Photoshop Job Trends in England

Adobe Photoshop
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Photoshop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 588 602
Rank change year-on-year +90 +14 +21
Permanent jobs citing Photoshop 114 126 78
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Applications category 2.07% 2.24% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 63 40 59
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,475 £31,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £30,875 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £38,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -10.00% -13.27%
75th Percentile £37,500 £55,625 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £56,500
UK median annual salary £31,500 £38,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -17.65% -10.00% -10.53%

All Software Application Skills
England

Photoshop falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 5,497 5,621 3,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.17% 10.10% 8.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,310 2,054 2,766
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,750 £25,615
25th Percentile £31,000 £34,125 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -8.60%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -7.10%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Photoshop relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Photoshop job vacancy trend in England

Photoshop
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Photoshop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Photoshop in England over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Photoshop in England

Photoshop
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the England region over the 6 months to 10 December 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +58 35 £32,500 -50.00% 14
London +54 27 £32,500 -27.37% 6
North of England +39 20 £40,000 +14.29% 12
East of England +29 19 £27,500 -46.34% 13
North West +47 12 £40,000 +14.29% 8
West Midlands +33 7 £32,500 - 2
Midlands +23 7 £32,500 +0.78% 2
Yorkshire +1 7 £29,000 -3.33% 3
South West +20 6 £35,250 +21.55%
North East +7 1 - - 1
Photoshop
UK

