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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 203 181
Rank change year-on-year +42 -22 +90
Permanent jobs citing Photoshop 6 11 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.18% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Applications category 1.08% 1.67% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 2
10th Percentile £28,800 £29,100 £21,275
25th Percentile £30,375 £31,125 £21,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £22,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +57.30% -44.38%
75th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £23,438
90th Percentile - £42,500 £23,625
England median annual salary £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -15.79%

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 556 659 364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 16.80% 12.26% 10.32%
Number of salaries quoted 231 158 246
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,675 £23,875
25th Percentile £29,875 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £43,402
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -7.84% +8.50%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £56,875
90th Percentile £60,000 £59,300 £66,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -2.17%

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
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 31 October 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
Warwickshire +47 3 £32,500 -18.75%
Worcestershire - 2 £28,500 -
Staffordshire +2 1 £32,500 +1.56%
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:

Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (33.33%) InDesign
3 1 (16.67%) Acrobat
3 1 (16.67%) CATIA
3 1 (16.67%) Maya
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (16.67%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Shopify
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Hub
General
1 3 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) 3D Artist
2 1 (16.67%) Artworker
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Illustrator
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (16.67%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
1 2 (33.33%) SEO
2 1 (16.67%) CAD
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Texturing
2 1 (16.67%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) HNC
1 1 (16.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Autodesk
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft