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 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 602 590
Rank change year-on-year +96 -12 +6
Permanent jobs citing Photoshop 128 121 104
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Applications category 2.25% 2.12% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 70 42 71
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,563 £31,500 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -15.79%
75th Percentile £38,750 £57,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £50,625 £67,500 £53,750
UK median annual salary £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -11.50%

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 5,687 5,701 4,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.23% 9.35% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,412 1,956 2,951
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,143 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,248
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,900 £80,625 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -0.77%

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 28 October 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 28 October 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 +61 40 £30,000 -53.85% 43
London +49 32 £35,000 -17.65% 38
East of England +15 24 £27,500 -42.11% 7
North of England +24 18 £37,000 +5.71% 12
South West +42 9 £37,500 +29.31% 5
North West +12 9 £40,000 +14.29% 9
Yorkshire - 7 £29,000 - 2
West Midlands +38 5 £32,500 -7.14%
Midlands +22 5 £32,500 -7.14%
North East +11 2 £31,200 - 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 24 (18.75%) WordPress
2 16 (12.50%) CMS
3 10 (7.81%) SharePoint
4 8 (6.25%) Drupal
5 2 (1.56%) EPiServer
5 2 (1.56%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.78%) Confluence
6 1 (0.78%) IIS
6 1 (0.78%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 66 (51.56%) Adobe Illustrator
2 51 (39.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 44 (34.38%) Adobe Premiere
3 44 (34.38%) InDesign
4 25 (19.53%) Adobe After Effects
5 24 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 23 (17.97%) Microsoft Excel
7 12 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
8 9 (7.03%) Adobe XD
9 6 (4.69%) Elementor
10 4 (3.13%) SketchUp
10 4 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (2.34%) Acrobat
12 2 (1.56%) CINEMA 4D
12 2 (1.56%) Maya
13 1 (0.78%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.78%) Blender
13 1 (0.78%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (12.50%) Shopify
2 5 (3.91%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.75%) Google Analytics
2 22 (17.19%) Figma
3 18 (14.06%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 14 (10.94%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (8.59%) Canva
5 11 (8.59%) SaaS
6 10 (7.81%) OneDrive
7 6 (4.69%) Cloudflare
7 6 (4.69%) MailChimp
8 4 (3.13%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.56%) Google Sheets
9 2 (1.56%) npm
9 2 (1.56%) Vercel
10 1 (0.78%) Azure
10 1 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.78%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.78%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.34%) Intranet
2 1 (0.78%) DHCP
2 1 (0.78%) FTP
2 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.13%) MySQL
2 3 (2.34%) Metadata
3 1 (0.78%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.78%) Looker
3 1 (0.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (5.47%) Git
2 2 (1.56%) Grunt
2 2 (1.56%) gulp
2 2 (1.56%) JIRA
2 2 (1.56%) webpack
General
1 82 (64.06%) Marketing
2 41 (32.03%) Social Skills
3 24 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
4 22 (17.19%) Advertising
5 15 (11.72%) Multimedia
6 14 (10.94%) Retail
7 9 (7.03%) Dutch Language
7 9 (7.03%) French Language
7 9 (7.03%) German Language
7 9 (7.03%) Spanish Language
8 8 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (4.69%) Brand Awareness
10 5 (3.91%) Finance
11 4 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (2.34%) Games
12 3 (2.34%) Legal
13 2 (1.56%) Automotive
13 2 (1.56%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.56%) Publishing
14 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (31.25%) Designer
2 22 (17.19%) Graphic Designer
3 14 (10.94%) Junior
4 9 (7.03%) Developer
4 9 (7.03%) Digital Designer
4 9 (7.03%) E-Commerce Specialist
4 9 (7.03%) Marketing Manager
4 9 (7.03%) Service Manager
5 8 (6.25%) Marketing Executive
6 6 (4.69%) Junior Designer
7 5 (3.91%) Artworker
7 5 (3.91%) Senior
8 4 (3.13%) 3D Designer
8 4 (3.13%) Coordinator
8 4 (3.13%) Creative Designer
8 4 (3.13%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 4 (3.13%) Junior Digital Designer
8 4 (3.13%) WordPress Developer
9 3 (2.34%) Creative Artworker
9 3 (2.34%) Video Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (21.88%) HTML
2 16 (12.50%) CSS
3 6 (4.69%) Bootstrap
4 4 (3.13%) CSS3
4 4 (3.13%) HTML5
4 4 (3.13%) Sass
5 3 (2.34%) ATL
5 3 (2.34%) Tailwind CSS
6 2 (1.56%) Ajax
6 2 (1.56%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.56%) Framer.js
6 2 (1.56%) jQuery
6 2 (1.56%) LESS
6 2 (1.56%) Node.js
6 2 (1.56%) React
6 2 (1.56%) Redux
6 2 (1.56%) RESTful
6 2 (1.56%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (1.56%) Vue
7 1 (0.78%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 52 (40.63%) Social Media
2 28 (21.88%) Graphic Design
3 22 (17.19%) Video Editing
4 20 (15.63%) Motion Graphics
5 17 (13.28%) Photography
6 10 (7.81%) Blog
6 10 (7.81%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (6.25%) Animation
7 8 (6.25%) Digital Media
8 6 (4.69%) Educational Technology
9 3 (2.34%) e-Learning
10 2 (1.56%) 3D Graphics
11 1 (0.78%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.78%) FMCG
11 1 (0.78%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.78%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.78%) Smart City
11 1 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.78%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.78%) Linux
1 1 (0.78%) Windows
1 1 (0.78%) Windows 10
1 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (29.69%) SEO
2 28 (21.88%) User Experience
3 27 (21.09%) Analytics
4 24 (18.75%) Storytelling
5 23 (17.97%) Digital Marketing
6 22 (17.19%) E-Commerce
7 20 (15.63%) Videography
8 17 (13.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (12.50%) B2B
9 16 (12.50%) Mentoring
9 16 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (12.50%) Typography
10 15 (11.72%) Email Marketing
10 15 (11.72%) Marketing Strategy
11 14 (10.94%) Time Management
12 13 (10.16%) Storyboarding
13 12 (9.38%) AI
14 11 (8.59%) Deadline-Driven
14 11 (8.59%) Web Analytics
15 10 (7.81%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.38%) JavaScript
2 6 (4.69%) PHP
3 2 (1.56%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.78%) C++
4 1 (0.78%) Perl
4 1 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (30.47%) Degree
2 9 (7.03%) Master's Degree
2 9 (7.03%) PMI Certification
2 9 (7.03%) PMP
3 2 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.47%) QA
2 6 (4.69%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.34%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.78%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 96 (75.00%) Adobe
2 35 (27.34%) Google
3 25 (19.53%) Microsoft
4 14 (10.94%) Instagram
5 12 (9.38%) Facebook
6 11 (8.59%) Salesforce
7 9 (7.03%) TikTok
8 7 (5.47%) Twitter
9 6 (4.69%) Pardot
10 5 (3.91%) HubSpot
11 4 (3.13%) Sage
11 4 (3.13%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (3.13%) YouTube
12 3 (2.34%) Cisco
12 3 (2.34%) WooCommerce
13 2 (1.56%) Autodesk
13 2 (1.56%) Netlify
14 1 (0.78%) Atlassian
14 1 (0.78%) Optimizely
14 1 (0.78%) Sitecore