Graphic Design
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Graphic Design over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 701 819 872
Rank change year-on-year +118 +53 -70
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 214 133 380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% 0.32% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 170 87 107
10th Percentile £22,250 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,500 £36,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% - -
75th Percentile £43,750 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £81,250 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,375 £40,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -29.06% +3.23% -3.13%

All Generic Skills
UK

Graphic Design 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 35,381 41,658 80,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.48% 42.79% 48.24%
Number of salaries quoted 23,078 22,714 34,326
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,738 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,070 £46,350 £45,625
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 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Design in the UK

Graphic Design
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graphic Design.

Salary trend for Graphic Design in the UK

Graphic Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graphic Design over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Graphic Design in the UK

Graphic Design
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +136 194 £30,000 -33.33% 62
UK excluding London +97 167 £28,375 -29.06% 49
Work from Home +108 68 £31,500 -25.88% 25
North of England +95 53 £27,500 -29.03% 16
London +105 44 £39,000 -29.09% 14
Midlands +12 37 £30,000 -61.29% 12
South East +19 33 £28,500 -5.00% 13
North West +30 29 £32,500 -13.33% 10
Yorkshire +99 21 £22,500 -47.06% 3
East of England +16 21 £28,250 - 3
East Midlands 0 20 £36,500 +55.32% 7
West Midlands +12 17 £28,000 -63.87% 5
Scotland -44 13 £49,000 -6.67% 1
South West -23 7 £26,000 -14.75% 4
Northern Ireland - 3 £37,500 - 1
North East - 3 £30,000 - 3
Wales - 1 £34,000 - 1

Graphic Design
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 32 (14.95%) WordPress
2 25 (11.68%) CMS
3 11 (5.14%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.93%) IIS
Applications
1 71 (33.18%) Photoshop
2 60 (28.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 60 (28.04%) Adobe Illustrator
3 57 (26.64%) InDesign
4 30 (14.02%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (8.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 14 (6.54%) Adobe After Effects
7 11 (5.14%) Adobe XD
8 10 (4.67%) Adobe Premiere
9 9 (4.21%) Sketch
10 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
10 7 (3.27%) SketchUp
11 5 (2.34%) CINEMA 4D
12 4 (1.87%) Blender
12 4 (1.87%) Spreadsheet
13 3 (1.40%) 3ds Max
13 3 (1.40%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (1.40%) AutoCAD
13 3 (1.40%) InVision
14 1 (0.47%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Shopify
2 4 (1.87%) Magento
3 1 (0.47%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 26 (12.15%) Figma
2 16 (7.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 11 (5.14%) Canva
4 10 (4.67%) Google Analytics
5 5 (2.34%) ChatGPT
5 5 (2.34%) MailChimp
6 4 (1.87%) AWS
6 4 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.87%) Azure
6 4 (1.87%) Serverless
7 3 (1.40%) SaaS
8 2 (0.93%) Sage Pay
8 2 (0.93%) Squarespace
8 2 (0.93%) Wix.com
9 1 (0.47%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.87%) Intranet
2 2 (0.93%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.87%) DynamoDB
1 4 (1.87%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.40%) MySQL
3 2 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.80%) Git
2 2 (0.93%) Axure RP
2 2 (0.93%) Babel
2 2 (0.93%) Subversion
2 2 (0.93%) webpack
General
1 121 (56.54%) Marketing
2 81 (37.85%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.62%) Finance
4 24 (11.21%) Retail
5 21 (9.81%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.61%) Advertising
8 11 (5.14%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (4.67%) Publishing
10 9 (4.21%) Multimedia
11 6 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.34%) Games
12 5 (2.34%) Law
13 3 (1.40%) Brand Awareness
13 3 (1.40%) Polish Language
14 2 (0.93%) Automotive
14 2 (0.93%) Banking
14 2 (0.93%) Military
15 1 (0.47%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 112 (52.34%) Designer
2 57 (26.64%) Graphic Designer
3 28 (13.08%) Senior
4 23 (10.75%) Senior Designer
5 22 (10.28%) Digital Designer
6 20 (9.35%) Junior
7 14 (6.54%) Developer
8 13 (6.07%) Coordinator
8 13 (6.07%) Project Coordinator
9 12 (5.61%) Junior Designer
10 9 (4.21%) Web Designer
11 8 (3.74%) Communications Officer
11 8 (3.74%) Lead
12 7 (3.27%) Senior Graphic Designer
12 7 (3.27%) Software Engineer
12 7 (3.27%) Web Developer
13 6 (2.80%) Author
13 6 (2.80%) Junior Graphic Designer
13 6 (2.80%) Technical Author
13 6 (2.80%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (16.82%) CSS
1 36 (16.82%) HTML
2 8 (3.74%) .NET
2 8 (3.74%) React
3 5 (2.34%) Next.js
3 5 (2.34%) Sass
4 4 (1.87%) .NET Core
4 4 (1.87%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.87%) HTML5
4 4 (1.87%) Web Services
5 3 (1.40%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.40%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 3 (1.40%) EDI
5 3 (1.40%) jQuery
5 3 (1.40%) LESS
5 3 (1.40%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 2 (0.93%) Ionic Framework
6 2 (0.93%) Laravel
6 2 (0.93%) React Native
6 2 (0.93%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 79 (36.92%) Social Media
2 27 (12.62%) Animation
3 22 (10.28%) Blog
4 15 (7.01%) Management Information System
4 15 (7.01%) Motion Graphics
5 14 (6.54%) Photography
5 14 (6.54%) Video Editing
6 11 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.74%) Digital Media
8 7 (3.27%) e-Learning
8 7 (3.27%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.40%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.93%) Equities
10 2 (0.93%) Life Science
10 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.47%) Smart Home
11 1 (0.47%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.87%) Windows
2 2 (0.93%) Android
2 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.93%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (23.83%) User Experience
2 28 (13.08%) Project Management
3 24 (11.21%) Digital Marketing
3 24 (11.21%) UX Design
4 22 (10.28%) Content Management
5 21 (9.81%) B2B
6 20 (9.35%) SEO
6 20 (9.35%) Typography
6 20 (9.35%) Web Design
7 18 (8.41%) Storyboarding
8 17 (7.94%) Analytics
9 16 (7.48%) E-Commerce
10 14 (6.54%) Infographics
10 14 (6.54%) Time Management
10 14 (6.54%) Web Development
11 12 (5.61%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (5.61%) User Research
12 11 (5.14%) Software Engineering
13 10 (4.67%) Agile
13 10 (4.67%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.81%) JavaScript
2 9 (4.21%) C#
3 8 (3.74%) PHP
4 6 (2.80%) TypeScript
5 5 (2.34%) Go
6 1 (0.47%) C
6 1 (0.47%) C++
6 1 (0.47%) Java
6 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (27.10%) Degree
2 9 (4.21%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.74%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.27%) CTC Cleared
5 4 (1.87%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.40%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.61%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.14%) PMO
3 3 (1.40%) GDPR
3 3 (1.40%) QA
3 3 (1.40%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 4 (1.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 120 (56.07%) Adobe
2 15 (7.01%) Google
2 15 (7.01%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.21%) Instagram
4 5 (2.34%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.34%) Twitter
5 4 (1.87%) Facebook
5 4 (1.87%) TikTok
5 4 (1.87%) WooCommerce
6 2 (0.93%) Autodesk
6 2 (0.93%) Siebel
7 1 (0.47%) Apple
7 1 (0.47%) Dell
7 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.47%) Intel
7 1 (0.47%) Quark
7 1 (0.47%) Vectorworks
7 1 (0.47%) YouTube