Photoshop Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Adobe Photoshop
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Photoshop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 167 189
Rank change year-on-year +2 +22 +64
Permanent jobs citing Photoshop 6 12 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.35% 0.15%
As % of the Applications category 1.33% 3.22% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile - £46,875 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £62,500 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £65,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +116.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £38,750 £67,500 £43,375
90th Percentile £41,750 - £57,500
South East median annual salary £32,500 £65,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -50.00% +116.67% -35.14%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 452 373 319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.27% 10.95% 8.02%
Number of salaries quoted 157 118 215
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,563 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £56,500 £61,813 £55,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -6.25%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Photoshop job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Photoshop
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Photoshop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Berkshire -11 4 £32,500 -50.00% 1
Oxfordshire - 2 - - 2
Photoshop
South East

Photoshop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (33.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (66.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (33.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (33.33%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (33.33%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (33.33%) Adobe XD
3 2 (33.33%) Elementor
3 2 (33.33%) InDesign
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Figma
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (16.67%) Canva
General
1 5 (83.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Multimedia
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Audio Visual Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) UI Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Web Applications Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Web Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Web UI Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Web UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Bootstrap
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Graphic Design
2 2 (33.33%) e-Learning
2 2 (33.33%) Learning Management System
3 1 (16.67%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (16.67%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) User Experience
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (50.00%) UX Design
4 2 (33.33%) Content Development
4 2 (33.33%) Copywriting
4 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Inclusive Design
4 2 (33.33%) Instructional Design
4 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
4 2 (33.33%) Storyboarding
4 2 (33.33%) Typography
4 2 (33.33%) Validation
4 2 (33.33%) Web Design
4 2 (33.33%) Wireframes
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) Accessibility
2 3 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft