Photography Contracts

Photography
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Photography in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Photography over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 551 657 825
Rank change year-on-year +106 +168 -168
Contract jobs citing Photography 25 27 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.059% 0.047% 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.14% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 16
10th Percentile £325 £132 £284
25th Percentile £350 £238 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £335 £465
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% -27.96% +39.33%
75th Percentile £415 £482 £600
90th Percentile £625 £539 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £354 £275
% change year-on-year +69.73% +28.55% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £11.44 - -
25th Percentile £15.05 - -
Median hourly rate £21.10 - -
75th Percentile £38.27 - -
90th Percentile £63.80 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.10 - -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,877 18,959 28,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.26% 33.28% 33.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,295 13,044 20,250
10th Percentile £268 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £668 £676 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 892 627 718
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.25 £22.00 £21.13
% change year-on-year +32.95% +4.14% -11.98%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Photography.

Daily rate trend for Photography in the UK

Photography
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Photography over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Photography in the UK

Photography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Photography.

Hourly rate trend for Photography in the UK

Photography
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Photography over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Photography in the UK

Photography
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photography within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +110 20 £404 +16.96% 44
London +101 13 £402 +23.62% 13
UK excluding London +54 10 £600 +69.73% 33
Work from Home +113 7 £404 +20.45% 8
South East +13 4 £600 +20.36% 10
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
North of England +25 2 - - 12
North East - 2 - - 1
East of England - 1 - - 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 1 (4.00%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (20.00%) Photoshop
2 4 (16.00%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (8.00%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (8.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (4.00%) 3ds Max
5 1 (4.00%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (4.00%) Blender
5 1 (4.00%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (4.00%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 2 (8.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 14 (56.00%) Marketing
2 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (28.00%) Legal
3 7 (28.00%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (24.00%) Finance
5 3 (12.00%) Games
5 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (8.00%) Publishing
7 1 (4.00%) Advertising
7 1 (4.00%) Electronics
7 1 (4.00%) French Language
7 1 (4.00%) German Language
7 1 (4.00%) Italian Language
7 1 (4.00%) Local Government
7 1 (4.00%) Police
7 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (20.00%) Designer
3 3 (12.00%) Communications Officer
3 3 (12.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Computer Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Computer Vision Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Python Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Trainee
5 1 (4.00%) Communications Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Content Designer
5 1 (4.00%) Creative Director
5 1 (4.00%) Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Digital Communications Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Digital Content Designer
5 1 (4.00%) Digital Designer
5 1 (4.00%) Graphic Designer
5 1 (4.00%) Report Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Senior
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) PyTorch
1 3 (12.00%) TensorFlow
2 2 (8.00%) DirectX
2 2 (8.00%) OpenGL
2 2 (8.00%) OpenGL ES
2 2 (8.00%) Vulkan
3 1 (4.00%) CSS
3 1 (4.00%) HTML
3 1 (4.00%) HTML5
3 1 (4.00%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Digital Media
2 3 (12.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (12.00%) Graphic Design
2 3 (12.00%) Social Media
3 2 (8.00%) Algorithms
3 2 (8.00%) Animation
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.00%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (4.00%) Blog
4 1 (4.00%) e-Learning
4 1 (4.00%) Interactive Media
4 1 (4.00%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (36.00%) Project Management
3 7 (28.00%) Budget Management
4 6 (24.00%) Supplier Management
5 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.00%) Android Development
6 3 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (12.00%) Computer Vision
6 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (12.00%) Deep Learning
6 3 (12.00%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (12.00%) Generative AI
6 3 (12.00%) Machine Learning
6 3 (12.00%) Nanotechnology
6 3 (12.00%) Prototyping
6 3 (12.00%) Smart Manufacturing
6 3 (12.00%) User Experience
7 2 (8.00%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) C++
1 3 (12.00%) Python
2 2 (8.00%) Java
3 1 (4.00%) C#
3 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (12.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) PhD
4 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (28.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Adobe
2 3 (12.00%) Twitter
3 2 (8.00%) Google