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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 586 622 757
Rank change year-on-year +36 +135 -96
Permanent jobs citing Photoshop 116 296 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.29% 0.22%
As % of the Applications category 1.77% 2.96% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 46 218 133
10th Percentile £27,000 £24,250 £27,900
25th Percentile £30,313 £26,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £30,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -25.00% -9.80%
75th Percentile £49,140 £40,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £28,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +14.04% -18.57% -19.40%

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 6,558 10,008 8,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.74% 9.65% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,198 6,045 4,690
10th Percentile £27,250 £24,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £27,965 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -14.44% -
75th Percentile £60,265 £53,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +37.14% -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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +1 96 £33,500 +11.67% 137
Work from Home +105 68 £46,250 +46.83% 80
UK excluding London +28 52 £32,500 +14.04% 76
London +73 48 £48,750 +25.00% 72
South East +42 20 £28,750 -4.17% 19
East of England +31 10 £32,500 +14.04% 9
North of England -9 7 £46,250 +63.94% 22
South West +103 6 £33,000 +24.53% 8
Midlands +28 5 £35,000 +16.67% 7
Yorkshire +41 4 - - 10
Scotland +119 3 - - 5
West Midlands +45 3 £28,000 -20.00% 1
North West -29 3 £46,250 +68.18% 12
East Midlands +17 2 £40,000 +45.45% 5
Wales +41 1 - - 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 22 (18.97%) CMS
2 18 (15.52%) WordPress
3 6 (5.17%) IBM Domino
4 5 (4.31%) Drupal
5 3 (2.59%) nginx
6 1 (0.86%) Confluence
6 1 (0.86%) IIS
6 1 (0.86%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.86%) Umbraco
Applications
1 62 (53.45%) Adobe Illustrator
2 37 (31.90%) InDesign
3 36 (31.03%) Adobe Premiere
4 34 (29.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 28 (24.14%) Adobe After Effects
6 17 (14.66%) Microsoft Office
7 15 (12.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 8 (6.90%) CapCut
8 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
9 7 (6.03%) Adobe XD
10 4 (3.45%) QuarkXPress
11 3 (2.59%) CINEMA 4D
12 1 (0.86%) 3ds Max
12 1 (0.86%) Blender
12 1 (0.86%) Elementor
12 1 (0.86%) Final Cut Pro
12 1 (0.86%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Magento
2 4 (3.45%) Shopify
3 2 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (24.14%) Canva
2 18 (15.52%) Google Analytics
3 13 (11.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 12 (10.34%) Figma
5 9 (7.76%) Google Ads
6 8 (6.90%) Dropbox
6 8 (6.90%) Google Drive
6 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Advertising
7 7 (6.03%) SaaS
8 5 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (3.45%) Cloudflare
9 4 (3.45%) MailChimp
10 2 (1.72%) BigCommerce
10 2 (1.72%) Facebook Ads
11 1 (0.86%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.86%) Google Tag Manager
11 1 (0.86%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.86%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.59%) FTP
2 2 (1.72%) Intranet
3 1 (0.86%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.90%) Metadata
1 8 (6.90%) MySQL
2 1 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Git
2 4 (3.45%) Bazaar
3 2 (1.72%) Vite
3 2 (1.72%) webpack
4 1 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 71 (61.21%) Marketing
2 47 (40.52%) Social Skills
3 30 (25.86%) Advertising
4 13 (11.21%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (7.76%) Legal
5 9 (7.76%) Multimedia
6 8 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.90%) Police
6 8 (6.90%) Retail
7 6 (5.17%) Finance
7 6 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.45%) Automotive
9 3 (2.59%) Back Office
9 3 (2.59%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (1.72%) Games
10 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.86%) Law
11 1 (0.86%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.86%) Publishing
11 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (33.62%) Designer
2 11 (9.48%) Graphic Designer
3 10 (8.62%) Developer
4 9 (7.76%) Digital Designer
5 6 (5.17%) Artworker
5 6 (5.17%) Creative Artworker
5 6 (5.17%) Creative Designer
6 5 (4.31%) Senior
6 5 (4.31%) Senior Designer
7 4 (3.45%) Junior
7 4 (3.45%) Web Designer
7 4 (3.45%) Web Developer
8 3 (2.59%) Campaign Manager
8 3 (2.59%) Content Manager
8 3 (2.59%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 3 (2.59%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
8 3 (2.59%) Head of IT
8 3 (2.59%) Marketing Manager
8 3 (2.59%) Operations Manager
8 3 (2.59%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (21.55%) HTML
2 17 (14.66%) CSS
3 8 (6.90%) HTML5
4 6 (5.17%) ATL
5 5 (4.31%) Bootstrap
6 4 (3.45%) jQuery
6 4 (3.45%) Sass
7 3 (2.59%) CSS3
7 3 (2.59%) Flash
7 3 (2.59%) LEMP Stack
7 3 (2.59%) Node.js
7 3 (2.59%) Vue
8 2 (1.72%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.72%) Laravel
8 2 (1.72%) React
9 1 (0.86%) Corona SDK
9 1 (0.86%) Kendo UI
9 1 (0.86%) LESS
9 1 (0.86%) Unreal Engine
9 1 (0.86%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 67 (57.76%) Social Media
2 29 (25.00%) Graphic Design
3 17 (14.66%) Video Editing
4 16 (13.79%) Animation
5 12 (10.34%) Digital Media
6 10 (8.62%) Motion Graphics
6 10 (8.62%) Photography
7 9 (7.76%) Blog
8 6 (5.17%) Algorithms
9 4 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (3.45%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (3.45%) Virtual Reality
10 2 (1.72%) e-Learning
10 2 (1.72%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.86%) EPoS
11 1 (0.86%) FMCG
11 1 (0.86%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.86%) NHS
11 1 (0.86%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.31%) Linux
2 3 (2.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.31%) Digital Marketing
2 28 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (21.55%) E-Commerce
4 24 (20.69%) Analytics
5 22 (18.97%) SEO
6 18 (15.52%) CRM
7 17 (14.66%) Copywriting
7 17 (14.66%) Time Management
8 16 (13.79%) Content Management
8 16 (13.79%) Data Analysis
8 16 (13.79%) Email Marketing
9 14 (12.07%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 14 (12.07%) User Experience
10 12 (10.34%) Artificial Intelligence
10 12 (10.34%) Storytelling
11 11 (9.48%) Web Development
12 10 (8.62%) Agile
12 10 (8.62%) Data Protection
12 10 (8.62%) Pay per click
12 10 (8.62%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.79%) JavaScript
2 14 (12.07%) PHP
3 1 (0.86%) C#
3 1 (0.86%) SQL
3 1 (0.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (15.52%) Degree
2 10 (8.62%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.45%) HNC
3 4 (3.45%) HND
4 1 (0.86%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.76%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.45%) QA
3 2 (1.72%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.59%) Samba
Vendors
1 84 (72.41%) Adobe
2 40 (34.48%) Google
3 29 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (7.76%) Salesforce
5 8 (6.90%) Facebook
6 6 (5.17%) YouTube
7 5 (4.31%) Instagram
7 5 (4.31%) Twitter
7 5 (4.31%) WooCommerce
8 3 (2.59%) Apple
8 3 (2.59%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.72%) Cisco
9 2 (1.72%) dotdigital
9 2 (1.72%) Hootsuite
9 2 (1.72%) Pardot
9 2 (1.72%) TikTok
9 2 (1.72%) Zoho
10 1 (0.86%) Netlify
10 1 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud