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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 502 465
Rank change year-on-year -108 -37 +90
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 60 49 107
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.15% 0.27%
As % of the Applications category 2.16% 1.74% 4.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 26 64
10th Percentile £291 £156 £200
25th Percentile £305 £245 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £325 £350
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -7.14% +2.94%
75th Percentile £363 £411 £388
90th Percentile £525 £566 £526
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 £273 £368
% change year-on-year +13.76% -25.85% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 10
10th Percentile £22.39 £13.25 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.00 £18.20 £13.81
Median hourly rate £33.99 £33.05 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% +28.35% -
75th Percentile - - £39.63
90th Percentile £41.77 £42.53 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £33.05 £24.50
% change year-on-year +2.84% +34.90% -

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 2,783 2,818 2,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.27% 8.56% 6.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,525 1,591 1,431
10th Percentile £213 £200 £163
25th Percentile £325 £296 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £523
90th Percentile £638 £650 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 368 407
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.96 £11.79
25th Percentile £16.09 £15.84 £14.84
Median hourly rate £22.68 £22.63 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% +25.72% -28.00%
75th Percentile £37.02 £34.76 £43.20
90th Percentile £74.25 £59.51 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £22.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year +2.86% +35.55% -26.23%

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 4 August 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 4 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Top 12 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 4 August 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 -95 59 £320 -1.54% 34
UK excluding London -94 29 £310 +13.76% 26
London -58 26 £325 - 13
Midlands -43 14 - - 2
West Midlands -46 14 - -
South West -35 10 £310 -46.09% 2
Work from Home -62 3 - - 15
South East -75 2 - - 11
East of England -18 1 - - 1
Yorkshire -43 1 - - 2
North of England -59 1 - - 5
Scotland - 1 - - 4

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 (8.33%) CMS
2 4 (6.67%) Confluence
2 4 (6.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.67%) Drupal
Applications
1 44 (73.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 21 (35.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 15 (25.00%) InDesign
4 10 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (13.33%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (8.33%) Acrobat
8 4 (6.67%) CINEMA 4D
8 4 (6.67%) Maya
9 3 (5.00%) Final Cut Pro
9 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (5.00%) MS Visio
10 1 (1.67%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
10 1 (1.67%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (6.67%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (1.67%) Eloqua
2 1 (1.67%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 25 (41.67%) Figma
2 5 (8.33%) Canva
3 3 (5.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 3 (5.00%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.67%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.67%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.67%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (1.67%) Git
1 1 (1.67%) JIRA
1 1 (1.67%) Subversion
General
1 28 (46.67%) Marketing
2 15 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 14 (23.33%) Automotive
4 9 (15.00%) Manufacturing
5 8 (13.33%) Retail
6 6 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (10.00%) Publishing
7 5 (8.33%) Finance
7 5 (8.33%) Games
8 4 (6.67%) Electronics
8 4 (6.67%) Wearables
9 2 (3.33%) Advertising
9 2 (3.33%) Aerospace
9 2 (3.33%) Agriculture
9 2 (3.33%) Multimedia
9 2 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (55.00%) Designer
2 16 (26.67%) Senior
3 15 (25.00%) UI Designer
4 13 (21.67%) Senior Designer
5 12 (20.00%) Senior UI Designer
6 11 (18.33%) Graphic Designer
7 5 (8.33%) Motion Designer
8 4 (6.67%) Artworker
8 4 (6.67%) Campaign Specialist
8 4 (6.67%) Junior
8 4 (6.67%) Junior Designer
8 4 (6.67%) Junior Graphic Designer
9 3 (5.00%) 3D Artist
9 3 (5.00%) Creative Artworker
9 3 (5.00%) Senior Artworker
10 2 (3.33%) Senior Graphic Designer
10 2 (3.33%) UX Designer
11 1 (1.67%) Creative Designer
11 1 (1.67%) IT Trainer
11 1 (1.67%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.67%) HTML
2 3 (5.00%) CSS
2 3 (5.00%) V-Ray
3 1 (1.67%) Compass CSS Framework
3 1 (1.67%) CSS3
3 1 (1.67%) HTML5
3 1 (1.67%) jQuery
3 1 (1.67%) Microformats
3 1 (1.67%) OOCSS
3 1 (1.67%) Sass
3 1 (1.67%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.67%) Animation
2 14 (23.33%) Graphic Design
3 4 (6.67%) IoT
3 4 (6.67%) Marketing Technology
4 3 (5.00%) Motion Graphics
4 3 (5.00%) Video Editing
5 2 (3.33%) Social Media
6 1 (1.67%) FMCG
6 1 (1.67%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.67%) Vector Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (31.67%) User Experience
2 13 (21.67%) Storytelling
3 9 (15.00%) Typography
3 9 (15.00%) UX Design
4 7 (11.67%) Collaborative Culture
4 7 (11.67%) Global Marketing
4 7 (11.67%) Visual Effects
5 6 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (10.00%) Project Management
6 5 (8.33%) AI
6 5 (8.33%) Interaction Design
6 5 (8.33%) Prototyping
7 4 (6.67%) Data Ingestion
7 4 (6.67%) Data-Driven Marketing
7 4 (6.67%) Design Thinking
7 4 (6.67%) Marketing Automation
7 4 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (6.67%) Time Management
7 4 (6.67%) Visualisation
8 3 (5.00%) Iconography
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.67%) SQL
2 3 (5.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.00%) QA
2 2 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.67%) WAI
3 1 (1.67%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 4 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 45 (75.00%) Adobe
2 5 (8.33%) Google
3 4 (6.67%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.33%) Optimizely
4 2 (3.33%) Sitecore
4 2 (3.33%) TikTok
5 1 (1.67%) CODA
5 1 (1.67%) Pardot
5 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.67%) Siemens
5 1 (1.67%) YouTube