Photoshop Contract Job Trends in the South West

Adobe Photoshop
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Photoshop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 - 146
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.11% - 0.064%
As % of the Applications category 1.34% - 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £290
25th Percentile £305 - £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £453
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.56%
75th Percentile £315 - £571
90th Percentile - - £633
England median daily rate £310 £293 £313
% change year-on-year +5.98% -6.40% -28.57%

All Software Application Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 224 179 231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 8.48% 9.49% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 118 117
10th Percentile £210 £143 £153
25th Percentile £293 £213 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £328 £450
Median % change year-on-year +60.31% -27.22% -2.70%
75th Percentile £738 £550 £588
90th Percentile - £688 £675
England median daily rate £450 £409 £400
% change year-on-year +10.02% +2.25% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 8 56
10th Percentile £12.82 £25.53 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.60 £29.69 £14.54
Median hourly rate £63.00 £58.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.23% +38.24% -34.62%
75th Percentile £84.38 £78.75 £48.72
90th Percentile £134.70 £90.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £19.00 £26.81 £21.06
% change year-on-year -29.14% +27.30% -36.17%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Photoshop job vacancy trend in the South West

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Photoshop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Photoshop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Wiltshire - 3 £310 - 2
Photoshop
England

Photoshop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (66.67%) Maya
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (33.33%) Siemens NX
General
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 3D Artist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Animation
2 1 (33.33%) Vector Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Global Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Effects
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens