Photography
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Photography in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Photography over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 757 941 1110
Rank change year-on-year +184 +169 -226
Permanent jobs citing Photography 139 34 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.034% 0.079%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.40% 0.079% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 69 17 44
10th Percentile £13,361 £31,300 £22,575
25th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £24,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - +23.08%
75th Percentile £39,712 £57,500 £63,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £65,000 £71,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,500 £30,750 £27,500
% change year-on-year -4.07% +11.82% -4.35%

All Generic Skills
UK

Photography is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,986 42,866 76,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.33% 42.72% 47.73%
Number of salaries quoted 22,999 23,359 34,161
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,367 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,750 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Photography
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Photography in the UK

Photography
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Photography in the UK

Photography
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Photography over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Photography in the UK

Photography
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Photography within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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 +174 127 £32,500 -18.75% 38
UK excluding London +43 66 £29,500 -4.07% 29
London +162 59 £45,000 +12.50% 11
Work from Home +103 40 £33,250 -16.88% 7
South East - 31 £29,500 - 9
Midlands - 24 £27,000 - 6
West Midlands - 17 £30,000 - 5
North of England +38 7 £31,500 - 11
East Midlands - 7 £25,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 4 £31,500 - 5
North West +4 3 £35,000 - 6
East of England +5 2 - - 1
South West -28 2 - - 2

Photography
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 6 (4.32%) CMS
1 6 (4.32%) WordPress
2 2 (1.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (17.99%) Photoshop
2 20 (14.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 16 (11.51%) Adobe Illustrator
4 15 (10.79%) InDesign
5 12 (8.63%) Adobe Premiere
6 11 (7.91%) Adobe After Effects
7 9 (6.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
8 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (4.32%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (3.60%) Adobe XD
11 4 (2.88%) Trello
12 2 (1.44%) Sketch
13 1 (0.72%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.72%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.72%) CINEMA 4D
13 1 (0.72%) CorelDRAW
Business Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Shopify
2 3 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.60%) Canva
1 5 (3.60%) Google Analytics
2 4 (2.88%) Figma
2 4 (2.88%) Google Docs
2 4 (2.88%) Google Sheets
2 4 (2.88%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 3 (2.16%) Google Tag Manager
3 3 (2.16%) npm
4 2 (1.44%) Amazon Ads
4 2 (1.44%) AWS
4 2 (1.44%) Azure
4 2 (1.44%) GCP
4 2 (1.44%) Google Ads
4 2 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.60%) Looker
1 5 (3.60%) MySQL
2 4 (2.88%) Metadata
2 4 (2.88%) Power BI
2 4 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.44%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.32%) Git
2 2 (1.44%) Axure RP
General
1 102 (73.38%) Marketing
2 68 (48.92%) Retail
3 63 (45.32%) Advertising
4 59 (42.45%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (37.41%) German Language
6 40 (28.78%) Social Skills
7 19 (13.67%) Finance
8 14 (10.07%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (5.04%) Multimedia
10 6 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (3.60%) Publishing
12 4 (2.88%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.44%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.72%) Brand Awareness
14 1 (0.72%) Electronics
14 1 (0.72%) Games
14 1 (0.72%) Legal
14 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 52 (37.41%) Graduate
2 17 (12.23%) Designer
3 12 (8.63%) Senior
4 10 (7.19%) Graphic Designer
5 6 (4.32%) Developer
5 6 (4.32%) Junior
5 6 (4.32%) Project Manager
6 5 (3.60%) E-Commerce Manager
7 4 (2.88%) Artworker
7 4 (2.88%) Communications Officer
7 4 (2.88%) Digital Project Manager
7 4 (2.88%) Junior Digital Project Manager
7 4 (2.88%) Junior Project Manager
7 4 (2.88%) Senior Designer
8 3 (2.16%) Digital Designer
8 3 (2.16%) E-Commerce Executive
8 3 (2.16%) Lecturer
8 3 (2.16%) PHP WordPress Developer
8 3 (2.16%) Traffic Manager
8 3 (2.16%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.91%) CSS
2 8 (5.76%) HTML
3 3 (2.16%) jQuery
3 3 (2.16%) JSON
3 3 (2.16%) REST
3 3 (2.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 87 (62.59%) Social Media
2 52 (37.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (10.07%) Graphic Design
4 8 (5.76%) Management Information System
5 7 (5.04%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (4.32%) 3D Printing
6 6 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.60%) FMCG
8 4 (2.88%) Animation
8 4 (2.88%) Digital Media
9 3 (2.16%) BBC
10 2 (1.44%) Blog
10 2 (1.44%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.44%) EPoS
10 2 (1.44%) Life Science
10 2 (1.44%) Podcast
10 2 (1.44%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.44%) Video Editing
11 1 (0.72%) Motion Graphics
11 1 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.04%) Windows
2 2 (1.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (38.85%) Strategic Planning
2 21 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (11.51%) E-Commerce
3 16 (11.51%) Project Management
4 15 (10.79%) Email Marketing
5 14 (10.07%) CRM
6 13 (9.35%) User Experience
7 11 (7.91%) Customer Service
7 11 (7.91%) Digital Marketing
8 10 (7.19%) Workflow
9 9 (6.47%) Web Development
10 8 (5.76%) B2B
10 8 (5.76%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (5.76%) Creative Thinking
10 8 (5.76%) Marketing Strategy
10 8 (5.76%) Storytelling
11 7 (5.04%) Analytics
11 7 (5.04%) Line Management
11 7 (5.04%) Mentoring
12 6 (4.32%) Infographics
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.32%) PHP
2 4 (2.88%) SQL
3 3 (2.16%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 70 (50.36%) Degree
2 60 (43.17%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.72%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (0.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.47%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.16%) SLA
3 2 (1.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 34 (24.46%) Adobe
2 14 (10.07%) Google
2 14 (10.07%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.91%) Instagram
3 11 (7.91%) YouTube
4 9 (6.47%) Facebook
5 8 (5.76%) Apple
5 8 (5.76%) TikTok
6 7 (5.04%) Twitter
7 3 (2.16%) WooCommerce
8 2 (1.44%) Pinterest
8 2 (1.44%) Spotify
9 1 (0.72%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.72%) Concur
9 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.72%) SAP
9 1 (0.72%) Sony