The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Photoshop skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Photoshop over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category.

Adobe Photoshop
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank177161165
Rank change year-on-year
Down-16Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads177719011328
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.474 %1.550 %1.391 %
As % of the Applications category9.701 %10.13 %9.465 %
Number of salaries quoted158016811175
Average salary£34,000£30,000£30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33 %-1.63 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£22,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£47,500£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£28,500£27,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26 %+3.63 %
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryAll Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
183171876614030
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK15.19 %15.30 %14.69 %
Number of salaries quoted157571577511552
Average salary£37,500£37,500£35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.89 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£23,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£62,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %

Photoshop
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Photoshop within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Photoshop Demand Trend

Photoshop
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Photoshop within the UK.

Photoshop Salary Trend

Photoshop
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Photoshop over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Photoshop Salary Histogram

Photoshop
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-131754£34,000+13.33 %
LondonUp+10957£37,500+7.14 %
South EastDown-67263£32,500+8.33 %
City of LondonUp+21173£37,500+7.14 %
East of EnglandDown-39125£32,500+8.33 %
North WestDown-10108£27,500-
South WestUp+1397£26,500-3.63 %
YorkshireDown-1992£30,000-
BerkshireDown-1183£38,500+28.33 %
East MidlandsNo change072£27,000+8.00 %
SurreyDown-4259£30,000-
HertfordshireUp+3155£37,500+44.23 %
ManchesterNo change052£26,250-6.25 %
West YorkshireDown-3542£30,000-
West MidlandsDown-4340£30,000+20.00 %
LeicestershireUp+638£27,000+3.84 %
CheshireDown-2938£30,000+20.00 %
North YorkshireUp+3936£40,000+39.13 %
LeedsDown-1036£30,000-1.63 %
OxfordshireUp+1733£32,500+8.33 %
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-30£35,000-
SloughUp+1029£40,000+10.34 %
DorsetUp+3326£27,500+10.00 %
BedfordshireUp+226£32,500-7.14 %
GloucestershireDown-726£27,500-2.65 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2126£32,500+8.33 %
LeicesterDown-1123£27,000+3.84 %
CambridgeshireDown-6321£32,500-
YorkNew entry-21£40,000-
MacclesfieldUp+1019£30,000-

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Photoshop also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Photoshop.

12646 (76.81 %)CSS
22469 (71.67 %)HTML
32019 (58.61 %)JavaScript
41347 (39.10 %)jQuery
51338 (38.84 %)Adobe Illustrator
61156 (33.56 %)Flash
71104 (32.05 %)Adobe
8953 (27.66 %)XHTML
9826 (23.98 %)PHP
10815 (23.66 %)HTML5
11807 (23.43 %)Marketing
12706 (20.49 %)Ajax
13682 (19.80 %)Dreamweaver
14656 (19.04 %).NET
14656 (19.04 %)XML
15579 (16.81 %)E-Commerce
16539 (15.65 %)CSS3
17516 (14.98 %)SEO
18515 (14.95 %)Web Development
19509 (14.78 %)Fireworks
20479 (13.90 %)CMS
21473 (13.73 %)ASP.NET
22469 (13.61 %)Web Design
23437 (12.69 %)Degree
24418 (12.13 %)MySQL
25377 (10.94 %)Java
26352 (10.22 %)SQL
27347 (10.07 %)ActionScript
28343 (9.956 %)Microsoft
29339 (9.840 %)C#

