Photoshop Job Trends in the South East

Adobe Photoshop
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Photoshop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 275 278
Rank change year-on-year +36 +3 +93
Permanent jobs citing Photoshop 28 23 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.27% 0.25% 0.12%
As % of the Applications category 2.74% 2.53% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 22 6 10
10th Percentile £26,781 £46,875 £23,000
25th Percentile £28,125 £62,500 £26,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £65,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +116.67% -40.00%
75th Percentile £41,250 £67,500 £38,375
90th Percentile £56,250 - £49,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% - -16.67%

All Software Application Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,023 909 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.92% 10.05% 9.25%
Number of salaries quoted 417 351 552
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £36,000 £27,991
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +36.05% -8.13%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £54,125
90th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.98%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Photoshop job vacancy trend in the South East

Photoshop
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Photoshop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Photoshop in the South East over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Photoshop in the South East

Photoshop
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Hampshire +43 10 £41,250 - 1
Thames Valley -1 6 £32,500 -50.00% 4
West Sussex - 6 £30,000 - 1
Berkshire -7 4 £32,500 -50.00% 1
Kent - 4 £32,500 -
Surrey +14 2 £25,000 -
Oxfordshire - 2 - - 2
Photoshop
England

Photoshop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (25.00%) CMS
2 5 (17.86%) WordPress
3 1 (3.57%) ArcGIS
3 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (57.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 14 (50.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 14 (50.00%) InDesign
3 13 (46.43%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (17.86%) Adobe XD
5 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (14.29%) SketchUp
6 2 (7.14%) Acrobat
6 2 (7.14%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (7.14%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (7.14%) Elementor
6 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Figma
1 8 (28.57%) Google Analytics
2 7 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 5 (17.86%) MailChimp
4 4 (14.29%) SaaS
5 1 (3.57%) Azure
5 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.57%) Canva
5 1 (3.57%) ChatGPT
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Git
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 24 (85.71%) Marketing
2 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
3 8 (28.57%) Advertising
4 3 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.14%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.57%) Digital Economy
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Designer
2 8 (28.57%) Marketing Executive
3 7 (25.00%) Graphic Designer
4 4 (14.29%) Digital Designer
4 4 (14.29%) Marketing Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Senior
6 2 (7.14%) Developer
6 2 (7.14%) Digital Developer
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.57%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Field Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) IT Trainer
7 1 (3.57%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Trainer
7 1 (3.57%) UI Designer
7 1 (3.57%) UX Designer
7 1 (3.57%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) Bootstrap
1 5 (17.86%) HTML
2 3 (10.71%) CSS
2 3 (10.71%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (67.86%) Social Media
2 8 (28.57%) Photography
3 7 (25.00%) Video Editing
4 5 (17.86%) Graphic Design
5 4 (14.29%) Blog
5 4 (14.29%) Educational Technology
6 2 (7.14%) Animation
6 2 (7.14%) e-Learning
6 2 (7.14%) Learning Management System
7 1 (3.57%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
7 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (35.71%) User Experience
3 8 (28.57%) Analytics
3 8 (28.57%) Marketing Strategy
3 8 (28.57%) SEO
3 8 (28.57%) UX Design
4 7 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (25.00%) Content Management
5 6 (21.43%) AI
5 6 (21.43%) Time Management
5 6 (21.43%) Typography
6 5 (17.86%) Responsive Web Design
6 5 (17.86%) Wireframes
7 4 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (14.29%) Deadline-Driven
7 4 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (14.29%) Email Marketing
7 4 (14.29%) Global Marketing
7 4 (14.29%) Marketing Analytics
7 4 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.57%) C++
2 1 (3.57%) Perl
2 1 (3.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) DBS Check
2 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.71%) QA
3 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 26 (92.86%) Adobe
2 12 (42.86%) Google
3 8 (28.57%) Facebook
3 8 (28.57%) Instagram
4 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 4 (14.29%) Pardot
5 4 (14.29%) Sage
5 4 (14.29%) Salesforce
5 4 (14.29%) TikTok
6 1 (3.57%) ESRI