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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 491 464
Rank change year-on-year -85 -27 +108
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 61 46 116
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.27%
As % of the Applications category 2.19% 1.81% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 27 59
10th Percentile - £155 £191
25th Percentile £305 £229 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £325 £325
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £363 £384 £388
90th Percentile £525 £562 £539
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 £450 £350
% change year-on-year -31.11% +28.57% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 15
10th Percentile £22.39 £13.25 £12.40
25th Percentile £31.00 £23.15 £14.06
Median hourly rate £33.99 £33.05 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% +65.25% -48.39%
75th Percentile - £42.12 £46.46
90th Percentile £41.77 £51.51 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £33.05 £28.71
% change year-on-year +2.84% +15.12% -

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 2,780 2,537 3,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.47% 8.47% 7.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,585 1,463 1,630
10th Percentile £223 £192 £164
25th Percentile £331 £271 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £541 £538
90th Percentile £637 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £388 £367
% change year-on-year +9.68% +5.65% -7.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 302 653
10th Percentile £13.19 £14.20 £11.68
25th Percentile £16.20 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.66 £24.83 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +52.99% -38.75%
75th Percentile £34.11 £43.75 £36.57
90th Percentile £63.75 £62.15 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.57 £24.11 £16.06
% change year-on-year -6.41% +50.12% -35.76%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -106 60 £318 -2.31% 15
UK excluding London -86 34 £310 -31.11% 10
London -79 23 £325 - 7
Midlands -38 15 £550 +22.22% 2
West Midlands -43 15 £550 - 1
South West -20 14 £310 -46.09% 1
Work from Home -48 5 £430 +134.33% 10
South East -67 2 - - 4
East of England -27 1 - -
Yorkshire -52 1 - -
North of England -74 1 - - 2
Scotland - 1 - -

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 6 (9.84%) CMS
2 3 (4.92%) Confluence
2 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.64%) Drupal
3 1 (1.64%) nginx
Applications
1 43 (70.49%) Adobe Illustrator
2 21 (34.43%) Adobe After Effects
3 13 (21.31%) InDesign
4 9 (14.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (11.48%) Maya
6 6 (9.84%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (6.56%) Acrobat
7 4 (6.56%) CINEMA 4D
7 4 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (3.28%) Final Cut Pro
8 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
8 2 (3.28%) MS Visio
8 2 (3.28%) Siemens NX
9 1 (1.64%) 3ds Max
9 1 (1.64%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (1.64%) Chatbot
9 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
9 1 (1.64%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (3.28%) Workfront
3 1 (1.64%) Eloqua
3 1 (1.64%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (40.98%) Figma
2 4 (6.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 4 (6.56%) Canva
3 2 (3.28%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.64%) AWS
4 1 (1.64%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.64%) GitHub
4 1 (1.64%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.64%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.64%) Miro
4 1 (1.64%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.64%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.92%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.64%) MySQL
2 1 (1.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Git
2 1 (1.64%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) Subversion
2 1 (1.64%) Vite
General
1 27 (44.26%) Marketing
2 14 (22.95%) Automotive
2 14 (22.95%) Social Skills
3 9 (14.75%) Manufacturing
3 9 (14.75%) Retail
4 6 (9.84%) Publishing
5 5 (8.20%) Games
5 5 (8.20%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (6.56%) Finance
6 4 (6.56%) Wearables
7 3 (4.92%) Electronics
8 2 (3.28%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.28%) Agriculture
8 2 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (55.74%) Designer
2 16 (26.23%) Senior
3 15 (24.59%) UI Designer
4 13 (21.31%) Senior Designer
5 12 (19.67%) Senior UI Designer
6 10 (16.39%) Graphic Designer
7 4 (6.56%) 3D Artist
7 4 (6.56%) Artworker
7 4 (6.56%) Junior
7 4 (6.56%) Junior Designer
7 4 (6.56%) Junior Graphic Designer
7 4 (6.56%) Motion Designer
8 3 (4.92%) Campaign Specialist
8 3 (4.92%) Creative Artworker
8 3 (4.92%) Senior Artworker
9 2 (3.28%) Senior Graphic Designer
9 2 (3.28%) UX Designer
10 1 (1.64%) Creative Designer
10 1 (1.64%) IT Trainer
10 1 (1.64%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.20%) HTML
1 5 (8.20%) V-Ray
2 4 (6.56%) CSS
3 1 (1.64%) Compass CSS Framework
3 1 (1.64%) CSS3
3 1 (1.64%) HTML5
3 1 (1.64%) jQuery
3 1 (1.64%) Laravel
3 1 (1.64%) LEMP Stack
3 1 (1.64%) Microformats
3 1 (1.64%) OOCSS
3 1 (1.64%) Sass
3 1 (1.64%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (1.64%) Vue
3 1 (1.64%) XHTML
3 1 (1.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (34.43%) Animation
2 11 (18.03%) Graphic Design
3 4 (6.56%) IoT
4 3 (4.92%) Marketing Technology
4 3 (4.92%) Motion Graphics
5 2 (3.28%) Vector Graphics
5 2 (3.28%) Video Editing
6 1 (1.64%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (1.64%) FMCG
6 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.64%) Social Media
6 1 (1.64%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.79%) User Experience
2 12 (19.67%) Storytelling
3 11 (18.03%) Global Marketing
4 10 (16.39%) UX Design
5 9 (14.75%) Typography
6 8 (13.11%) Visual Effects
7 7 (11.48%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (11.48%) Prototyping
8 6 (9.84%) AI
8 6 (9.84%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (8.20%) Agile
9 5 (8.20%) Asset Management
9 5 (8.20%) Interaction Design
9 5 (8.20%) Project Management
9 5 (8.20%) Visualisation
10 4 (6.56%) Design Thinking
10 4 (6.56%) Iconography
10 4 (6.56%) Time Management
10 4 (6.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.56%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.92%) SQL
3 1 (1.64%) Bash
3 1 (1.64%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (22.95%) Degree
2 1 (1.64%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.56%) QA
2 3 (4.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.64%) WAI
3 1 (1.64%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 4 (6.56%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.64%) Docker
Vendors
1 43 (70.49%) Adobe
2 7 (11.48%) Google
3 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.28%) Optimizely
4 2 (3.28%) Siemens
4 2 (3.28%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.64%) Alias
5 1 (1.64%) CODA
5 1 (1.64%) Pardot
5 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow