Photoshop Contracts

Adobe Photoshop
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Photoshop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Photoshop over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 595 722
Rank change year-on-year +114 +127 -189
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 117 124 127
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Applications category 3.42% 2.81% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 95 87
10th Percentile £188 £208 £133
25th Percentile £265 £288 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £388 £413
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -6.06% +17.86%
75th Percentile £446 £500 £500
90th Percentile £575 £838 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £355 £376 £288
% change year-on-year -5.65% +30.87% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 6
10th Percentile £14.06 £25.38 £26.25
25th Percentile £14.86 £29.69 £26.31
Median hourly rate £28.75 £38.75 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.81% +13.14% +19.13%
75th Percentile £43.19 £47.19 £41.50
90th Percentile £62.68 £51.13 £51.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.92 - £40.50
% change year-on-year - - -1.82%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Photoshop is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,418 4,408 6,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.89% 7.37% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,731 2,901 4,333
10th Percentile £161 £188 £160
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £390 £375
% change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% +10.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 634 264 438
10th Percentile £11.55 £13.91 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.48 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.76 £36.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.34% +69.77% +13.16%
75th Percentile £39.92 £53.45 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.75 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £32.30 £19.00
% change year-on-year -50.28% +70.00% -

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Photoshop over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Photoshop over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +127 105 £325 -13.91% 147
UK excluding London +98 63 £355 -5.65% 80
London +69 50 £338 -11.48% 67
Work from Home +103 35 £350 -14.63% 58
North of England +46 17 £294 +6.82% 22
Yorkshire +34 17 £294 +6.82% 7
East of England +22 11 £200 -41.82% 8
Scotland +36 10 £375 -6.25% 3
South East +32 10 £200 -52.94% 23
South West +24 8 £375 +7.14% 9
Midlands +28 7 £418 +10.73% 18
West Midlands - 5 £160 - 9
East Midlands +18 2 £418 +10.73% 9

Photoshop
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 14 (11.97%) CMS
1 14 (11.97%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.71%) Confluence
3 1 (0.85%) Moodle
3 1 (0.85%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 71 (60.68%) Adobe Illustrator
2 31 (26.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 30 (25.64%) InDesign
4 16 (13.68%) Adobe After Effects
5 15 (12.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (11.11%) Adobe Premiere
7 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Office
8 10 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
9 8 (6.84%) Adobe Captivate
10 7 (5.98%) Sketch
11 6 (5.13%) InVision
11 6 (5.13%) PTC Creo
12 5 (4.27%) Blender
12 5 (4.27%) Maya
13 3 (2.56%) Windchill
14 2 (1.71%) Adobe XD
14 2 (1.71%) NUKE
15 1 (0.85%) Camtasia
15 1 (0.85%) Final Cut Pro
15 1 (0.85%) Marvel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Magento
1 1 (0.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 13 (11.11%) Figma
3 10 (8.55%) Canva
3 10 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.69%) Slack
5 2 (1.71%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.71%) MailChimp
6 1 (0.85%) Azure
6 1 (0.85%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.85%) Discord
6 1 (0.85%) GitHub
6 1 (0.85%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.85%) SurveyMonkey
6 1 (0.85%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.82%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.69%) Dreamweaver
2 7 (5.98%) Axure RP
3 2 (1.71%) JIRA
4 1 (0.85%) Maven
General
1 42 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 36 (30.77%) Marketing
3 16 (13.68%) Influencing Skills
3 16 (13.68%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (11.11%) Finance
5 11 (9.40%) Retail
6 9 (7.69%) Advertising
6 9 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 8 (6.84%) Multimedia
8 7 (5.98%) Games
8 7 (5.98%) Mandarin Language
9 5 (4.27%) Health Technology
9 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.42%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.56%) Legal
11 3 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.71%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.71%) Automotive
12 2 (1.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 56 (47.86%) Designer
2 11 (9.40%) Senior
2 11 (9.40%) Senior Designer
3 10 (8.55%) UI Designer
4 8 (6.84%) Content Manager
4 8 (6.84%) Digital Designer
4 8 (6.84%) Graphic Designer
4 8 (6.84%) UX Designer
5 7 (5.98%) UI/UX Designer
6 6 (5.13%) Artworker
6 6 (5.13%) Communications Manager
6 6 (5.13%) Email Designer
6 6 (5.13%) IT Manager
7 4 (3.42%) Developer
7 4 (3.42%) Senior UI Designer
7 4 (3.42%) Technical Writer
8 3 (2.56%) Coordinator
8 3 (2.56%) Senior Digital Designer
8 3 (2.56%) Senior UI/UX Designer
8 3 (2.56%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (21.37%) HTML
2 16 (13.68%) CSS
3 5 (4.27%) Unreal Engine
4 3 (2.56%) Flash
5 2 (1.71%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.85%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.85%) HTML5
6 1 (0.85%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.85%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.53%) Digital Media
2 14 (11.97%) Animation
3 12 (10.26%) Graphic Design
3 12 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (10.26%) Video Editing
4 10 (8.55%) Social Media
5 8 (6.84%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.27%) Photography
7 4 (3.42%) Augmented Reality
7 4 (3.42%) e-Learning
7 4 (3.42%) Mobile App
7 4 (3.42%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.71%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.85%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (0.85%) Blog
9 1 (0.85%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.85%) Interactive Media
9 1 (0.85%) NHS
9 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.56%) Android
1 3 (2.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.85%) Linux
2 1 (0.85%) Mac OS X
2 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.51%) User Experience
2 23 (19.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (19.66%) Typography
3 20 (17.09%) Wireframes
4 17 (14.53%) Project Management
5 15 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (10.26%) Content Management
6 12 (10.26%) Time Management
7 11 (9.40%) Email Marketing
7 11 (9.40%) UX Design
8 9 (7.69%) Copywriting
9 8 (6.84%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (6.84%) Web Design
10 7 (5.98%) Content Development
10 7 (5.98%) Document Management
10 7 (5.98%) Psychology
11 6 (5.13%) CAD
11 6 (5.13%) Creative Thinking
11 6 (5.13%) Interaction Design
11 6 (5.13%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.84%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.85%) C#
2 1 (0.85%) C++
2 1 (0.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (23.08%) Degree
2 3 (2.56%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.56%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.56%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.71%) GDPR
2 2 (1.71%) PMO
3 1 (0.85%) QA
Vendors
1 70 (59.83%) Adobe
2 11 (9.40%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.13%) dotdigital
4 4 (3.42%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.56%) PTC
5 3 (2.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (1.71%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.71%) Google
7 1 (0.85%) Facebook
7 1 (0.85%) Instagram
7 1 (0.85%) SAP
7 1 (0.85%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.85%) TikTok
7 1 (0.85%) WooCommerce
7 1 (0.85%) YouTube