Graphic Design Contract Job Trends in England

Graphic Design
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 481 513
Rank change year-on-year -48 +32 +141
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 19 19 36
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.059% 0.071% 0.098%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.22% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 17
10th Percentile £265 £240 £198
25th Percentile £340 £268 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £315 £365
Median % change year-on-year +23.02% -13.70% -18.89%
75th Percentile £450 £350 £475
90th Percentile £500 £390 £546
UK median daily rate £419 £315 £365
% change year-on-year +32.94% -13.70% -14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £31.62 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year - -30.06% +105.94%
UK median hourly rate £28.09 £31.62 £45.21
% change year-on-year -11.16% -30.06% +99.29%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,300 8,765 11,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.90% 32.67% 31.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,223 5,267 7,654
10th Percentile £283 £270 £258
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £531 £538
% change year-on-year -5.75% -1.39% -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 251 613
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.50 £14.37
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £18.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.07 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -21.20% +6.79% +58.55%
75th Percentile £63.03 £68.38 £61.25
90th Percentile £74.26 £83.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.54 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -21.31% -1.41% +57.88%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in England

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Graphic Design in England over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Graphic Design in England

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 22 January 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
London -22 7 £350 +10.24% 3
West Midlands -40 7 £500 - 2
Midlands -45 7 £500 - 2
North West -27 2 £305 +52.63% 1
South East -34 2 £395 - 4
North of England -59 2 £305 +52.63% 5
Graphic Design
UK

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Adobe Illustrator
1 7 (36.84%) Photoshop
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (21.05%) MS Visio
3 3 (15.79%) InDesign
4 2 (10.53%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (10.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (10.53%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Figma
1 4 (21.05%) Lucidchart
2 3 (15.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 3 (15.79%) Canva
2 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.53%) Viva Engage
4 1 (5.26%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Power BI
1 3 (15.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Marketing
3 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing
4 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
5 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
6 1 (5.26%) Banking
6 1 (5.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Designer
2 5 (26.32%) Graphic Designer
3 3 (15.79%) Content Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Training Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Junior
4 2 (10.53%) Junior Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Junior Graphic Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Marketing Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Graphic Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Change Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Communications Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Writer
5 1 (5.26%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) HTML
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Product Ownership
2 4 (21.05%) e-Learning
3 3 (15.79%) Social Media
3 3 (15.79%) Video Editing
4 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
4 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (5.26%) Digital Media
5 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.26%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (5.26%) PMI
5 1 (5.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (5.26%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) User Experience
2 5 (26.32%) Agile
2 5 (26.32%) Prototyping
2 5 (26.32%) Typography
3 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (21.05%) Storytelling
4 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (15.79%) Change Management
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (10.53%) AI
5 2 (10.53%) Analytics
5 2 (10.53%) Content Management
5 2 (10.53%) Generative AI
5 2 (10.53%) ITSM
5 2 (10.53%) Rapid Prototyping
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.53%) Time Management
5 2 (10.53%) UX Design
5 2 (10.53%) Web Design
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Adobe
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow