Photoshop Job Trends in the West Midlands

Adobe Photoshop
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Photoshop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 181 231
Rank change year-on-year +6 +50 +32
Permanent jobs citing Photoshop 17 1 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.030% 0.19%
As % of the Applications category 3.99% 0.25% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 10
10th Percentile £36,275 - £21,175
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +41.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £67,250 £43,750 £40,000
90th Percentile - - £52,125
England median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% +16.67% -33.33%

All Software Application Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 426 397 761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.54% 11.79% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 233 201 508
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -7.41%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -16.67%

Photoshop
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Photoshop job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Photoshop
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Photoshop

Photoshop
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Photoshop in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Photoshop in the West Midlands

Photoshop
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 Photoshop within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 April 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
Bilston - 5 £66,500 -
Coventry - 5 £45,000 - 1
Warwickshire +2 2 - - 9
Worcestershire - 1 - -
Photoshop
England

Photoshop
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (29.41%) CMS
1 5 (29.41%) nginx
2 2 (11.76%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (88.24%) Adobe Illustrator
2 8 (47.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (29.41%) InDesign
4 4 (23.53%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (5.88%) Acrobat
6 1 (5.88%) CATIA
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (5.88%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) AWS
1 5 (29.41%) GitHub
2 1 (5.88%) Canva
2 1 (5.88%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Git
1 5 (29.41%) Vite
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Automotive
2 5 (29.41%) Manufacturing
2 5 (29.41%) Marketing
3 4 (23.53%) Games
3 4 (23.53%) iGaming
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
5 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Product Owner
2 4 (23.53%) Animator
2 4 (23.53%) Marketing Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Graphic Artist
4 2 (11.76%) Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) IT Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) IT Support
4 2 (11.76%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Junior
4 2 (11.76%) Junior Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Junior Data Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Junior IT Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Junior IT Support
4 2 (11.76%) Junior IT Support Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Junior Support Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Junior Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (41.18%) CSS
1 7 (41.18%) HTML
2 5 (29.41%) Laravel
2 5 (29.41%) LEMP Stack
2 5 (29.41%) Tailwind CSS
2 5 (29.41%) Vue
2 5 (29.41%) YAML
3 2 (11.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Graphic Design
2 7 (41.18%) Social Media
3 5 (29.41%) Product Ownership
3 5 (29.41%) Web Conferencing
4 4 (23.53%) Animation
5 2 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Linux
2 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Roadmaps
1 9 (52.94%) User Experience
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) B2B
2 5 (29.41%) Backlog Management
2 5 (29.41%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 5 (29.41%) Business Strategy
2 5 (29.41%) Campaign Management
2 5 (29.41%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
2 5 (29.41%) Lead Generation
2 5 (29.41%) Logistics
2 5 (29.41%) Product Backlog
2 5 (29.41%) Product Vision
2 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (29.41%) Storytelling
2 5 (29.41%) Supplier Management
2 5 (29.41%) Time Management
2 5 (29.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 4 (23.53%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) JavaScript
1 7 (41.18%) PHP
2 5 (29.41%) Bash
3 2 (11.76%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
1 1 (5.88%) HNC
1 1 (5.88%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) QA
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Docker
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Adobe
2 5 (29.41%) Facebook
2 5 (29.41%) Instagram
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.88%) Google
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce