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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 538 560
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 +157
Permanent jobs citing Photoshop 81 128 196
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.28% 0.30%
As % of the Applications category 1.66% 2.76% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 47 26 154
10th Percentile £27,030 £27,000 £24,875
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £39,500 £34,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.72% +13.67% -24.46%
75th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £43,000
90th Percentile £60,650 £67,500 £45,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.96% +4.29% -22.22%

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 4,871 4,633 6,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.41% 10.28% 9.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,169 1,854 4,595
10th Percentile £26,740 £27,750 £24,436
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,807 £55,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £68,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -16.67%

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 February 2026.

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 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +19 28 £31,250 -51.92% 8
London -7 20 £32,500 -31.58% 6
North of England +4 19 £40,000 +6.67% 5
North West +27 12 £40,000 -5.88%
West Midlands +27 10 £45,000 +38.46% 5
Midlands +9 10 £45,000 +41.73% 7
Yorkshire -31 7 £29,000 -3.33% 1
East of England +11 2 £29,500 +0.85%
South West -20 2 £35,250 +30.56% 3
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 (19.75%) CMS
2 13 (16.05%) WordPress
3 10 (12.35%) SharePoint
4 4 (4.94%) nginx
5 2 (2.47%) Umbraco
6 1 (1.23%) ArcGIS
6 1 (1.23%) IIS
6 1 (1.23%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 41 (50.62%) Adobe Illustrator
2 33 (40.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 33 (40.74%) Adobe Premiere
3 27 (33.33%) InDesign
4 16 (19.75%) Microsoft Excel
5 15 (18.52%) Adobe After Effects
5 15 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
7 6 (7.41%) Adobe XD
8 5 (6.17%) Acrobat
8 5 (6.17%) Elementor
9 4 (4.94%) SketchUp
10 2 (2.47%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (2.47%) CINEMA 4D
11 1 (1.23%) Blender
11 1 (1.23%) CATIA
11 1 (1.23%) Maya
11 1 (1.23%) PTC Creo
11 1 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (8.64%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.05%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (13.58%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 10 (12.35%) Figma
3 10 (12.35%) OneDrive
4 9 (11.11%) Google Analytics
5 6 (7.41%) SaaS
6 5 (6.17%) MailChimp
7 4 (4.94%) AWS
7 4 (4.94%) GitHub
8 3 (3.70%) Canva
8 3 (3.70%) Google Ads
9 1 (1.23%) Azure
9 1 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.23%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) DHCP
1 1 (1.23%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) MySQL
2 1 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Git
2 4 (4.94%) Vite
3 1 (1.23%) JIRA
General
1 45 (55.56%) Marketing
2 25 (30.86%) Social Skills
3 16 (19.75%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (17.28%) Retail
5 12 (14.81%) Advertising
6 9 (11.11%) Dutch Language
6 9 (11.11%) French Language
6 9 (11.11%) German Language
6 9 (11.11%) Spanish Language
7 8 (9.88%) Multimedia
8 4 (4.94%) Games
9 3 (3.70%) Brand Awareness
9 3 (3.70%) Finance
9 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.47%) Legal
10 2 (2.47%) Publishing
11 1 (1.23%) Law
11 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (33.33%) Designer
2 12 (14.81%) Graphic Designer
3 9 (11.11%) Service Manager
4 8 (9.88%) Marketing Executive
5 7 (8.64%) 3D Designer
6 6 (7.41%) Marketing Manager
7 5 (6.17%) Senior
8 4 (4.94%) Creative Designer
8 4 (4.94%) Digital Designer
8 4 (4.94%) Product Owner
9 3 (3.70%) Digital Marketing Manager
9 3 (3.70%) Digital Producer
9 3 (3.70%) E-Commerce Specialist
9 3 (3.70%) Junior
10 2 (2.47%) Art Director
10 2 (2.47%) Artworker
10 2 (2.47%) Developer
10 2 (2.47%) Senior Designer
10 2 (2.47%) Senior Developer
10 2 (2.47%) Senior Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.58%) HTML
2 7 (8.64%) CSS
2 7 (8.64%) Tailwind CSS
3 5 (6.17%) Bootstrap
4 4 (4.94%) Laravel
4 4 (4.94%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (4.94%) Vue
4 4 (4.94%) YAML
5 1 (1.23%) MFC
5 1 (1.23%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (1.23%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 33 (40.74%) Social Media
2 24 (29.63%) Graphic Design
3 10 (12.35%) Photography
4 9 (11.11%) Video Editing
5 8 (9.88%) Motion Graphics
6 7 (8.64%) Animation
7 6 (7.41%) 3D Graphics
8 4 (4.94%) Blog
8 4 (4.94%) Product Ownership
9 3 (3.70%) Educational Technology
9 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (2.47%) Digital Signage
10 2 (2.47%) Driving Licence
10 2 (2.47%) e-Learning
10 2 (2.47%) Learning Management System
11 1 (1.23%) Digital Media
11 1 (1.23%) Mobile App
11 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
11 1 (1.23%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.17%) Linux
2 1 (1.23%) Windows
2 1 (1.23%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.40%) User Experience
2 16 (19.75%) SEO
3 15 (18.52%) Videography
4 14 (17.28%) Mentoring
5 13 (16.05%) Analytics
5 13 (16.05%) Digital Marketing
5 13 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (14.81%) Marketing Strategy
7 11 (13.58%) UX Design
8 10 (12.35%) Coaching
8 10 (12.35%) Project Delivery
8 10 (12.35%) Typography
9 9 (11.11%) Break/Fix
9 9 (11.11%) Email Marketing
9 9 (11.11%) Information Security
9 9 (11.11%) ITSM
9 9 (11.11%) Service Delivery
9 9 (11.11%) Service Management
9 9 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.88%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.94%) Bash
2 4 (4.94%) PHP
3 1 (1.23%) C++
3 1 (1.23%) Perl
3 1 (1.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (41.98%) Degree
2 9 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 9 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 9 (11.11%) PMP
3 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.47%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.47%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.23%) HNC
4 1 (1.23%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.88%) QA
2 6 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.70%) ISO 9001
3 3 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (4.94%) Docker
2 1 (1.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 64 (79.01%) Adobe
2 20 (24.69%) Microsoft
3 15 (18.52%) Google
4 9 (11.11%) Instagram
5 7 (8.64%) Facebook
6 5 (6.17%) TikTok
7 4 (4.94%) Sage
7 4 (4.94%) Salesforce
8 3 (3.70%) Cisco
8 3 (3.70%) Pardot
9 2 (2.47%) Hootsuite
9 2 (2.47%) YouTube
10 1 (1.23%) Apple
10 1 (1.23%) Autodesk
10 1 (1.23%) Dell
10 1 (1.23%) ESRI
10 1 (1.23%) HubSpot
10 1 (1.23%) Optimizely
10 1 (1.23%) Sitecore