Photoshop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 16 (14.04%) WordPress
2 14 (12.28%) CMS
3 10 (8.77%) SharePoint
4 6 (5.26%) Drupal
5 2 (1.75%) EPiServer
5 2 (1.75%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.88%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.88%) Confluence
6 1 (0.88%) IIS
6 1 (0.88%) nginx
6 1 (0.88%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 58 (50.88%) Adobe Illustrator
2 46 (40.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 38 (33.33%) InDesign
4 37 (32.46%) Adobe Premiere
5 21 (18.42%) Microsoft Excel
6 20 (17.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 18 (15.79%) Adobe After Effects
8 13 (11.40%) Microsoft Office
9 8 (7.02%) Adobe XD
10 5 (4.39%) Acrobat
10 5 (4.39%) Elementor
11 4 (3.51%) SketchUp
11 4 (3.51%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (1.75%) Adobe Captivate
12 2 (1.75%) CINEMA 4D
12 2 (1.75%) Maya
13 1 (0.88%) Blender
13 1 (0.88%) CATIA
13 1 (0.88%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 16 (14.04%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 21 (18.42%) Figma
2 20 (17.54%) Google Analytics
3 14 (12.28%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 13 (11.40%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (8.77%) OneDrive
6 9 (7.89%) Canva
6 9 (7.89%) SaaS
7 5 (4.39%) MailChimp
8 3 (2.63%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.75%) npm
10 1 (0.88%) AWS
10 1 (0.88%) Azure
10 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.88%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.88%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.88%) GitHub
10 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.88%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.63%) Intranet
2 1 (0.88%) DHCP
2 1 (0.88%) FTP
2 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.75%) Metadata
1 2 (1.75%) MySQL
2 1 (0.88%) Data Hub
2 1 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Git
2 2 (1.75%) Grunt
2 2 (1.75%) gulp
2 2 (1.75%) JIRA
2 2 (1.75%) webpack
3 1 (0.88%) Vite
General
1 76 (66.67%) Marketing
2 34 (29.82%) Social Skills
3 22 (19.30%) Organisational Skills
4 21 (18.42%) Advertising
5 16 (14.04%) Retail
6 11 (9.65%) Multimedia
7 9 (7.89%) Dutch Language
7 9 (7.89%) French Language
7 9 (7.89%) German Language
7 9 (7.89%) Spanish Language
8 6 (5.26%) Brand Awareness
9 5 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (2.63%) Finance
11 3 (2.63%) Games
11 3 (2.63%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.75%) Legal
12 2 (1.75%) Publishing
13 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 39 (34.21%) Designer
2 20 (17.54%) Graphic Designer
3 13 (11.40%) Junior
4 9 (7.89%) Digital Designer
4 9 (7.89%) E-Commerce Specialist
4 9 (7.89%) Service Manager
5 8 (7.02%) Marketing Executive
6 7 (6.14%) 3D Designer
6 7 (6.14%) Marketing Manager
7 6 (5.26%) Senior
8 5 (4.39%) Developer
8 5 (4.39%) Junior Designer
9 4 (3.51%) Creative Designer
9 4 (3.51%) Digital Developer
10 3 (2.63%) Digital Marketing Manager
10 3 (2.63%) E-Commerce Executive
10 3 (2.63%) Junior Digital Designer
10 3 (2.63%) Marketing Specialist
10 3 (2.63%) Operations Manager
10 3 (2.63%) Video Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (18.42%) HTML
2 9 (7.89%) CSS
3 5 (4.39%) Bootstrap
4 4 (3.51%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (1.75%) CSS3
5 2 (1.75%) HTML5
5 2 (1.75%) Node.js
5 2 (1.75%) Redux
5 2 (1.75%) RESTful
5 2 (1.75%) Sass
5 2 (1.75%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.88%) Laravel
6 1 (0.88%) LEMP Stack
6 1 (0.88%) MFC
6 1 (0.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (0.88%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.88%) Vue
6 1 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (40.35%) Social Media
2 31 (27.19%) Graphic Design
3 17 (14.91%) Video Editing
4 15 (13.16%) Motion Graphics
5 14 (12.28%) Photography
6 8 (7.02%) Blog
6 8 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (6.14%) Animation
8 5 (4.39%) 3D Graphics
9 4 (3.51%) Educational Technology
10 3 (2.63%) Digital Media
11 2 (1.75%) e-Learning
11 2 (1.75%) Learning Management System
12 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.88%) FMCG
12 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.88%) Smart City
12 1 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.75%) Linux
2 1 (0.88%) Windows
2 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (25.44%) SEO
2 28 (24.56%) User Experience
3 23 (20.18%) Analytics
4 22 (19.30%) Digital Marketing
5 19 (16.67%) Storytelling
6 17 (14.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (14.91%) Typography
7 16 (14.04%) E-Commerce
7 16 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (13.16%) Mentoring
8 15 (13.16%) Videography
9 14 (12.28%) B2B
10 13 (11.40%) Marketing Strategy
10 13 (11.40%) Time Management
11 11 (9.65%) Customer Service
11 11 (9.65%) Email Marketing
11 11 (9.65%) Web Analytics
12 10 (8.77%) Coaching
12 10 (8.77%) Project Delivery
12 10 (8.77%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.02%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.75%) PHP
3 1 (0.88%) Bash
3 1 (0.88%) C++
3 1 (0.88%) Perl
3 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (37.72%) Degree
2 9 (7.89%) Master's Degree
2 9 (7.89%) PMI Certification
2 9 (7.89%) PMP
3 2 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.75%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.75%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.88%) HNC
4 1 (0.88%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.89%) Accessibility
2 8 (7.02%) QA
3 3 (2.63%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 82 (71.93%) Adobe
2 27 (23.68%) Google
3 23 (20.18%) Microsoft
4 12 (10.53%) Instagram
5 10 (8.77%) Facebook
6 8 (7.02%) Salesforce
7 7 (6.14%) TikTok
8 4 (3.51%) Pardot
8 4 (3.51%) Sage
8 4 (3.51%) YouTube
9 3 (2.63%) Cisco
9 3 (2.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (1.75%) Autodesk
10 2 (1.75%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.88%) Apple
11 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.88%) Dell
11 1 (0.88%) ESRI
11 1 (0.88%) Optimizely
11 1 (0.88%) Sitecore