Graphic Designer Jobs

Graphics Designer
UK

The median Graphics Designer salary in the UK is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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

 6 months to
5 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 812 935 1192
Rank change year-on-year +123 +257 -304
Permanent jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 102 29 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.028% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.031% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 81 29 33
10th Percentile £24,250 £27,100 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £29,370
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £44,000 £46,500 £68,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -15.58% +6.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graphic Designer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 +174 100 £30,000 -25.00% 12
UK excluding London +78 95 £30,000 -7.69% 10
South East +54 29 £30,000 +22.45% 2
Work from Home +88 26 £27,500 -35.29% 4
East of England - 21 £28,500 -
Midlands +35 20 £33,750 -20.59%
North of England +60 18 £28,000 -6.67% 7
East Midlands 0 12 £37,500 -11.76%
West Midlands +27 8 £29,500 -30.59%
North West +19 8 £27,500 -1.79% 5
London +114 7 £42,500 - 2
Yorkshire +89 5 £26,000 -38.82% 1
South West -22 5 - -
North East - 5 £30,000 - 1
Wales - 1 £34,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £22,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Graphic Designer 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 permanent job ads featuring Graphic Designer in the job title.

1 73 (71.57%) Adobe
2 63 (61.76%) Marketing
3 57 (55.88%) Graphic Design
4 53 (51.96%) Photoshop
5 51 (50.00%) Social Media
6 49 (48.04%) Adobe Illustrator
7 44 (43.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 42 (41.18%) InDesign
9 33 (32.35%) Social Skills
10 26 (25.49%) Adobe After Effects
11 25 (24.51%) Degree
12 20 (19.61%) Adobe Premiere
13 16 (15.69%) Motion Graphics
13 16 (15.69%) WordPress
14 15 (14.71%) Advertising
15 14 (13.73%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (12.75%) Web Design
16 13 (12.75%) Retail
16 13 (12.75%) Animation
16 13 (12.75%) Creative Thinking
16 13 (12.75%) User Experience
17 12 (11.76%) Typography
17 12 (11.76%) Time Management
17 12 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
18 11 (10.78%) Photography
18 11 (10.78%) HTML
19 10 (9.80%) CINEMA 4D
20 9 (8.82%) CSS
21 8 (7.84%) E-Commerce
21 8 (7.84%) Microsoft

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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (15.69%) WordPress
2 3 (2.94%) CMS
Applications
1 53 (51.96%) Photoshop
2 49 (48.04%) Adobe Illustrator
3 44 (43.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 42 (41.18%) InDesign
5 26 (25.49%) Adobe After Effects
6 20 (19.61%) Adobe Premiere
7 12 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 10 (9.80%) CINEMA 4D
9 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
10 4 (3.92%) Adobe XD
11 3 (2.94%) SketchUp
12 2 (1.96%) Acrobat
12 2 (1.96%) CorelDRAW
12 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
12 2 (1.96%) Sketch
13 1 (0.98%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.98%) Elementor
13 1 (0.98%) InVision
13 1 (0.98%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.86%) Figma
2 6 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 3 (2.94%) Canva
4 2 (1.96%) SaaS
5 1 (0.98%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.98%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.98%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.98%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) WiX
General
1 63 (61.76%) Marketing
2 33 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 15 (14.71%) Advertising
4 14 (13.73%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (12.75%) Retail
6 5 (4.90%) Finance
6 5 (4.90%) Multimedia
7 3 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.96%) Automotive
8 2 (1.96%) Games
8 2 (1.96%) Law
8 2 (1.96%) Publishing
9 1 (0.98%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.98%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.78%) HTML
2 9 (8.82%) CSS
3 2 (1.96%) HTML5
3 2 (1.96%) SOAP
4 1 (0.98%) SVG
Miscellaneous
1 57 (55.88%) Graphic Design
2 51 (50.00%) Social Media
3 16 (15.69%) Motion Graphics
4 13 (12.75%) Animation
5 11 (10.78%) Photography
6 6 (5.88%) Digital Media
6 6 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (4.90%) Video Editing
8 4 (3.92%) 3D Graphics
8 4 (3.92%) FMCG
9 3 (2.94%) Social Network
10 2 (1.96%) Blog
10 2 (1.96%) e-Learning
10 2 (1.96%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.96%) Virtual Reality
11 1 (0.98%) NHS
11 1 (0.98%) Vector Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (12.75%) Creative Thinking
1 13 (12.75%) User Experience
1 13 (12.75%) Web Design
2 12 (11.76%) Time Management
2 12 (11.76%) Typography
3 8 (7.84%) 3D Modelling
3 8 (7.84%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (7.84%) E-Commerce
3 8 (7.84%) Infographics
4 7 (6.86%) Digital Marketing
4 7 (6.86%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (5.88%) B2B
5 6 (5.88%) Content Management
5 6 (5.88%) Customer Experience
5 6 (5.88%) Customer Service
6 4 (3.92%) 3D Animation
6 4 (3.92%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (3.92%) Project Management
6 4 (3.92%) UX Design
6 4 (3.92%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 25 (24.51%) Degree
2 3 (2.94%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.94%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 73 (71.57%) Adobe
2 8 (7.84%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.92%) Instagram
3 4 (3.92%) Twitter
4 3 (2.94%) Facebook
5 2 (1.96%) Google
6 1 (0.98%) Apple
6 1 (0.98%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.98%) Quark