Photoshop Contract Job Trends in London

Adobe Photoshop
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Photoshop skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 350 392
Rank change year-on-year +11 +42 +144
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 23 38 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Applications category 2.19% 4.18% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 27 37
10th Percentile £150 £208 £221
25th Percentile £200 £259 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £325 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -38.46%
75th Percentile £388 £365 £494
90th Percentile £584 £397 £532
England median daily rate £315 £315 £319
% change year-on-year -0.16% -1.18% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
England median hourly rate £33.05 £25.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year +28.35% +47.14% -18.60%

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 1,049 909 1,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.81% 5.63% 7.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 669 583 1,073
10th Percentile £250 £213 £209
25th Percentile £325 £313 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £540 £600
90th Percentile £726 £675 £700
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 31 41
10th Percentile £15.84 £20.00 £16.63
25th Percentile £20.24 £21.63 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.97 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +3.73% -1.29%
75th Percentile £31.60 £34.25 £42.50
90th Percentile £42.75 £43.75 £52.97
England median hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 £24.25
% change year-on-year +47.06% -29.90% +7.78%

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
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Photoshop in London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Photoshop in London

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Photoshop

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 2 (8.70%) CMS
1 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 19 (82.61%) Adobe Illustrator
2 8 (34.78%) Adobe After Effects
3 7 (30.43%) InDesign
4 6 (26.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (21.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (21.74%) Adobe Premiere
5 5 (21.74%) Sketch
6 4 (17.39%) InVision
6 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (17.39%) OmniGraffle
6 4 (17.39%) UXPin
7 1 (4.35%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (4.35%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (8.70%) Figma
2 2 (8.70%) Google Workspace
2 2 (8.70%) Slack
2 2 (8.70%) Yammer
3 1 (4.35%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Axure RP
1 4 (17.39%) Balsamiq
General
1 11 (47.83%) Marketing
2 8 (34.78%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Advertising
3 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.70%) Financial Institution
4 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Arabic Language
5 1 (4.35%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) French Language
5 1 (4.35%) Games
5 1 (4.35%) German Language
5 1 (4.35%) Italian Language
5 1 (4.35%) Japanese Language
5 1 (4.35%) Korean Language
5 1 (4.35%) Music Industry
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Designer
2 7 (30.43%) Graphic Designer
3 4 (17.39%) UX Designer
4 2 (8.70%) Communications Manager
4 2 (8.70%) IT Communications Manager
4 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Junior
4 2 (8.70%) Junior Designer
4 2 (8.70%) Junior Graphic Designer
4 2 (8.70%) Transformation Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Art Director
5 1 (4.35%) Content Designer
5 1 (4.35%) Coordinator
5 1 (4.35%) Creative Artworker
5 1 (4.35%) Creative Designer
5 1 (4.35%) Graphic Artist
5 1 (4.35%) Motion Designer
5 1 (4.35%) Motion Graphics Artist
5 1 (4.35%) PowerPoint Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) Framer.js
2 3 (13.04%) CSS
2 3 (13.04%) HTML
3 1 (4.35%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Graphic Design
2 5 (21.74%) Social Media
3 4 (17.39%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (13.04%) Motion Graphics
5 2 (8.70%) Animation
6 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.35%) New Media
6 1 (4.35%) Photography
6 1 (4.35%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) User Experience
2 4 (17.39%) CRM
2 4 (17.39%) Time Management
2 4 (17.39%) Typography
2 4 (17.39%) UX Design
2 4 (17.39%) Web Design
3 3 (13.04%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.04%) Storytelling
4 2 (8.70%) Asset Management
4 2 (8.70%) Change Management
4 2 (8.70%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (8.70%) Deadline-Driven
4 2 (8.70%) Digital Engineering
4 2 (8.70%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (8.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (8.70%) Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Outbound Marketing
4 2 (8.70%) Service Management
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 15 (65.22%) Adobe
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) Google
4 1 (4.35%) YouTube