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Photoshop also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Photoshop. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12646 (76.81 %)CSS
22469 (71.67 %)HTML
31347 (39.10 %)jQuery
41156 (33.56 %)Flash
5953 (27.66 %)XHTML
6815 (23.66 %)HTML5
7706 (20.49 %)Ajax
8656 (19.04 %).NET
8656 (19.04 %)XML
9539 (15.65 %)CSS3
10473 (13.73 %)ASP.NET
11232 (6.734 %)JSON
12192 (5.573 %)XSLT
13178 (5.167 %)ASP
14176 (5.109 %)Web Services
15112 (3.251 %)JSP
16103 (2.990 %)LAMP
1792 (2.671 %)Dojo
1891 (2.642 %)Apache Flex
1891 (2.642 %)RESTful
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1479 (13.90 %)CMS
2232 (6.734 %)WordPress
3136 (3.948 %)IIS
4123 (3.570 %)Apache
597 (2.816 %)Drupal
692 (2.671 %)SharePoint
780 (2.322 %)Magento
869 (2.003 %)Tomcat
964 (1.858 %)Joomla!
1029 (0.842 %)Umbraco
1124 (0.697 %)Commerce Server
1223 (0.668 %)ColdFusion
1319 (0.552 %)SharePoint 2010
1417 (0.493 %)ExpressionEngine
1516 (0.464 %)TeamSite
1612 (0.348 %)Kentico
1711 (0.319 %)MS Exchange
189 (0.261 %)MSMQ
189 (0.261 %)SharePoint Server
189 (0.261 %)Exchange Server 2010
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11338 (38.84 %)Adobe Illustrator
2509 (14.78 %)Fireworks
3226 (6.560 %)MS Visio
4212 (6.154 %)InDesign
5162 (4.702 %)MS Excel
693 (2.700 %)MS Office
772 (2.090 %)Acrobat
855 (1.597 %)OmniGraffle
952 (1.509 %)MS PowerPoint
1051 (1.480 %)Adobe After Effects
1129 (0.842 %)Adobe Premiere
1225 (0.726 %)MS Project
1323 (0.668 %)GIMP
1417 (0.493 %)Spreadsheet
1417 (0.493 %)RoboHelp
1515 (0.435 %)Paint Shop Pro
1612 (0.348 %)FreeHand
1711 (0.319 %)3ds Max
1711 (0.319 %)QuarkXPress
1711 (0.319 %)Final Cut Pro
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
166 (1.916 %)Google Analytics
230 (0.871 %)WebTrends
310 (0.290 %)Pivotal CRM
310 (0.290 %)SiteCatalyst
46 (0.174 %)Dynamics CRM
46 (0.174 %)Summit
46 (0.174 %)SAP HR
51 (0.029 %)Tridion
51 (0.029 %)Dynamics AX
51 (0.029 %)GoldMine
51 (0.029 %)Line 50
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1220 (6.386 %)Internet
2119 (3.454 %)Intranet
356 (1.626 %)HTTP
431 (0.900 %)FTP
528 (0.813 %)Broadband
622 (0.639 %)DNS
719 (0.552 %)Firewall
816 (0.464 %)Extranet
911 (0.319 %)TCP/IP
107 (0.203 %)VPN
114 (0.116 %)SSL
114 (0.116 %)RIP
114 (0.116 %)SSH
114 (0.116 %)OpenVPN
122 (0.058 %)NAS
122 (0.058 %)SMTP
122 (0.058 %)DHCP
122 (0.058 %)HTTPS
131 (0.029 %)SAN
131 (0.029 %)LAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1418 (12.13 %)MySQL
2335 (9.724 %)SQL Server
372 (2.090 %)SQL Server 2005
458 (1.684 %)SQL Server 2008
525 (0.726 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
623 (0.668 %)SQL Server Integration Services
722 (0.639 %)GIS
821 (0.610 %)SQL Server 2000
918 (0.522 %)PostgreSQL
1014 (0.406 %)MS Access
1112 (0.348 %)Crystal Reports
127 (0.203 %)Data Mining
135 (0.145 %)Oracle 9i
144 (0.116 %)Oracle 8/8i
144 (0.116 %)NoSQL
153 (0.087 %)DTS
162 (0.058 %)Informix
162 (0.058 %)Text Mining
171 (0.029 %)TOAD
171 (0.029 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1682 (19.80 %)Dreamweaver
2253 (7.344 %)Subversion
3229 (6.647 %)Visual Studio
4147 (4.267 %)Git (software)
5130 (3.774 %)Axure RP
680 (2.322 %)Balsamiq Mockups
775 (2.177 %)Eclipse
852 (1.509 %)Selenium
932 (0.929 %)Mercurial
1030 (0.871 %)Team Foundation Server
1128 (0.813 %)JIRA
1227 (0.784 %)IntelliJ
1324 (0.697 %)Expression Blend
1421 (0.610 %)Ant
1510 (0.290 %)JUnit
1510 (0.290 %)Firebug
169 (0.261 %)Maven
178 (0.232 %)PhoneGap
178 (0.232 %)VSS/SourceSafe
178 (0.232 %)ClearCase
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1807 (23.43 %)Marketing
2311 (9.028 %)Finance
3263 (7.634 %)Retail
4230 (6.676 %)Advertising
5213 (6.183 %)Games
6133 (3.861 %)Multimedia
789 (2.583 %)Publishing
844 (1.277 %)Telecoms
941 (1.190 %)Banking
1035 (1.016 %)Music
1124 (0.697 %)Automotive
1216 (0.464 %)Investment Banking
1315 (0.435 %)Back Office
1414 (0.406 %)Law
1414 (0.406 %)Manufacturing
1512 (0.348 %)French Language
1611 (0.319 %)Interactive Media
1611 (0.319 %)Legal
179 (0.261 %)Pharmaceutical
