Photoshop Contracts in London

Adobe Photoshop
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 363 409
Rank change year-on-year +31 +46 +141
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 28 42 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.24% 0.30%
As % of the Applications category 2.77% 4.04% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 24 62
10th Percentile £151 £229 £208
25th Percentile £260 £272 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £325 £345
Median % change year-on-year - -5.80% -23.33%
75th Percentile £380 £377 £520
90th Percentile £532 £542 £814
England median daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year - -7.14% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £48.24 - £25.38
25th Percentile £48.87 £14.06 £29.69
Median hourly rate £50.75 £17.19 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +195.33% -55.65% +8.77%
75th Percentile £51.80 £24.69 £47.19
90th Percentile £51.92 £33.13 £51.13
England median hourly rate £33.05 £20.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year +65.25% -48.39% +8.77%

All Software Application Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,011 1,039 1,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.61% 5.90% 6.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 685 1,259
10th Percentile £238 £189 £216
25th Percentile £325 £275 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £423 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% -15.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £550 £638
90th Percentile £738 £685 £725
England median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 77 48
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.75 £15.87
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.00 £18.89
Median hourly rate £25.08 £22.00 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -14.43% -28.58%
75th Percentile £33.81 £27.96 £43.90
90th Percentile £50.45 £53.00 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.00 £16.23 £25.71
% change year-on-year +54.04% -36.87% +14.27%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Photoshop in London

Photoshop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Photoshop in London

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Photoshop in London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Photoshop in London

Photoshop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Photoshop in London

Photoshop
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
East London - 1 £285 - 2
Photoshop
England

Photoshop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 7 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.14%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (75.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 10 (35.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (32.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 9 (32.14%) InDesign
4 8 (28.57%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (14.29%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (10.71%) InVision
6 3 (10.71%) OmniGraffle
6 3 (10.71%) Sketch
6 3 (10.71%) UXPin
7 2 (7.14%) CINEMA 4D
7 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (3.57%) AutoCAD
8 1 (3.57%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (3.57%) Maya
8 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
8 1 (3.57%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Figma
2 2 (7.14%) Google Workspace
2 2 (7.14%) Slack
2 2 (7.14%) Yammer
3 1 (3.57%) Canva
3 1 (3.57%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Axure RP
1 3 (10.71%) Balsamiq
General
1 11 (39.29%) Marketing
2 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 7 (25.00%) Finance
4 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 3 (10.71%) Advertising
5 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.57%) Arabic Language
7 1 (3.57%) Banking
7 1 (3.57%) French Language
7 1 (3.57%) Games
7 1 (3.57%) German Language
7 1 (3.57%) Italian Language
7 1 (3.57%) Japanese Language
7 1 (3.57%) Korean Language
7 1 (3.57%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Designer
2 7 (25.00%) Senior
3 6 (21.43%) Senior Designer
4 4 (14.29%) Graphic Designer
5 3 (10.71%) Communications Manager
5 3 (10.71%) UX Designer
6 2 (7.14%) IT Communications Manager
6 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Motion Designer
6 2 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
7 1 (3.57%) 3D Artist
7 1 (3.57%) Art Director
7 1 (3.57%) Artworker
7 1 (3.57%) Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) Content Designer
7 1 (3.57%) Creative Artworker
7 1 (3.57%) Creative Strategist
7 1 (3.57%) PowerPoint Specialist
7 1 (3.57%) Technology Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) CSS
1 3 (10.71%) Framer.js
1 3 (10.71%) HTML
2 1 (3.57%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Animation
1 7 (25.00%) Motion Graphics
1 7 (25.00%) Photography
2 5 (17.86%) Graphic Design
2 5 (17.86%) Social Media
3 3 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.57%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.57%) New Media
4 1 (3.57%) NHS
4 1 (3.57%) Video Editing
4 1 (3.57%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) User Experience
2 5 (17.86%) B2B
2 5 (17.86%) Storytelling
3 4 (14.29%) Project Management
3 4 (14.29%) Typography
3 4 (14.29%) Web Design
4 3 (10.71%) CRM
4 3 (10.71%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (10.71%) Deadline-Driven
4 3 (10.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (10.71%) UX Design
5 2 (7.14%) B2C
5 2 (7.14%) Business Strategy
5 2 (7.14%) Change Management
5 2 (7.14%) Content Strategy
5 2 (7.14%) Migration
5 2 (7.14%) Service Management
5 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) Degree
1 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Adobe
2 3 (10.71%) Google
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.57%) Autodesk
4 1 (3.57%) YouTube