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 25 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 553 627
Rank change year-on-year +13 +74 +201
Contract jobs citing Photography 14 27 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.067% 0.053%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.22% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 16
10th Percentile £200 £278 £206
25th Percentile £205 £322 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £350 £419
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -16.37% -7.00%
75th Percentile £384 £414 £515
90th Percentile £430 £562 £541
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £600 £474
% change year-on-year -66.66% +26.72% +45.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £15.88
25th Percentile - £11.44 £24.07
Median hourly rate - £12.50 £37.71
Median % change year-on-year - -66.85% -
75th Percentile - £53.00 £51.36
90th Percentile - £69.20 £59.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £11.44 £37.71
% change year-on-year - -69.66% -

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 11,355 12,432 17,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.65% 30.64% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,974 7,983 12,293
10th Percentile £302 £300 £306
25th Percentile £406 £419 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £643 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £804 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 551 720 451
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.25 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.25 £19.18
Median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +10.34% +34.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.50 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £41.50 £45.99
% change year-on-year -27.71% -9.77% +113.92%

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 25 July 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 12 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 25 July 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 +4 12 £370 +5.71% 37
UK excluding London +21 6 £200 -66.66% 17
London +15 6 £373 +6.43% 24
South East +30 1 - - 9
Work from Home +22 1 £200 -45.74% 12
North of England -5 1 £200 - 3
South West - 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £273 -
West Midlands - 1 £200 -
Midlands - 1 £200 - 2
North West - 1 £200 - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 2

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 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (42.86%) Photoshop
2 4 (28.57%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (28.57%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (21.43%) InDesign
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (7.14%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Figma
2 2 (14.29%) Google Ads
2 2 (14.29%) Google Analytics
2 2 (14.29%) Smartsheet
3 1 (7.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 7 (50.00%) Marketing
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Legal
3 2 (14.29%) Multimedia
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Designer
2 4 (28.57%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Designer
4 2 (14.29%) Digital Designer
4 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Social Media Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Content Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Creative Strategist
5 1 (7.14%) Email Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Junior
5 1 (7.14%) Junior Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Junior Digital Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Mid-Level Digital Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Video Content Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Animation
1 5 (35.71%) Motion Graphics
2 3 (21.43%) Graphic Design
2 3 (21.43%) Social Media
3 1 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (7.14%) Digital Media
3 1 (7.14%) Video Editing
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) B2B
2 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) Workflow
4 2 (14.29%) Analytics
4 2 (14.29%) B2B Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Competitor Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Due Diligence
4 2 (14.29%) Global Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Interaction Design
4 2 (14.29%) Post-Production
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Prototyping
4 2 (14.29%) Social Listening
4 2 (14.29%) User Experience
4 2 (14.29%) UX Design
4 2 (14.29%) Workflow Management
5 1 (7.14%) Content Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.14%) Typography
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Adobe
2 3 (21.43%) Facebook
2 3 (21.43%) Twitter
3 2 (14.29%) Google
3 2 (14.29%) YouTube
4 1 (7.14%) Instagram