Photoshop Contract Job Trends in Central London

Adobe Photoshop
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Photoshop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 124 134
Rank change year-on-year -7 +10 +65
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 2 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.10% 0.14% 0.27%
As % of the Applications category 1.42% 1.90% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £227 -
25th Percentile - £257 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £315 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -42.73% +66.04%
75th Percentile - £425 £575
90th Percentile - £487 -
London median daily rate £300 £300 £313
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -41.86%

All Software Application Skills
Central London

Photoshop 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 in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 141 158 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 7.07% 7.41% 7.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 89 115
10th Percentile £253 £205 £187
25th Percentile £345 £275 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.65% -2.63% -8.65%
75th Percentile £575 £615 £674
90th Percentile £637 £733 £736
London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £21.99 £27.32 -
25th Percentile - £30.20 -
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +84.89% -41.75%
75th Percentile £25.87 - £28.47
90th Percentile £33.88 - £34.19
London median hourly rate £25.15 £25.25 £24.00
% change year-on-year -0.40% +5.21% +4.35%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Photoshop relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Photoshop job vacancy trend in Central London

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Photoshop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Photoshop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
City of London -1 2 £350 +11.11% 2
Photoshop
London

Photoshop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
1 1 (50.00%) Google Docs
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Animation
1 1 (50.00%) Motion Graphics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) A/B Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Email Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Emotional Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Infographics
2 1 (50.00%) Typography
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft