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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 487 517
Rank change year-on-year -83 +30 +102
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 42 40 78
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.098% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Applications category 1.43% 1.68% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 32 27
10th Percentile £218 £159 £185
25th Percentile £301 £248 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £308 £325
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% -5.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £398 £380 £541
90th Percentile £425 £415 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 £305 £248
% change year-on-year +1.81% +23.03% -34.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 12
10th Percentile £13.70 £48.24 £14.06
25th Percentile £14.00 £48.87 £14.86
Median hourly rate £28.09 £50.75 £28.71
Median % change year-on-year -44.65% +76.78% +14.84%
75th Percentile £37.12 £51.80 £45.21
90th Percentile £53.10 £51.92 £52.22
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 2,931 2,377 3,637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.87% 7.80% 8.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 1,438 1,962
10th Percentile £203 £176 £160
25th Percentile £315 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £543
90th Percentile £650 £630 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +21.34% +0.07% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 210 587
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.99 £11.95
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.00 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.34 £27.13 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.71% +39.10% -45.83%
75th Percentile £27.56 £46.30 £43.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £76.85 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.90 £27.13 £18.98
% change year-on-year -30.32% +42.95% -47.29%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -82 40 £318 +5.83% 36
London -48 22 £325 +8.33% 6
UK excluding London -71 20 £310 +1.81% 31
Work from Home -29 7 £310 +3.33% 8
South West - 7 £310 - 5
South East -40 5 £425 +70.00% 8
West Midlands -47 5 £500 - 8
Midlands -53 5 £500 - 10
Scotland +11 2 - -
North of England -63 1 £400 +21.21% 8
North West - 1 £400 - 5

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 (11.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.14%) CMS
3 2 (4.76%) Confluence
4 1 (2.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (2.38%) nginx
4 1 (2.38%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (61.90%) Adobe Illustrator
2 15 (35.71%) Adobe After Effects
3 11 (26.19%) InDesign
4 10 (23.81%) Adobe Premiere
5 7 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (11.90%) Maya
7 4 (9.52%) Blender
7 4 (9.52%) CINEMA 4D
7 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
8 3 (7.14%) Acrobat
8 3 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (7.14%) MS Visio
8 3 (7.14%) Sketch
9 2 (4.76%) InVision
9 2 (4.76%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (2.38%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (2.38%) Siemens NX
10 1 (2.38%) Trello
10 1 (2.38%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Shopify
1 2 (4.76%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 5 (11.90%) Figma
3 3 (7.14%) Lucidchart
3 3 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.76%) GitHub
5 1 (2.38%) AWS
5 1 (2.38%) ChatGPT
5 1 (2.38%) Dropbox
5 1 (2.38%) Google Docs
5 1 (2.38%) Google Drive
5 1 (2.38%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.38%) Miro
5 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.38%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (4.76%) Tableau
3 1 (2.38%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (11.90%) JIRA
2 2 (4.76%) Axure RP
3 1 (2.38%) Balsamiq
3 1 (2.38%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (2.38%) Git
3 1 (2.38%) Vite
General
1 18 (42.86%) Marketing
2 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Finance
3 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.52%) Advertising
4 4 (9.52%) Games
4 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.14%) Legal
5 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 3 (7.14%) Retail
5 3 (7.14%) Wearables
6 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Publishing
7 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Designer
2 5 (11.90%) Graphic Designer
3 4 (9.52%) Motion Designer
4 3 (7.14%) Content Manager
4 3 (7.14%) Digital Designer
4 3 (7.14%) UX Designer
5 2 (4.76%) 3D Artist
5 2 (4.76%) Coordinator
5 2 (4.76%) Senior
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Designer
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Graphic Designer
5 2 (4.76%) Training Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Animator
6 1 (2.38%) Creative Designer
6 1 (2.38%) Development Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Graphic Artist
6 1 (2.38%) Marketing Executive
6 1 (2.38%) Photoshop Designer
6 1 (2.38%) Trainer
6 1 (2.38%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) HTML
2 4 (9.52%) CSS
3 3 (7.14%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 3 (7.14%) V-Ray
4 2 (4.76%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (2.38%) Framer.js
5 1 (2.38%) Laravel
5 1 (2.38%) LEMP Stack
5 1 (2.38%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (2.38%) Vue
5 1 (2.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (28.57%) Animation
2 6 (14.29%) Graphic Design
3 4 (9.52%) e-Learning
3 4 (9.52%) Motion Graphics
3 4 (9.52%) Social Media
4 3 (7.14%) IoT
5 2 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
5 2 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (2.38%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.38%) NHS
6 1 (2.38%) Vector Graphics
6 1 (2.38%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
2 1 (2.38%) Android
2 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.38%) Linux
2 1 (2.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) User Experience
2 8 (19.05%) Agile
2 8 (19.05%) Storytelling
3 6 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
3 6 (14.29%) Global Marketing
4 5 (11.90%) AI
4 5 (11.90%) Interaction Design
4 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (11.90%) Prototyping
4 5 (11.90%) Typography
4 5 (11.90%) UX Design
4 5 (11.90%) Visual Effects
5 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (9.52%) Design Thinking
5 4 (9.52%) Visualisation
6 3 (7.14%) 3D Modelling
6 3 (7.14%) Content Writing
6 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (7.14%) Texturing
6 3 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) C#
1 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.38%) Bash
2 1 (2.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (4.76%) Degree
1 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.38%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.76%) QA
3 1 (2.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Docker
1 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 25 (59.52%) Adobe
2 5 (11.90%) Google
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.76%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.38%) Alias
5 1 (2.38%) Autodesk
5 1 (2.38%) Facebook
5 1 (2.38%) Optimizely
5 1 (2.38%) Siemens
5 1 (2.38%) YouTube