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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 478 499
Rank change year-on-year -100 +21 +104
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 47 41 101
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Applications category 1.61% 1.74% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 34 39
10th Percentile £293 £159 £198
25th Percentile £305 £245 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £320 £375
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% -14.80% -6.25%
75th Percentile £380 £380 £519
90th Percentile £415 £458 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 £325 £360
% change year-on-year -4.62% -9.72% -4.64%
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% +50.00%
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 - - +64.64%

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 2,918 2,360 3,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.53% 8.13% 7.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,715 1,448 1,835
10th Percentile £211 £188 £158
25th Percentile £331 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £408 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% +1.88% -5.88%
75th Percentile £551 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -11.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 233 620
10th Percentile £13.04 £14.53 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.19 £15.84 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.91 £25.50 £18.55
Median % change year-on-year -21.92% +37.48% -42.75%
75th Percentile £30.59 £45.00 £41.00
90th Percentile £66.25 £76.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.10 £26.34 £17.55
% change year-on-year -27.47% +50.06% -37.68%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -100 45 £318 +2.58% 29
UK excluding London -74 25 £310 -4.62% 23
London -79 22 £325 +7.62% 7
South West -13 13 £310 -46.09% 4
Work from Home -55 5 £400 +23.46% 11
South East - 5 £425 - 5
West Midlands - 4 £550 - 5
Midlands - 4 £550 - 7
Scotland +8 2 - -
North of England -70 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%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.51%) CMS
3 2 (4.26%) Confluence
4 1 (2.13%) nginx
4 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%) Adobe Premiere
5 7 (14.89%) Maya
6 5 (10.64%) CINEMA 4D
7 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
8 3 (6.38%) Acrobat
8 3 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (6.38%) MS Visio
9 2 (4.26%) Blender
9 2 (4.26%) InVision
9 2 (4.26%) OmniGraffle
9 2 (4.26%) Siemens NX
9 2 (4.26%) Sketch
10 1 (2.13%) Adobe XD
10 1 (2.13%) Chatbot
10 1 (2.13%) Trello
10 1 (2.13%) UXPin
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 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 2 (4.26%) Axure RP
3 1 (2.13%) Balsamiq
3 1 (2.13%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (2.13%) Git
3 1 (2.13%) Vite
General
1 23 (48.94%) Marketing
2 15 (31.91%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.77%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (10.64%) Finance
4 5 (10.64%) Retail
5 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.51%) Wearables
6 3 (6.38%) Legal
6 3 (6.38%) Manufacturing
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%) Games
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
6 2 (4.26%) UX Designer
7 1 (2.13%) Automation Specialist
7 1 (2.13%) Content Coordinator
7 1 (2.13%) IT Trainer
7 1 (2.13%) Junior Designer
7 1 (2.13%) Junior Graphic Designer
7 1 (2.13%) Senior Designer
7 1 (2.13%) Technical Illustrator
7 1 (2.13%) Web Content Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) HTML
1 5 (10.64%) V-Ray
2 4 (8.51%) CSS
3 1 (2.13%) Framer.js
3 1 (2.13%) Laravel
3 1 (2.13%) LEMP Stack
3 1 (2.13%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (2.13%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (2.13%) Vue
3 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 12 (25.53%) User Experience
2 11 (23.40%) Global Marketing
3 10 (21.28%) Agile
4 9 (19.15%) Storytelling
5 8 (17.02%) Visual Effects
6 7 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (14.89%) Typography
7 6 (12.77%) Creative Thinking
7 6 (12.77%) Interaction Design
8 5 (10.64%) AI
8 5 (10.64%) Asset Management
8 5 (10.64%) Design Thinking
8 5 (10.64%) Project Management
8 5 (10.64%) Time Management
9 4 (8.51%) Prototyping
9 4 (8.51%) UX Design
9 4 (8.51%) Visualisation
10 3 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (6.38%) Content Writing
10 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.13%) Bash
2 1 (2.13%) C#
2 1 (2.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.13%) Degree
2 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.38%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
1 1 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 27 (57.45%) Adobe
2 4 (8.51%) 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