Graphic Design Job Trends in Birmingham

Graphic Design
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - 148
Rank change year-on-year - - -26
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.033% - 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% - 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £35,850
25th Percentile - - £51,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.58%
75th Percentile - - £61,875
90th Percentile - - £65,250
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £18,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year +150.00% -35.71% -63.87%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

Graphic Design falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 578 442 947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 19.22% 37.84% 30.76%
Number of salaries quoted 391 232 713
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% -10.40%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,875 £88,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,750
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.95% -4.09%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Graphic Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Graphic Design
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Graphic Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Canva
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Brand Management
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusive Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft