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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 322 354
Rank change year-on-year -51 +32 +82
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 21 31 39
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.24% 0.21%
As % of the Applications category 2.18% 3.37% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 25 16
10th Percentile £209 £159 £200
25th Percentile £218 £206 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £300 £381
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -21.31% -15.28%
75th Percentile £387 £380 £552
90th Percentile £400 £403 £575
England median daily rate £310 £300 £319
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.88% -25.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £48.24 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £48.87 £14.06
Median hourly rate £62.50 £50.75 £14.37
Median % change year-on-year +23.15% +253.18% -42.52%
75th Percentile £63.75 £51.80 £14.69
90th Percentile - £51.92 -
England median hourly rate £25.56 £50.75 £22.14
% change year-on-year -49.64% +129.23% -12.85%

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 965 919 1,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 6.07% 7.02% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 576 852
10th Percentile £273 £200 £185
25th Percentile £385 £313 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -13.97%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £683 £715
England median daily rate £450 £409 £400
% change year-on-year +10.02% +2.25% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 30 72
10th Percentile £17.50 £15.84 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.25 £20.45 £15.89
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.96 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.70% +38.23% -20.41%
75th Percentile £30.59 £35.00 £26.50
90th Percentile £46.95 £51.26 £53.40
England median hourly rate £19.91 £27.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -27.60% +41.03% -48.00%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Photoshop job vacancy trend 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 3 March 2026.

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
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 3 March 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
Central London -11 2 £350 +11.11% 2
Photoshop
England

Photoshop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) Confluence
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 13 (61.90%) Adobe After Effects
2 12 (57.14%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (42.86%) Adobe Premiere
4 5 (23.81%) InDesign
5 4 (19.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (14.29%) Blender
6 3 (14.29%) CINEMA 4D
7 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (9.52%) Sketch
8 1 (4.76%) Acrobat
8 1 (4.76%) Adobe XD
8 1 (4.76%) Chatbot
8 1 (4.76%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (4.76%) InVision
8 1 (4.76%) Maya
8 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (4.76%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (4.76%) Trello
8 1 (4.76%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 5 (23.81%) Figma
3 1 (4.76%) Dropbox
3 1 (4.76%) GitHub
3 1 (4.76%) Google Docs
3 1 (4.76%) Google Drive
3 1 (4.76%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.76%) Miro
3 1 (4.76%) Vertex AI
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Axure RP
2 1 (4.76%) Balsamiq
2 1 (4.76%) Dreamweaver
General
1 7 (33.33%) Marketing
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Advertising
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Games
3 3 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Wearables
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Publishing
5 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Designer
2 3 (14.29%) Digital Designer
2 3 (14.29%) Motion Designer
3 2 (9.52%) UX Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Animator
4 1 (4.76%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Conceptual Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Coordinator
4 1 (4.76%) Creative Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Development Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Graphic Artist
4 1 (4.76%) Graphic Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Interaction Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Lead
4 1 (4.76%) Motion Graphics Artist
4 1 (4.76%) Product Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Graphic Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) HTML
1 3 (14.29%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 2 (9.52%) CSS
2 2 (9.52%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (4.76%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Animation
2 3 (14.29%) IoT
2 3 (14.29%) Motion Graphics
2 3 (14.29%) Social Media
3 2 (9.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (4.76%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.76%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Android
2 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Storytelling
2 5 (23.81%) User Experience
3 4 (19.05%) AI
3 4 (19.05%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (19.05%) Interaction Design
4 3 (14.29%) Design Thinking
4 3 (14.29%) Texturing
4 3 (14.29%) Typography
4 3 (14.29%) UX Design
4 3 (14.29%) Visual Effects
4 3 (14.29%) Workflow
5 2 (9.52%) 3D Modelling
5 2 (9.52%) Asset Management
5 2 (9.52%) Content Writing
5 2 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (9.52%) Generative AI
5 2 (9.52%) Mathematics
5 2 (9.52%) Multichannel Marketing
5 2 (9.52%) Prototyping
5 2 (9.52%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 15 (71.43%) Adobe
2 4 (19.05%) Google
3 2 (9.52%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.76%) Autodesk
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.76%) YouTube