Graphic Designer Contracts

Graphics Designer
UK

The median Graphics Designer daily rate in the UK is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 680 830
Rank change year-on-year +112 +150 -194
Contract jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 18 36 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.059% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.063% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 27 12
10th Percentile £225 £263 £310
25th Percentile £278 £294 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +15.38%
75th Percentile £363 £653 £543
90th Percentile £406 £655 £573
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £655 £431
% change year-on-year -31.30% +51.88% +45.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £13.65 - -
25th Percentile £14.63 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £27.50
75th Percentile £31.98 - £31.25
90th Percentile £39.92 - £32.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 - £32.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

Graphic Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Graphic Designer over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Graphic Designer over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 19 April 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 +97 17 £325 -13.33% 5
London +98 9 £325 -
UK excluding London +64 9 £450 -31.30% 7
Work from Home +120 6 £325 -7.14% 2
South East +17 4 - - 2
North of England +39 2 £450 - 1
Yorkshire +22 2 £450 - 1
Midlands +25 1 - -
West Midlands +17 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - - 1

Graphic Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 featuring Graphic Designer in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) Adobe Illustrator
2 10 (55.56%) Adobe
3 9 (50.00%) Photoshop
3 9 (50.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 9 (50.00%) Graphic Design
4 6 (33.33%) Visual Effects
5 5 (27.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (27.78%) Marketing
5 5 (27.78%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (22.22%) CINEMA 4D
6 4 (22.22%) Degree
6 4 (22.22%) Motion Graphics
6 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
7 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
7 3 (16.67%) Coaching
7 3 (16.67%) Social Media
7 3 (16.67%) InDesign
7 3 (16.67%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (11.11%) Finance
8 2 (11.11%) Automotive
8 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (11.11%) Video Editing
8 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
8 2 (11.11%) Typography
8 2 (11.11%) Infographics
8 2 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (11.11%) Storyboarding
9 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
9 1 (5.56%) Product Strategy
9 1 (5.56%) Accessibility

Graphic Designer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 11 (61.11%) Adobe Illustrator
2 9 (50.00%) Adobe After Effects
2 9 (50.00%) Photoshop
3 5 (27.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (27.78%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (22.22%) CINEMA 4D
5 3 (16.67%) InDesign
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) Canva
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dreamweaver
General
1 5 (27.78%) Marketing
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.11%) Automotive
4 2 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Advertising
5 1 (5.56%) Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Graphic Design
2 4 (22.22%) Motion Graphics
3 3 (16.67%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (16.67%) Social Media
4 2 (11.11%) Video Editing
5 1 (5.56%) Animation
5 1 (5.56%) Photography
5 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Visual Effects
2 3 (16.67%) Coaching
3 2 (11.11%) Infographics
3 2 (11.11%) Storyboarding
3 2 (11.11%) Typography
4 1 (5.56%) 3D Visualisation
4 1 (5.56%) Change Management
4 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.56%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
4 1 (5.56%) Iconography
4 1 (5.56%) Information Architecture
4 1 (5.56%) Interaction Design
4 1 (5.56%) Multichannel Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Post-Production
4 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.56%) Product Strategy
4 1 (5.56%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (5.56%) Visualisation
4 1 (5.56%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Adobe
2 1 (5.56%) Facebook
2 1 (5.56%) Instagram
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Twitter