Photoshop Job Trends in the North of England

Adobe Photoshop
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Photoshop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 271 281
Rank change year-on-year +18 +10 +129
Permanent jobs citing Photoshop 20 10 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.19% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Applications category 1.75% 0.80% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 10
10th Percentile £27,875 £30,375 £20,160
25th Percentile £29,125 £30,938 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +15.38% -27.78%
75th Percentile £42,500 £44,158 £43,438
90th Percentile - £44,893 £44,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% - -15.79%

All Software Application Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,146 1,249 655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.64% 13.74% 7.70%
Number of salaries quoted 412 384 490
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,150 £22,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% -13.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,419
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £66,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.51%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Photoshop job vacancy trend in the North of England

Photoshop
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Photoshop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Photoshop in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Photoshop in the North of England

Photoshop
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
North West +26 13 £40,000 -5.88% 1
Yorkshire -5 7 £29,000 -3.33% 3
Photoshop
England

Photoshop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 5 (25.00%) WordPress
2 3 (15.00%) CMS
3 2 (10.00%) Drupal
3 2 (10.00%) EPiServer
3 2 (10.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (30.00%) Adobe Premiere
3 5 (25.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 5 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (15.00%) Elementor
4 3 (15.00%) InDesign
5 1 (5.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 3 (15.00%) Google Ads
2 2 (10.00%) Figma
2 2 (10.00%) npm
3 1 (5.00%) Cloudflare
3 1 (5.00%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Metadata
2 1 (5.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Git
2 2 (10.00%) Grunt
2 2 (10.00%) gulp
2 2 (10.00%) webpack
General
1 8 (40.00%) Retail
2 7 (35.00%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (30.00%) Marketing
3 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Advertising
5 3 (15.00%) Brand Awareness
6 2 (10.00%) Publishing
7 1 (5.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Designer
2 7 (35.00%) 3D Designer
3 3 (15.00%) Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Marketing Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Art Director
4 2 (10.00%) Digital Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 2 (10.00%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Digital Producer
5 1 (5.00%) HTML CSS Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Junior
5 1 (5.00%) Junior Artworker
5 1 (5.00%) MySQL Developer
5 1 (5.00%) MySQL Web Developer
5 1 (5.00%) PHP MySQL Developer
5 1 (5.00%) PHP MySQL Web Developer
5 1 (5.00%) PHP Web Developer
5 1 (5.00%) PHP WordPress Developer
5 1 (5.00%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) CSS
1 3 (15.00%) HTML
2 2 (10.00%) CSS3
2 2 (10.00%) HTML5
2 2 (10.00%) Node.js
2 2 (10.00%) Redux
2 2 (10.00%) RESTful
2 2 (10.00%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 12 (60.00%) Graphic Design
2 5 (25.00%) 3D Graphics
2 5 (25.00%) Social Media
3 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) CAD
1 7 (35.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (30.00%) SEO
3 4 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (15.00%) B2B
4 3 (15.00%) B2B Marketing
4 3 (15.00%) Campaign Management
4 3 (15.00%) Copywriting
4 3 (15.00%) Email Marketing
4 3 (15.00%) Marketing Strategy
4 3 (15.00%) Pay per click
4 3 (15.00%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (15.00%) Remarketing
4 3 (15.00%) Thought Leadership
4 3 (15.00%) Time Management
4 3 (15.00%) User Experience
5 2 (10.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Adobe
2 4 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) HubSpot