Photography Job Trends in the West Midlands

Photography
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Photography in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Photography over the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 - 192
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Photography 1 0 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.017% - 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.051% - 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 15
10th Percentile - - £24,250
25th Percentile £51,250 - £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £30,000
75th Percentile £53,750 - £36,250
90th Percentile - - £50,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £50,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -40.00% +38.89% -4.00%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Photography falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,966 1,453 1,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 34.22% 36.96% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 684 603 1,491
10th Percentile £26,375 £32,500 £25,878
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,375 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,793 £67,500 £63,929
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,322 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +12.61% -14.62%

Photography
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Photography relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Photography job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Photography
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Photography.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Photography

Photography
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Photography within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
Worcestershire - 1 £52,500 - 2
Photography
England

Photography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) RFID
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) PCIe
1 1 (100.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware