Graphic Design Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Graphic Design
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in the City of 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 137 124 125
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 +29
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.13% 0.056% 0.097%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.15% 0.31%
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 - -
Central London median daily rate £310 - -

All Generic Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 818 674 638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 36.00% 38.04% 30.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 460 400
10th Percentile £366 £349 £350
25th Percentile £463 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £594
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +1.01% -1.00%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £714
90th Percentile £775 £813 £838
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 5
10th Percentile £19.34 £16.96 £18.40
25th Percentile £21.00 £19.79 £22.00
Median hourly rate £26.13 £27.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% +1.85% -25.00%
75th Percentile £37.17 £65.57 -
90th Percentile £43.00 £91.00 £66.30
Central London median hourly rate £33.53 £26.98 £25.79
% change year-on-year +24.31% +4.59% -26.31%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in the City of London

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Graphic Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Graphic Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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