Photoshop Contracts in England

Adobe Photoshop
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Photoshop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Photoshop over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 433 430 550
Rank change year-on-year -3 +120 +132
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 35 107 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.29% 0.21%
As % of the Applications category 1.69% 3.61% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 48 80
10th Percentile £153 £180 £202
25th Percentile £159 £219 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £304 £325 £383
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% -15.03% -4.38%
75th Percentile £380 £440 £544
90th Percentile £520 £575 £838
UK median daily rate £314 £350 £388
% change year-on-year -10.29% -9.68% -6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 2
10th Percentile £48.24 £14.06 £25.38
25th Percentile £48.87 £14.86 £29.69
Median hourly rate £50.75 £28.75 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +76.53% -25.81% +38.39%
75th Percentile £51.80 £45.88 £47.19
90th Percentile £51.92 £63.75 £51.13
UK median hourly rate £50.75 £37.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year +35.34% -3.23% +13.14%

All Software Application Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,075 2,961 3,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.51% 7.98% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,209 1,479 2,516
10th Percentile £188 £160 £194
25th Percentile £258 £213 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £428
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -6.54% +0.71%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £653 £661 £688
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 587 225
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.70 £14.61
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £24.66 £17.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -51.39% +67.44%
75th Percentile £44.75 £38.59 £52.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £17.72 £35.75
% change year-on-year +29.80% -50.43% +66.28%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Photoshop in England

Photoshop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Photoshop in England

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Photoshop in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Photoshop in England

Photoshop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Photoshop in England

Photoshop
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the England region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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
London +25 31 £295 -12.74% 90
East of England +28 1 - - 13
South East +27 1 - - 44
South West +23 1 £575 +53.33% 12
North of England -6 1 - - 32
Yorkshire -9 1 - - 11
Photoshop
UK

Photoshop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (22.86%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.57%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (71.43%) Adobe Illustrator
2 12 (34.29%) InDesign
3 11 (31.43%) Adobe Premiere
3 11 (31.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (28.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (22.86%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (11.43%) Maya
7 3 (8.57%) CINEMA 4D
8 2 (5.71%) Final Cut Pro
8 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
9 1 (2.86%) AutoCAD
9 1 (2.86%) InVision
9 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
9 1 (2.86%) OmniGraffle
9 1 (2.86%) Revit
9 1 (2.86%) Sketch
9 1 (2.86%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 12 (34.29%) Figma
2 2 (5.71%) Google Workspace
2 2 (5.71%) Slack
2 2 (5.71%) Yammer
3 1 (2.86%) Canva
3 1 (2.86%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Axure RP
1 1 (2.86%) Balsamiq
General
1 17 (48.57%) Marketing
2 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Finance
4 4 (11.43%) Games
4 4 (11.43%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Advertising
5 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.71%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.86%) Arabic Language
7 1 (2.86%) Banking
7 1 (2.86%) French Language
7 1 (2.86%) German Language
7 1 (2.86%) Italian Language
7 1 (2.86%) Japanese Language
7 1 (2.86%) Korean Language
7 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (54.29%) Designer
2 10 (28.57%) Senior
3 8 (22.86%) Senior Designer
4 6 (17.14%) Graphic Designer
5 4 (11.43%) 3D Artist
6 3 (8.57%) Communications Manager
6 3 (8.57%) Motion Designer
7 2 (5.71%) Artworker
7 2 (5.71%) Creative Artworker
7 2 (5.71%) Creative Designer
7 2 (5.71%) IT Communications Manager
7 2 (5.71%) IT Manager
7 2 (5.71%) Senior Motion Designer
7 2 (5.71%) Transformation Manager
8 1 (2.86%) Animator
8 1 (2.86%) Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Creative Graphic Designer
8 1 (2.86%) IT Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) UX Designer
8 1 (2.86%) Video Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) CSS
1 5 (14.29%) HTML
2 4 (11.43%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (2.86%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (31.43%) Animation
1 11 (31.43%) Motion Graphics
2 9 (25.71%) Photography
3 7 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (20.00%) Social Media
4 6 (17.14%) Graphic Design
5 4 (11.43%) Video Editing
6 2 (5.71%) Digital Media
6 2 (5.71%) Mobile App
7 1 (2.86%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.86%) New Media
7 1 (2.86%) NHS
7 1 (2.86%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) Storytelling
2 6 (17.14%) B2B
3 4 (11.43%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (11.43%) Project Management
3 4 (11.43%) Typography
3 4 (11.43%) User Experience
3 4 (11.43%) Web Design
4 3 (8.57%) Content Management
4 3 (8.57%) Deadline-Driven
4 3 (8.57%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (8.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (8.57%) Time Management
5 2 (5.71%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (5.71%) Business Strategy
5 2 (5.71%) Competitor Analysis
5 2 (5.71%) Due Diligence
5 2 (5.71%) Prototyping
5 2 (5.71%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) Degree
2 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (54.29%) Adobe
2 3 (8.57%) Google
2 3 (8.57%) YouTube
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.86%) Autodesk
4 1 (2.86%) Instagram
4 1 (2.86%) TikTok