Graphic Design Contract Job Trends in Central London

Graphic Design
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 124 132
Rank change year-on-year -21 +8 +22
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.12% 0.10% 0.088%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% 0.27% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £281 - -
25th Percentile £290 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile £345 - -
London median daily rate £415 £363 £350
% change year-on-year +14.48% +3.57% -5.41%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 910 740 721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 36.60% 37.81% 31.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 629 515 465
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £456 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £590
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £681 £698 £713
90th Percentile £775 £800 £838
London median daily rate £550 £565 £575
% change year-on-year -2.65% -1.74% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 7
10th Percentile £19.42 £17.35 £19.60
25th Percentile £23.00 £21.45 £22.90
Median hourly rate £33.53 £26.98 £25.79
Median % change year-on-year +24.31% +4.59% -26.31%
75th Percentile £45.88 £43.39 £27.00
90th Percentile £64.38 £86.43 £53.20
London median hourly rate £33.36 £28.13 £30.12
% change year-on-year +18.61% -6.62% -13.94%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Graphic Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in Central London

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Graphic Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Graphic Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the Central London region over the 6 months to 8 September 2026. 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
City of London -13 3 £310 - 1
Graphic Design
London

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (66.67%) Photoshop
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (33.33%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (33.33%) InDesign
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Lucidchart
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Graphic Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Graphic Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
1 1 (33.33%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) B2C
1 1 (33.33%) Iconography
1 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
1 1 (33.33%) Psychology
1 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
1 1 (33.33%) Storyboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
1 1 (33.33%) Typography
1 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft