Photoshop Contracts

Adobe Photoshop
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Photoshop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Photoshop over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 465 569 721
Rank change year-on-year +104 +152 -185
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 120 124 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Applications category 3.55% 2.89% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 93 88
10th Percentile £188 £208 £134
25th Percentile £265 £275 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £378 £406
Median % change year-on-year -7.28% -7.08% +14.44%
75th Percentile £446 £500 £500
90th Percentile £575 £838 £716
UK excluding London median daily rate £355 £375 £300
% change year-on-year -5.33% +25.00% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 7
10th Percentile £14.06 £25.38 £26.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £29.69 £26.38
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.75 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -4.32% +40.87%
75th Percentile £53.00 £47.19 £43.69
90th Percentile £63.75 £51.13 £51.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.92 - £40.50
% change year-on-year - - -1.82%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Photoshop is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,380 4,295 6,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.89% 7.39% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,688 2,812 4,310
10th Percentile £163 £189 £163
25th Percentile £213 £285 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 627 266 432
10th Percentile £11.50 £14.14 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.06 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £32.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +51.16% +16.72%
75th Percentile £39.44 £52.50 £45.72
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.38 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £28.16 £19.25
% change year-on-year -42.97% +46.32% +6.92%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Photoshop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Photoshop.

Daily rate trend for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Photoshop over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Photoshop.

Hourly rate trend for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Photoshop over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Top 13 Contract 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 7 May 2024. 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 +104 107 £325 -13.62% 151
UK excluding London +102 65 £355 -5.33% 100
London +60 51 £338 -11.48% 57
Work from Home +97 35 £350 -12.50% 69
Yorkshire +41 18 £294 +6.82% 6
North of England +39 18 £294 +6.82% 29
Scotland +49 11 £375 -6.25% 10
East of England +8 11 £200 -41.82% 9
South East +26 10 £200 -52.94% 24
South West +16 8 £375 +7.14% 6
Midlands +38 7 £418 +10.73% 25
West Midlands - 5 £160 - 16
East Midlands +20 2 £418 +10.73% 9

Photoshop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (11.67%) CMS
1 14 (11.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.67%) Confluence
3 1 (0.83%) Moodle
3 1 (0.83%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.83%) WordPress
Applications
1 71 (59.17%) Adobe Illustrator
2 31 (25.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 30 (25.00%) InDesign
4 17 (14.17%) Adobe After Effects
5 16 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (10.83%) Adobe Premiere
7 12 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
8 11 (9.17%) Microsoft Excel
9 8 (6.67%) Adobe Captivate
10 7 (5.83%) Sketch
11 6 (5.00%) Blender
11 6 (5.00%) InVision
11 6 (5.00%) Maya
11 6 (5.00%) PTC Creo
12 3 (2.50%) Windchill
13 2 (1.67%) Adobe XD
13 2 (1.67%) NUKE
14 1 (0.83%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.83%) Final Cut Pro
14 1 (0.83%) Marvel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Magento
1 1 (0.83%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 13 (10.83%) Figma
3 10 (8.33%) Canva
3 10 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.50%) Slack
5 2 (1.67%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.67%) MailChimp
6 1 (0.83%) Azure
6 1 (0.83%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.83%) Discord
6 1 (0.83%) GitHub
6 1 (0.83%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.83%) SurveyMonkey
6 1 (0.83%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.83%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.50%) Dreamweaver
2 7 (5.83%) Axure RP
3 2 (1.67%) JIRA
4 1 (0.83%) Maven
General
1 44 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 37 (30.83%) Marketing
3 16 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
3 16 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (11.67%) Finance
5 11 (9.17%) Retail
6 10 (8.33%) Telecoms
7 9 (7.50%) Advertising
8 8 (6.67%) Games
8 8 (6.67%) Mandarin Language
8 8 (6.67%) Multimedia
9 6 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (4.17%) Health Technology
10 5 (4.17%) Manufacturing
11 4 (3.33%) Public Sector
12 3 (2.50%) German Language
12 3 (2.50%) Legal
12 3 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.67%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (46.67%) Designer
2 11 (9.17%) Senior
2 11 (9.17%) Senior Designer
3 10 (8.33%) UI Designer
4 8 (6.67%) Content Manager
4 8 (6.67%) Digital Designer
4 8 (6.67%) Graphic Designer
4 8 (6.67%) UX Designer
5 7 (5.83%) UI/UX Designer
6 6 (5.00%) Artworker
6 6 (5.00%) Communications Manager
6 6 (5.00%) Email Designer
6 6 (5.00%) IT Manager
7 4 (3.33%) Developer
7 4 (3.33%) Senior UI Designer
7 4 (3.33%) Technical Writer
8 3 (2.50%) Analyst
8 3 (2.50%) Senior Digital Designer
8 3 (2.50%) Senior UI/UX Designer
8 3 (2.50%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (20.83%) HTML
2 16 (13.33%) CSS
3 6 (5.00%) Unreal Engine
4 3 (2.50%) Flash
5 2 (1.67%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.83%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.83%) HTML5
6 1 (0.83%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.83%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.00%) Digital Media
2 14 (11.67%) Animation
3 12 (10.00%) Graphic Design
3 12 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (10.00%) Video Editing
4 10 (8.33%) Social Media
5 9 (7.50%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.17%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (4.17%) Photography
6 5 (4.17%) Virtual Reality
7 4 (3.33%) e-Learning
7 4 (3.33%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.67%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.83%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (0.83%) Blog
9 1 (0.83%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.83%) FMCG
9 1 (0.83%) Interactive Media
9 1 (0.83%) NHS
9 1 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.50%) Android
1 3 (2.50%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.83%) Linux
2 1 (0.83%) Mac OS X
2 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 24 (20.00%) User Experience
2 23 (19.17%) Typography
3 20 (16.67%) Wireframes
4 17 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (14.17%) Project Management
5 12 (10.00%) Content Management
5 12 (10.00%) Time Management
6 11 (9.17%) Email Marketing
6 11 (9.17%) UX Design
7 9 (7.50%) Copywriting
8 8 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (6.67%) Document Management
8 8 (6.67%) Psychology
8 8 (6.67%) Web Design
9 7 (5.83%) Content Development
9 7 (5.83%) Creative Thinking
9 7 (5.83%) Interaction Design
10 6 (5.00%) Instructional Design
10 6 (5.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.67%) C++
3 1 (0.83%) C#
3 1 (0.83%) PHP
Qualifications
1 29 (24.17%) Degree
2 3 (2.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.83%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.50%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.67%) GDPR
2 2 (1.67%) PMO
3 1 (0.83%) QA
Vendors
1 71 (59.17%) Adobe
2 11 (9.17%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.00%) dotdigital
4 4 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.50%) PTC
5 3 (2.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (1.67%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.67%) Google
7 1 (0.83%) Facebook
7 1 (0.83%) Instagram
7 1 (0.83%) SAP
7 1 (0.83%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.83%) TikTok
7 1 (0.83%) WooCommerce
7 1 (0.83%) YouTube