Hybrid/Remote Adobe After Effects Contract Job Trends

Adobe After Effects
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Adobe After Effects skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 317 360
Rank change year-on-year +18 +43 +187
Contract jobs citing Adobe After Effects 9 8 13
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.089% 0.068% 0.075%
As % of the Applications category 1.13% 1.06% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 3
10th Percentile £196 £247 £180
25th Percentile £209 £301 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £328 £200
Median % change year-on-year -29.77% +63.75% -62.26%
75th Percentile £264 £371 £260
90th Percentile £349 £433 £281
UK median daily rate £283 £325 £215
% change year-on-year -13.08% +51.16% -51.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £45.21
UK median hourly rate £31.36 - £45.21
% change year-on-year - - +86.45%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 793 753 1,264
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.80% 6.39% 7.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 503 768
10th Percentile £243 £186 £188
25th Percentile £325 £306 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £426 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -5.33% -2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £550
90th Percentile £631 £649 £663
UK median daily rate £438 £401 £403
% change year-on-year +9.24% -0.58% -8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 33 89
10th Percentile £6.00 £14.51 £14.27
25th Percentile £17.50 £18.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £24.32 £27.50 £30.83
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% -10.79% -30.73%
75th Percentile £35.00 £40.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £62.25 £51.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £24.18 £27.00
% change year-on-year -11.25% -10.43% +7.98%

Adobe After Effects
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Adobe After Effects and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Adobe After Effects job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Adobe After Effects
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Adobe After Effects.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Adobe After Effects over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Adobe After Effects daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Adobe After Effects
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Adobe After Effects.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (11.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Photoshop
2 4 (44.44%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (44.44%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (22.22%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (11.11%) Blender
4 1 (11.11%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (11.11%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Veeva
General
1 5 (55.56%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Advertising
2 2 (22.22%) Games
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Graphic Artist
2 2 (22.22%) Motion Graphics Artist
3 1 (11.11%) Animator
3 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) HTML CSS Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Visual Designer
3 1 (11.11%) UI Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Video Editor
3 1 (11.11%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (11.11%) CSS
2 1 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) OpenGL
2 1 (11.11%) React
2 1 (11.11%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (11.11%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Motion Graphics
2 4 (44.44%) Animation
3 2 (22.22%) Video Editing
4 1 (11.11%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
1 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) 3D Animation
1 2 (22.22%) Post-Production
1 2 (22.22%) Storytelling
1 2 (22.22%) User Experience
1 2 (22.22%) UX Design
2 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
2 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (11.11%) Creative Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Data Science
2 1 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (11.11%) Front End Development
2 1 (11.11%) Infographics
2 1 (11.11%) Logistics
2 1 (11.11%) Storyboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
2 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Adobe
2 2 (22.22%) YouTube