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Market evidence report — photographer
Source: 53 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 34, gb 19), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | 22 | 42 % |
| mid | 19 | 36 % |
| junior | 12 | 23 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe Photoshop | 9 | 17 % |
| 2 | Adobe Lightroom | 6 | 11 % |
| 3 | Capture One | 4 | 8 % |
| 4 | DSLR camera | 3 | 6 % |
| 5 | iPhone | 3 | 6 % |
| 6 | Mirrorless camera | 3 | 6 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | photography | 30 | 57 % |
| 2 | photo editing | 7 | 13 % |
| 3 | video editing | 6 | 11 % |
| 4 | videography | 6 | 11 % |
| 5 | composition | 5 | 9 % |
| 6 | equipment setup | 5 | 9 % |
| 7 | lighting | 5 | 9 % |
| 8 | visual storytelling | 5 | 9 % |
| 9 | image editing | 4 | 8 % |
| 10 | lighting techniques | 4 | 8 % |
| 11 | real estate photography | 4 | 8 % |
| 12 | customer service | 3 | 6 % |
| 13 | event photography | 3 | 6 % |
| 14 | image capture | 3 | 6 % |
| 15 | portrait photography | 3 | 6 % |
| 16 | workflow completion | 3 | 6 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paid training | 3 | 6 % |
| 2 | skill development | 3 | 6 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | image capture | 7 | 13 % |
| 2 | equipment maintenance | 6 | 11 % |
| 3 | event support | 4 | 8 % |
| 4 | photo capture | 4 | 8 % |
| 5 | property photography | 4 | 8 % |
| 6 | team collaboration | 4 | 8 % |
| 7 | client collaboration | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | content delivery | 3 | 6 % |
| 9 | experience creation | 3 | 6 % |
| 10 | image capturing | 3 | 6 % |
| 11 | photography | 3 | 6 % |
| 12 | visual content capture | 3 | 6 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 53 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
34 ads.
Top hard skills:
- photography — 56 % (19 ads)
- photo editing — 18 % (6 ads)
- video editing — 18 % (6 ads)
- videography — 15 % (5 ads)
- composition — 12 % (4 ads)
- lighting — 12 % (4 ads)
- visual storytelling — 12 % (4 ads)
- customer service — 9 % (3 ads)
- lighting techniques — 9 % (3 ads)
- real estate photography — 9 % (3 ads)
Top tools:
- Adobe Photoshop — 15 % (5 ads)
- Adobe Lightroom — 12 % (4 ads)
- DSLR camera — 9 % (3 ads)
- Mirrorless camera — 9 % (3 ads)
- Adobe Premiere — 6 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 47 % · n/a 38 % · junior 15 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 19 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Photographer | 6 |
| Studio and Events Photographer | 3 |
| Associate Photographer- Bethesda, Maryland | 1 |
| BABY / TODDLER PHOTOGRAPHER / FULL TIME (Alexandria, VA) | 1 |
| Brand Visual Storyteller: Videographer & Photographer | 1 |
| Dealership Inventory Photographer | 1 |
| Digital Photographer Intern Studio Shoots for Women in STEM | 1 |
| Dynamic Event & Brand Photographer Job at EDGE MEDIA GROUP LLC in Hyattsville | 1 |
| EDGE MEDIA GROUP LLC is hiring: Photographer in Hyattsville | 1 |
| Envision 2026 Summer Photographer Start This Month! | 1 |
| Event Photographer at Shootday | 1 |
| Experienced On-Location Portrait Photographer (Metro Atlanta, North GA, and TN) | 1 |
| Freelance Photographer | 1 |
| Freelance Photographer - Atlanta | 1 |
| Freelance Photographer – Interior & Architectural Focus | 1 |
| Freelance Real Estate Photographer (Cape Cod Area) | 1 |
| HDR Photos Jobs in Alexandria, Virginia | 1 |
| High School Sports Photographer — Seasonal & Flexible | 1 |
| In-Home Baby & Family Portrait Photographer | 1 |
| Junior Photographer | 1 |
| Medical Photographer/Diagnostic Imager (Ophthalmology) | 1 |
| Mobile Dealership Photographer | 1 |
| News Technician - Photographer | 1 |
| On Call Photographer Job at Tailored Brands Inc in Dublin | 1 |
| Part time school photographer with 20 year old family owned company | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.