Photoshop Jobs

Adobe Photoshop
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Photoshop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Photoshop over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 566 602 748
Rank change year-on-year +36 +146 -58
Permanent jobs citing Photoshop 118 298 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.30% 0.23%
As % of the Applications category 1.84% 3.04% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 43 220 142
10th Percentile £26,850 £24,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £26,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -29.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £49,140 £40,063 £52,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £63,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £28,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +14.04% -18.57% -21.08%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 6,399 9,787 9,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.27% 9.95% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,206 6,127 4,993
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,847 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.04% -0.74%
75th Percentile £60,265 £53,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,432 £67,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -6.67% -4.63%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Photoshop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Photoshop.

Salary trend for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Photoshop over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Photoshop in the UK

Photoshop
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +20 100 £32,500 +8.33% 135
London +82 58 £47,500 +21.79% 69
Work from Home +151 57 £49,140 +63.80% 68
UK excluding London +44 46 £32,500 +14.04% 66
South East +72 15 £27,000 -10.00% 14
North of England +41 8 £45,000 +59.51% 29
East of England +30 8 £32,500 +14.04% 5
Midlands +27 6 £33,000 +14.78% 11
South West +105 5 £27,750 +4.72% 8
Yorkshire +56 5 £30,000 - 12
Scotland +125 3 - -
West Midlands +42 3 £28,000 -6.67% 5
East Midlands +24 3 £35,000 +27.27% 5
North West +5 3 £46,250 +68.18% 15
Wales +40 1 - -

Photoshop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (20.34%) CMS
2 12 (10.17%) WordPress
3 6 (5.08%) IBM Domino
4 4 (3.39%) Drupal
5 3 (2.54%) nginx
5 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.85%) Confluence
6 1 (0.85%) IIS
6 1 (0.85%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.85%) Umbraco
Applications
1 65 (55.08%) Adobe Illustrator
2 40 (33.90%) InDesign
3 37 (31.36%) Adobe Premiere
4 36 (30.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 30 (25.42%) Adobe After Effects
6 18 (15.25%) Microsoft Office
7 17 (14.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
9 9 (7.63%) CapCut
10 6 (5.08%) Adobe XD
11 4 (3.39%) CINEMA 4D
11 4 (3.39%) QuarkXPress
12 1 (0.85%) 3ds Max
12 1 (0.85%) Blender
Business Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Shopify
2 2 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.69%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 29 (24.58%) Canva
2 14 (11.86%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 14 (11.86%) Google Analytics
3 10 (8.47%) Figma
4 9 (7.63%) Dropbox
4 9 (7.63%) Google Ads
4 9 (7.63%) Google Drive
5 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Advertising
6 7 (5.93%) MailChimp
7 6 (5.08%) SaaS
8 4 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.54%) Contentful
10 2 (1.69%) BigCommerce
10 2 (1.69%) Facebook Ads
11 1 (0.85%) Google Tag Manager
11 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.24%) Intranet
2 3 (2.54%) Broadband
2 3 (2.54%) FTP
2 3 (2.54%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.63%) Metadata
2 5 (4.24%) MySQL
3 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Bazaar
2 2 (1.69%) Git
2 2 (1.69%) Vite
2 2 (1.69%) webpack
3 1 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 71 (60.17%) Marketing
2 45 (38.14%) Social Skills
3 30 (25.42%) Advertising
4 10 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (8.47%) Legal
4 10 (8.47%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (8.47%) Retail
5 9 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.78%) Police
7 7 (5.93%) Finance
8 6 (5.08%) Multimedia
9 4 (3.39%) Publishing
10 3 (2.54%) Automotive
10 3 (2.54%) Back Office
10 3 (2.54%) Brand Awareness
10 3 (2.54%) Games
11 2 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.85%) iGaming
12 1 (0.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (32.20%) Designer
2 9 (7.63%) Graphic Designer
3 8 (6.78%) Content Manager
3 8 (6.78%) Digital Designer
3 8 (6.78%) Senior
4 7 (5.93%) Artworker
4 7 (5.93%) Creative Designer
4 7 (5.93%) Developer
5 6 (5.08%) Creative Artworker
6 5 (4.24%) Senior Designer
6 5 (4.24%) Web Designer
7 4 (3.39%) Digital Content Manager
7 4 (3.39%) Junior
7 4 (3.39%) Web Developer
8 3 (2.54%) Digital Strategy Manager
8 3 (2.54%) Head of Digital
8 3 (2.54%) Head of IT
8 3 (2.54%) Operations Manager
8 3 (2.54%) Senior Manager
8 3 (2.54%) Senior Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (17.80%) HTML
2 13 (11.02%) CSS
3 7 (5.93%) HTML5
4 6 (5.08%) ATL
5 4 (3.39%) Bootstrap
5 4 (3.39%) jQuery
6 3 (2.54%) Flash
6 3 (2.54%) LEMP Stack
6 3 (2.54%) Node.js
6 3 (2.54%) Sass
7 2 (1.69%) CSS3
7 2 (1.69%) Laravel
7 2 (1.69%) Vue
8 1 (0.85%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.85%) Corona SDK
8 1 (0.85%) Kendo UI
8 1 (0.85%) React
8 1 (0.85%) Tailwind CSS
8 1 (0.85%) Unreal Engine
8 1 (0.85%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 71 (60.17%) Social Media
2 31 (26.27%) Graphic Design
3 16 (13.56%) Animation
4 15 (12.71%) Video Editing
5 12 (10.17%) Photography
6 10 (8.47%) Digital Media
7 9 (7.63%) Blog
7 9 (7.63%) Motion Graphics
8 5 (4.24%) Algorithms
9 4 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (3.39%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (3.39%) Virtual Reality
10 2 (1.69%) EPoS
10 2 (1.69%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.69%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.85%) Digital Signage
11 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.85%) NHS
11 1 (0.85%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.24%) Linux
2 3 (2.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (31.36%) Digital Marketing
2 34 (28.81%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (22.88%) Analytics
4 25 (21.19%) Copywriting
5 21 (17.80%) CRM
5 21 (17.80%) E-Commerce
6 19 (16.10%) Content Management
6 19 (16.10%) Time Management
7 18 (15.25%) SEO
8 16 (13.56%) Data Analysis
8 16 (13.56%) Email Marketing
9 15 (12.71%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 13 (11.02%) User Experience
11 12 (10.17%) Budget Management
11 12 (10.17%) Digital Strategy
11 12 (10.17%) Pay per click
12 11 (9.32%) Storytelling
13 10 (8.47%) Social Media Management
14 9 (7.63%) Performance Optimisation
14 9 (7.63%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.71%) JavaScript
2 10 (8.47%) PHP
3 1 (0.85%) C#
3 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (19.49%) Degree
2 12 (10.17%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.39%) HNC
3 4 (3.39%) HND
4 2 (1.69%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.47%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.39%) QA
3 2 (1.69%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.54%) Samba
Vendors
1 84 (71.19%) Adobe
2 41 (34.75%) Google
3 31 (26.27%) Microsoft
4 12 (10.17%) YouTube
5 7 (5.93%) Facebook
5 7 (5.93%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.39%) Instagram
6 4 (3.39%) TikTok
6 4 (3.39%) Twitter
7 3 (2.54%) Apple
7 3 (2.54%) Snapchat
8 2 (1.69%) Cisco
8 2 (1.69%) dotdigital
8 2 (1.69%) Hootsuite
8 2 (1.69%) WooCommerce
8 2 (1.69%) Xerox
8 2 (1.69%) Zoho