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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 510 479
Rank change year-on-year -121 -31 +68
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 57 46 76
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Applications category 1.84% 1.65% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 23 53
10th Percentile £218 £209 £190
25th Percentile £312 £218 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £325
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £416 £422 £388
90th Percentile £525 £470 £536
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £400 £285
% change year-on-year -18.88% +40.35% -12.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 5
10th Percentile £21.87 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £29.50 £18.20 £12.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £33.05 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% +4.92% +42.28%
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile £41.61 £48.40 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £33.05 £31.50
% change year-on-year +2.84% +4.92% +42.28%

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 3,094 2,783 2,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.60% 8.39% 6.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,494 1,561 1,431
10th Percentile £200 £188 £163
25th Percentile £313 £297 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £525
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £402 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 581 366 244
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.19 £14.84
25th Percentile £14.31 £16.50 £15.62
Median hourly rate £17.69 £23.28 £20.12
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +15.70% -21.75%
75th Percentile £30.90 £33.90 £36.75
90th Percentile £61.57 £57.50 £57.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.12 £22.50 £17.75
% change year-on-year -23.91% +26.76% -21.98%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -110 56 £400 +6.67% 21
London -91 33 £408 +16.57% 12
UK excluding London -108 18 £325 -18.88% 11
West Midlands -38 13 - -
Midlands -45 13 - - 2
Work from Home -71 8 £416 +80.87% 11
South West -33 2 £325 -
East of England -28 1 - - 1
Yorkshire -33 1 - -
North of England -72 1 - - 4
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 8 (14.04%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.77%) Confluence
3 3 (5.26%) CMS
4 1 (1.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.75%) Drupal
Applications
1 47 (82.46%) Adobe Illustrator
2 17 (29.82%) Adobe After Effects
3 15 (26.32%) InDesign
4 13 (22.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (19.30%) MS Visio
6 9 (15.79%) Adobe Premiere
7 6 (10.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (7.02%) Acrobat
8 4 (7.02%) Final Cut Pro
9 3 (5.26%) Blender
10 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
11 1 (1.75%) 3ds Max
11 1 (1.75%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (1.75%) Siemens NX
11 1 (1.75%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (1.75%) Eloqua
2 1 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (47.37%) Figma
2 7 (12.28%) Lucidchart
3 6 (10.53%) Canva
4 3 (5.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.75%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.75%) Google Tag Manager
5 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.02%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.75%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) Subversion
General
1 19 (33.33%) Marketing
2 13 (22.81%) Automotive
3 11 (19.30%) Social Skills
4 9 (15.79%) Finance
4 9 (15.79%) Manufacturing
5 8 (14.04%) Games
6 7 (12.28%) Advertising
6 7 (12.28%) Retail
7 6 (10.53%) Multimedia
8 5 (8.77%) Japanese Language
8 5 (8.77%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (8.77%) Publishing
9 4 (7.02%) Banking
9 4 (7.02%) Electronics
10 2 (3.51%) Aerospace
10 2 (3.51%) Agriculture
10 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (49.12%) Designer
2 14 (24.56%) UI Designer
3 13 (22.81%) Senior
4 12 (21.05%) Senior Designer
5 11 (19.30%) Senior UI Designer
6 9 (15.79%) Graphic Designer
7 4 (7.02%) Campaign Specialist
8 3 (5.26%) Junior
8 3 (5.26%) Junior Designer
8 3 (5.26%) Junior Graphic Designer
8 3 (5.26%) Lead
9 2 (3.51%) Artworker
9 2 (3.51%) PowerPoint Specialist
9 2 (3.51%) Senior Graphic Designer
9 2 (3.51%) UX Designer
10 1 (1.75%) 3D Designer
10 1 (1.75%) e-Learning Designer
10 1 (1.75%) Senior UI/UX Designer
10 1 (1.75%) Technical Writer
10 1 (1.75%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (1.75%) Compass CSS Framework
2 1 (1.75%) CSS
2 1 (1.75%) CSS3
2 1 (1.75%) HTML
2 1 (1.75%) HTML5
2 1 (1.75%) jQuery
2 1 (1.75%) Microformats
2 1 (1.75%) OOCSS
2 1 (1.75%) Sass
2 1 (1.75%) V-Ray
2 1 (1.75%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (29.82%) Graphic Design
2 11 (19.30%) Animation
3 7 (12.28%) Video Editing
4 5 (8.77%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (3.51%) Social Media
6 1 (1.75%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.75%) FMCG
6 1 (1.75%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.75%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (1.75%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.58%) User Experience
2 8 (14.04%) UX Design
3 7 (12.28%) Collaborative Culture
3 7 (12.28%) Storytelling
3 7 (12.28%) Typography
4 6 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (8.77%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (8.77%) Marketing Automation
5 5 (8.77%) Prototyping
6 4 (7.02%) 3D Modelling
6 4 (7.02%) AI
6 4 (7.02%) Change Management
6 4 (7.02%) Data Ingestion
6 4 (7.02%) Data-Driven Marketing
6 4 (7.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (7.02%) Visualisation
7 3 (5.26%) Iconography
7 3 (5.26%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (5.26%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.02%) SQL
2 3 (5.26%) C#
3 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (26.32%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.75%) QA
2 1 (1.75%) WAI
2 1 (1.75%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 38 (66.67%) Adobe
2 7 (12.28%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.77%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) TikTok
4 2 (3.51%) YouTube
5 1 (1.75%) Alias
5 1 (1.75%) CODA
5 1 (1.75%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.75%) Pardot
5 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow