Photoshop Contracts in the UK excluding London

Adobe Photoshop
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 323 405
Rank change year-on-year -13 +82 +80
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 7 67 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.054% 0.33% 0.15%
As % of the Applications category 0.54% 3.37% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 34 23
10th Percentile £289 £180 £255
25th Percentile £335 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year +21.07% -6.67% +30.43%
75th Percentile £512 £388 £447
90th Percentile £557 £526 £483
UK median daily rate £304 £338 £375
% change year-on-year -9.93% -10.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 0
10th Percentile - £14.49 -
25th Percentile £13.25 £15.97 -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £39.92 -
Median % change year-on-year -66.18% - -
75th Percentile £13.75 £63.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £49.51 £37.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year +32.01% -3.23% -4.32%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,301 1,988 2,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.11% 9.81% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 703 844 1,324
10th Percentile £160 £153 £165
25th Percentile £225 £200 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £500
90th Percentile £575 £621 £600
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 530 195
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.07 £13.91
25th Percentile £15.26 £13.55 £16.81
Median hourly rate £21.73 £16.06 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.31% -41.60% +41.03%
75th Percentile £46.30 £38.19 £49.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £17.11 £32.40
% change year-on-year +31.50% -47.19% +50.70%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Photoshop in the UK excluding London

Photoshop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Photoshop in the UK excluding London

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Photoshop in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Photoshop in the UK excluding London

Photoshop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Photoshop in the UK excluding London

Photoshop
Contract 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 Photoshop within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
South East +43 2 - - 39
South West +34 1 £575 +53.33% 16
East of England +15 1 - - 12
West Midlands +6 1 - - 7
Midlands +6 1 - - 15
North of England +1 1 - - 37
Yorkshire -3 1 - - 20
Wales - 1 £273 -
Photoshop
UK

Photoshop
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (14.29%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (14.29%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (14.29%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Figma
2 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Metadata
General
1 5 (71.43%) Marketing
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Games
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Publishing
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Designer
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Artworker
2 1 (14.29%) Content Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Creative Artworker
2 1 (14.29%) Creative Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Creative Graphic Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Creative Strategist
2 1 (14.29%) Email Marketing Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Email Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Graphic Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Motion Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Motion Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (28.57%) Social Media
3 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
3 1 (14.29%) Animation
3 1 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
3 1 (14.29%) Graphic Design
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
3 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Photography
3 1 (14.29%) Video Editing
3 1 (14.29%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Content Management
1 2 (28.57%) Content Strategy
1 2 (28.57%) Copywriting
1 2 (28.57%) Storytelling
2 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (14.29%) Content Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Deadline-Driven
2 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Email Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
2 1 (14.29%) SEO
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Typography
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Adobe
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Hotjar
2 1 (14.29%) Instagram
2 1 (14.29%) TikTok
2 1 (14.29%) YouTube