179 (0.261 %)German Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11767 (51.29 %)Developer
21306 (37.91 %)Designer
3879 (25.52 %)Web Developer
4688 (19.97 %)Web Designer
5573 (16.63 %)Front-End Developer
6207 (6.009 %)Photoshop Designer
7194 (5.631 %)PHP Developer
8177 (5.138 %)Junior
9175 (5.080 %)Senior Developer
10172 (4.993 %)Front-End Web Developer
10172 (4.993 %)User Experience Designer
11147 (4.267 %).NET Developer
12113 (3.280 %)UI Designer
13106 (3.077 %)Junior Developer
13106 (3.077 %)Graphic Designer
14104 (3.019 %)Senior Designer
1598 (2.845 %)Digital Designer
1690 (2.612 %)UI Developer
1789 (2.583 %)Senior Front-End Developer
1880 (2.322 %)ASP.NET Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1316 (9.173 %)W3C
2238 (6.909 %)Graphic Design
3230 (6.676 %)Social Media
4188 (5.457 %)iPhone
5141 (4.093 %)Digital Media
6129 (3.745 %)iPad
7124 (3.599 %)Blackberry
8113 (3.280 %)Computer Science
9109 (3.164 %)Animation
1090 (2.612 %)Web 2.0
1172 (2.090 %)E-Learning
1270 (2.032 %)Visualisation
1366 (1.916 %)Open Source
1464 (1.858 %)New Media
1556 (1.626 %)Online Games
1653 (1.538 %)Photography
1752 (1.509 %)Social Network
1848 (1.393 %)Copywriting
1946 (1.335 %)SaaS
2043 (1.248 %)Video Editing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1263 (7.634 %)Android
2222 (6.444 %)Windows
3221 (6.415 %)Linux
4177 (5.138 %)Apple iOS
577 (2.235 %)Windows Mobile
673 (2.119 %)UNIX
725 (0.726 %)Mac OS X
823 (0.668 %)Windows Server 2008
914 (0.406 %)Windows Server 2003
914 (0.406 %)Debian
108 (0.232 %)Windows XP
117 (0.203 %)Windows 7
126 (0.174 %)Windows Vista
126 (0.174 %)Ubuntu
126 (0.174 %)Windows 2000 Server
134 (0.116 %)FreeBSD
142 (0.058 %)Windows CE
142 (0.058 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
142 (0.058 %)Mac OS
151 (0.029 %)Windows Phone 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1579 (16.81 %)E-Commerce
2516 (14.98 %)SEO
3515 (14.95 %)Web Development
4469 (13.61 %)Web Design
5315 (9.144 %)MVC
6299 (8.679 %)Content Management
7230 (6.676 %)Agile Software Development
8216 (6.270 %)OO
9161 (4.673 %)Information Architecture
10149 (4.325 %)Project Management
11127 (3.687 %)Digital Marketing
12125 (3.628 %)Online Marketing
13116 (3.367 %)Email Marketing
14108 (3.135 %)Scrum
1583 (2.409 %)TDD
1682 (2.380 %)Time Management
1781 (2.351 %)B2B
1880 (2.322 %)Web Analytics
1880 (2.322 %)Usability Testing
1979 (2.293 %)Web Usability
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12019 (58.61 %)JavaScript
2826 (23.98 %)PHP
3377 (10.94 %)Java
4352 (10.22 %)SQL
5347 (10.07 %)ActionScript
6339 (9.840 %)C#
7158 (4.586 %)ActionScript 3.0
8102 (2.961 %)VB.NET
999 (2.874 %)PHP5
1091 (2.642 %)ActionScript 2.0
1185 (2.467 %)XPath
1275 (2.177 %)Objective-C
1366 (1.916 %)C
1453 (1.538 %)T-SQL
1453 (1.538 %)Ruby
1552 (1.509 %)Python
1650 (1.451 %)VB
1748 (1.393 %)Perl
1847 (1.364 %)C++
1925 (0.726 %)XAML
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1437 (12.69 %)Degree
228 (0.813 %)Security Cleared
317 (0.493 %)HND
411 (0.319 %)HNC
411 (0.319 %)SC Cleared
58 (0.232 %)Microsoft Certification
65 (0.145 %)PhD
74 (0.116 %)CTC Cleared
81 (0.029 %)BC Cleared
81 (0.029 %)MCP
81 (0.029 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.029 %)CITP
81 (0.029 %)EnCE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1153 (4.441 %)QA
247 (1.364 %)WCAG
343 (1.248 %)WAI
427 (0.784 %)PAS 78
521 (0.610 %)ISO 9001
611 (0.319 %)SLA
75 (0.145 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (0.232 %)Active Directory
24 (0.116 %)Kerio MailServer
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
115 (0.435 %)Foglight
211 (0.319 %)Plesk
35 (0.145 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11104 (32.05 %)Adobe
2343 (9.956 %)Microsoft
3153 (4.441 %)Google
4137 (3.977 %)Facebook
582 (2.380 %)Zend
674 (2.148 %)Symbian
759 (1.713 %)Apple
842 (1.219 %)Quark
937 (1.074 %)Twitter
1031 (0.900 %)Oracle
1126 (0.755 %)Macromedia
1222 (0.639 %)DoubleClick
1321 (0.610 %)ATG
1416 (0.464 %)Tealeaf
1515 (0.435 %)Omniture
1614 (0.406 %)Interwoven
1712 (0.348 %)JBoss
1712 (0.348 %)IBM
1810 (0.290 %)EPiServer
199 (0.261 %)Sony