Photography Contracts

Photography
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Photography in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Photography over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 493 573 691
Rank change year-on-year +80 +118 +140
Contract jobs citing Photography 26 27 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.089% 0.062% 0.037%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 0.20% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 10 16
10th Percentile £200 £338 £131
25th Percentile £200 £360 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £404 £345
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +16.96% -28.13%
75th Percentile £380 £573 £497
90th Percentile £430 £626 £541
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £600 £430
% change year-on-year -66.67% +39.45% +56.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £21.10 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £21.10 -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,915 13,252 19,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.91% 30.40% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,331 8,505 13,670
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.90% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 910 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.93 £27.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +11.46% +26.14% +9.64%

Photography
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Photography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Photography in the UK

Photography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Photography.

Daily rate trend for Photography in the UK

Photography
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Photography over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Photography in the UK

Photography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Photography.

Hourly rate trend for Photography in the UK

Photography
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +66 25 £370 -8.30% 53
London +34 13 £370 -8.30% 38
UK excluding London +53 10 £200 -66.67% 20
South East +43 5 - - 6
Work from Home +45 3 £200 -50.42% 19
West Midlands - 2 £200 - 5
Midlands - 2 £200 - 6
North of England +27 1 £200 - 3
North West - 1 £200 - 2
South West - 1 £72 - 2
Wales - 1 £273 -

Photography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (26.92%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (42.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 10 (38.46%) Photoshop
3 9 (34.62%) Adobe Illustrator
4 8 (30.77%) Adobe Premiere
5 6 (23.08%) InDesign
5 6 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (3.85%) Adobe After Effects
Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) Figma
2 2 (7.69%) Google Ads
2 2 (7.69%) Google Analytics
2 2 (7.69%) Smartsheet
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Marketing
3 5 (19.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (11.54%) Multimedia
5 2 (7.69%) Legal
5 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Finance
6 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Local Government
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Designer
2 8 (30.77%) Senior
3 7 (26.92%) Senior Designer
4 6 (23.08%) Digital Designer
5 2 (7.69%) Creative Strategist
5 2 (7.69%) Junior
5 2 (7.69%) Junior Designer
5 2 (7.69%) Junior Digital Designer
5 2 (7.69%) Mid-Level Digital Designer
5 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Social Media Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Communications Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Content Strategist
6 1 (3.85%) Digital Strategist
6 1 (3.85%) Graphic Designer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Communications Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Communications Officer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Digital Designer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (19.23%) EDI
2 1 (3.85%) CSS
2 1 (3.85%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) Animation
2 11 (42.31%) Motion Graphics
3 4 (15.38%) Graphic Design
4 2 (7.69%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (7.69%) Social Media
4 2 (7.69%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (3.85%) Digital Media
5 1 (3.85%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) B2B
2 7 (26.92%) User Experience
3 6 (23.08%) UX Design
4 5 (19.23%) Interaction Design
4 5 (19.23%) Project Management
4 5 (19.23%) Prototyping
5 3 (11.54%) Analytics
5 3 (11.54%) Content Strategy
5 3 (11.54%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (11.54%) Storytelling
6 2 (7.69%) B2B Marketing
6 2 (7.69%) B2C
6 2 (7.69%) Competitor Analysis
6 2 (7.69%) Content Management
6 2 (7.69%) Content Marketing
6 2 (7.69%) Deadline-Driven
6 2 (7.69%) Global Marketing
6 2 (7.69%) Time Management
6 2 (7.69%) Workflow
6 2 (7.69%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Degree
2 5 (19.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 13 (50.00%) Adobe
2 3 (11.54%) YouTube
3 2 (7.69%) Facebook
3 2 (7.69%) Google
3 2 (7.69%) Twitter
4 1 (3.85%) Optimizely
4 1 (3.85%) SAP