Graphic Designer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Graphics Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Graphics Designer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 445 512
Rank change year-on-year +54 +67 -96
Contract jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 7 10 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.042% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.044% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £356 £202
25th Percentile - £454 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £655 £431
Median % change year-on-year -31.30% +51.88% +64.29%
75th Percentile - - £556
90th Percentile - - £568
UK median daily rate £325 £363 £375
% change year-on-year -10.34% -3.33% +30.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £13.33 - -
25th Percentile £13.81 - £31.25
Median hourly rate £15.75 - £32.50
75th Percentile £17.81 - £33.75
90th Percentile £18.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £15.75 - £27.50
% change year-on-year - - +96.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,163 22,551 29,607
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.20% 95.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,700 15,818 20,751
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,248 1,160 1,483
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Graphic Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Graphic Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Designer in the UK excluding London

Graphic Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Graphic Designer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Graphic Designer in the UK excluding London

Graphic Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Graphic Designer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Graphic Designer in the UK excluding London

Graphic Designer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +26 3 - - 2
North of England +33 2 £450 - 5
Yorkshire +21 2 £450 - 1
Midlands +23 1 - -
West Midlands +16 1 - -
East of England - 1 - - 1
Graphic Designer
UK

Graphic Designer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Graphic Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Graphic Designer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Photoshop
1 4 (57.14%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (42.86%) Adobe
2 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Graphic Design
3 2 (28.57%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (28.57%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (28.57%) Visual Effects
3 2 (28.57%) Motion Graphics
3 2 (28.57%) Coaching
3 2 (28.57%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (14.29%) Information Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Social Media
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) InDesign
4 1 (14.29%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (14.29%) Typography
4 1 (14.29%) Infographics
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
4 1 (14.29%) Interaction Design
4 1 (14.29%) Photography
4 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience

Graphic Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (57.14%) Photoshop
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (28.57%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (14.29%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Graphic Design
1 2 (28.57%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (14.29%) Photography
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Coaching
1 2 (28.57%) Visual Effects
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Infographics
2 1 (14.29%) Information Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Interaction Design
2 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Typography
2 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Adobe