +22.45%

All Vendors
West Midlands

Adobe falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,436 664 814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 44.74% 48.22% 42.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 966 426 535
10th Percentile £313 £184 £252
25th Percentile £400 £307 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £625
90th Percentile £645 £673 £700
England median daily rate £505 £521 £518
% change year-on-year -3.07% +0.68% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 21 55
10th Percentile £20.31 £13.78 £11.09
25th Percentile £25.00 £18.13 £13.25
Median hourly rate £33.99 £19.00 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year +78.89% +12.96% -9.08%
75th Percentile £53.75 £31.76 £27.86
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £55.75
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.18 £22.50
% change year-on-year +24.14% +16.36% -41.56%

Adobe
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Adobe relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Adobe job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Adobe.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Adobe

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Adobe in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Adobe in the West Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Adobe.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Adobe

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Warwickshire -4 14 - - 4
Shropshire -36 6 £400 -13.51%
Birmingham -32 3 £500 +25.00% 2
Coventry - 1 £450 - 1
Adobe
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (3.70%) LiveCycle
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (51.85%) Adobe Illustrator
1 14 (51.85%) Photoshop
2 11 (40.74%) Adobe After Effects
3 6 (22.22%) Adobe XD
3 6 (22.22%) Sketch
4 3 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (3.70%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (3.70%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 23 (85.19%) Figma
2 3 (11.11%) Azure
3 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.70%) AWS
Development Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Git
General
1 14 (51.85%) Automotive
2 8 (29.63%) Manufacturing
3 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.41%) Agriculture
5 2 (7.41%) Finance
5 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (74.07%) Designer
2 17 (62.96%) UI Designer
3 11 (40.74%) Senior
3 11 (40.74%) Senior Designer
3 11 (40.74%) Senior UI Designer
4 5 (18.52%) Lead
5 3 (11.11%) Artworker
5 3 (11.11%) Creative Artworker
5 3 (11.11%) Creative Designer
5 3 (11.11%) Digital Artworker
5 3 (11.11%) Digital Designer
5 3 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 3 (11.11%) UI/UX Designer
5 3 (11.11%) UX Designer
6 2 (7.41%) Lead Designer
6 2 (7.41%) Lead UX Designer
7 1 (3.70%) DevOps Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Service Owner
7 1 (3.70%) Technical Service Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.70%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) AngularJS
1 6 (22.22%) CSS
1 6 (22.22%) CSS3
1 6 (22.22%) HTML
1 6 (22.22%) HTML5
1 6 (22.22%) React
2 5 (18.52%) RESTful
3 1 (3.70%) REST
3 1 (3.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Animation
2 2 (7.41%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.70%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) User Experience
2 13 (48.15%) UX Design
3 10 (37.04%) Agile
4 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (25.93%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (22.22%) CI/CD
6 6 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (18.52%) Responsive Web Design
8 3 (11.11%) DevOps
8 3 (11.11%) Usability Testing
8 3 (11.11%) User Research
8 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
8 3 (11.11%) Wireframes
9 2 (7.41%) Customer Experience
9 2 (7.41%) Decision-Making
9 2 (7.41%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 2 (7.41%) Service Design
9 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (7.41%) Typography
9 2 (7.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.70%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (70.37%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) Accessibility
2 4 (14.81%) WCAG
3 1 (3.70%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) MuleSoft