Photography Contracts in the UK excluding London

Photography
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Photography in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Photography over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 360 427
Rank change year-on-year -3 +67 +85
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Photography 4 10 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.055% 0.064%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.076% 0.19% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 9
10th Percentile - £535 £282
25th Percentile £259 £550 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £273 £600 £474
Median % change year-on-year -54.58% +26.72% +64.70%
75th Percentile £286 £625 £530
90th Percentile - - £538
UK median daily rate £324 £350 £387
% change year-on-year -7.50% -9.56% -8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - £15.88
25th Percentile - - £24.07
Median hourly rate - £11.44 £37.71
Median % change year-on-year - -69.66% -
75th Percentile - £45.72 £51.36
90th Percentile - £66.29 £59.54
UK median hourly rate - £11.97 £37.71
% change year-on-year - -68.26% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Photography falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,270 5,242 6,749
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.28% 28.82% 31.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,109 3,116 4,509
10th Percentile £225 £213 £220
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £612 £600
90th Percentile £656 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 469 305
10th Percentile £14.38 £12.15 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £17.63 £20.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% +15.85% +90.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £45.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -34.44% +10.86% +54.63%

Photography
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Photography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Photography in the UK excluding London

Photography
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Photography.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Photography

Photography
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Photography.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Photography

Photography
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photography within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +7 1 - - 20
South West - 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £273 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Photography
UK

Photography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (25.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Content Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Creative Strategist
1 1 (25.00%) Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Email Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Video Content Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (25.00%) Social Media
1 1 (25.00%) Video Editing
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Post-Production
2 1 (25.00%) Content Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Content Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Deadline-Driven
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (25.00%) Typography
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) Facebook
2 1 (25.00%) Instagram
2 1 (25.00%) Twitter