Photoshop Contract Job Trends

Adobe Photoshop
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Photoshop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 487 486
Rank change year-on-year -94 -1 +134
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 47 41 105
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.14% 0.24%
As % of the Applications category 1.60% 1.71% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 33 44
10th Percentile £302 £159 £200
25th Percentile £305 £244 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £324 £355
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -8.73% -8.39%
75th Percentile £367 £380 £469
90th Percentile £418 £464 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 £325 £355
% change year-on-year -4.62% -8.45% -5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 11
10th Percentile £13.65 £48.24 £14.06
25th Percentile £13.88 £48.87 £14.59
Median hourly rate £21.05 £50.75 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.53% +35.34% +47.61%
75th Percentile £31.15 £51.80 £42.57
90th Percentile £34.73 £51.92 £53.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.05 - £39.92
% change year-on-year - - +54.67%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,929 2,396 3,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.40% 8.20% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,721 1,470 1,799
10th Percentile £213 £190 £158
25th Percentile £331 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -10.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 235 621
10th Percentile £13.13 £14.32 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.28 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.17 £24.66 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.21% +37.00% -44.62%
75th Percentile £32.44 £44.75 £40.75
90th Percentile £67.95 £74.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.91 £24.83 £16.23
% change year-on-year -19.81% +52.99% -45.13%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Photoshop job vacancy trend in the UK

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Photoshop over the 6 months to 8 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Photoshop over the 6 months to 8 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 April 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
England -105 45 £318 +0.79% 29
UK excluding London -77 27 £310 -4.62% 23
London -83 20 £325 +6.91% 7
South West -18 14 £310 -46.09% 4
Work from Home -42 6 £400 +23.46% 11
South East - 6 £425 - 5
West Midlands - 4 £550 - 5
Midlands - 4 £550 - 7
Scotland +5 2 - -
North of England -63 1 £400 +21.21% 6
North West - 1 £400 - 3

Photoshop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (10.64%) CMS
1 5 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.26%) Confluence
3 1 (2.13%) nginx
3 1 (2.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 30 (63.83%) Adobe Illustrator
2 14 (29.79%) InDesign
3 12 (25.53%) Adobe After Effects
4 11 (23.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (14.89%) Maya
6 6 (12.77%) Adobe Premiere
7 5 (10.64%) CINEMA 4D
7 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (8.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (6.38%) Acrobat
9 3 (6.38%) MS Visio
10 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
10 2 (4.26%) Siemens NX
11 1 (2.13%) Adobe XD
11 1 (2.13%) Blender
11 1 (2.13%) Chatbot
11 1 (2.13%) InVision
11 1 (2.13%) OmniGraffle
11 1 (2.13%) Sketch
11 1 (2.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Workfront
2 2 (4.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 6 (12.77%) Figma
2 3 (6.38%) Lucidchart
2 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.13%) AWS
3 1 (2.13%) ChatGPT
3 1 (2.13%) GitHub
3 1 (2.13%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.13%) Google Docs
3 1 (2.13%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.13%) Miro
3 1 (2.13%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.13%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) Power BI
2 2 (4.26%) Tableau
3 1 (2.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.13%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (2.13%) Git
2 1 (2.13%) Vite
General
1 25 (53.19%) Marketing
2 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.89%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (12.77%) Retail
5 4 (8.51%) Finance
5 4 (8.51%) Wearables
6 3 (6.38%) Legal
6 3 (6.38%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.38%) Publishing
7 2 (4.26%) Advertising
7 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (46.81%) Designer
2 6 (12.77%) Graphic Designer
3 5 (10.64%) Motion Designer
4 4 (8.51%) 3D Artist
5 3 (6.38%) Artworker
5 3 (6.38%) Content Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Digital Designer
5 3 (6.38%) Senior
6 2 (4.26%) Creative Artworker
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Artworker
6 2 (4.26%) Training Manager
7 1 (2.13%) Coordinator
7 1 (2.13%) Development Manager
7 1 (2.13%) E-Commerce Executive
7 1 (2.13%) IT Trainer
7 1 (2.13%) Junior
7 1 (2.13%) Photoshop Designer
7 1 (2.13%) Senior Graphic Designer
7 1 (2.13%) Trainer
7 1 (2.13%) Web Content Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) HTML
2 5 (10.64%) V-Ray
3 4 (8.51%) CSS
4 1 (2.13%) Laravel
4 1 (2.13%) LEMP Stack
4 1 (2.13%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (2.13%) Vue
4 1 (2.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.79%) Animation
2 7 (14.89%) Graphic Design
3 4 (8.51%) e-Learning
3 4 (8.51%) IoT
3 4 (8.51%) Motion Graphics
4 3 (6.38%) Social Media
5 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
5 2 (4.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (4.26%) Vector Graphics
6 1 (2.13%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.40%) Global Marketing
1 11 (23.40%) User Experience
2 10 (21.28%) Agile
2 10 (21.28%) Storytelling
3 8 (17.02%) Visual Effects
4 7 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (14.89%) Typography
5 6 (12.77%) Creative Thinking
6 5 (10.64%) AI
6 5 (10.64%) Asset Management
6 5 (10.64%) Design Thinking
6 5 (10.64%) Interaction Design
6 5 (10.64%) Project Management
6 5 (10.64%) Prototyping
6 5 (10.64%) Time Management
6 5 (10.64%) Visualisation
7 3 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (6.38%) Content Writing
7 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (6.38%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.13%) Bash
2 1 (2.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
1 1 (2.13%) Degree
1 1 (2.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) Accessibility
1 4 (8.51%) QA
2 1 (2.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 28 (59.57%) Adobe
2 5 (10.64%) Google
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.26%) Atlassian
4 2 (4.26%) Optimizely
4 2 (4.26%) Siemens
4 2 (4.26%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.13%) Alias
5 1 (2.13%) Facebook