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 5 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 464 518
Rank change year-on-year -71 +54 +136
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 19 23 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.057% 0.088% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.27% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 20
10th Percentile £265 £252 £239
25th Percentile £340 £292 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £335 £363
Median % change year-on-year +15.67% -7.59% -9.94%
75th Percentile £450 £391 £480
90th Percentile £500 £468 £553
UK median daily rate £419 £350 £363
% change year-on-year +19.64% -3.45% -9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £21.14
25th Percentile - - £30.17
Median hourly rate - £31.62 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year - -30.06% +105.94%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 11,541 8,677 11,753
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.55% 33.02% 31.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,388 5,228 7,787
10th Percentile £276 £268 £253
25th Percentile £406 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +0.92% -5.22%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £661
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 249 739
10th Percentile £15.43 £18.51 £13.40
25th Percentile £18.82 £24.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.36 £37.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.37% +15.38% +44.54%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.20 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.22
% change year-on-year -14.29% +8.64% +44.02%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 -40 8 £350 -5.41% 9
West Midlands -38 6 £500 - 2
Midlands -53 6 £500 - 2
North West -25 2 £305 +52.63%
South East -29 2 £395 - 6
North of England -58 2 £305 +52.63% 3
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 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (31.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (31.58%) Photoshop
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (15.79%) InDesign
4 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
5 2 (10.53%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (10.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (10.53%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Canva
2 4 (21.05%) Figma
3 3 (15.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 3 (15.79%) Lucidchart
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 2 (10.53%) Viva Engage
5 1 (5.26%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Internet
2 1 (5.26%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
1 2 (10.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 9 (47.37%) Marketing
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
4 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
5 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
6 1 (5.26%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Designer
2 5 (26.32%) Graphic Designer
3 3 (15.79%) Content 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%) Marketing Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Graphic Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Training Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Change Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Writer
5 1 (5.26%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) HTML
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Product Ownership
1 5 (26.32%) Social Media
2 3 (15.79%) e-Learning
2 3 (15.79%) Video Editing
3 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Media
4 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.26%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (5.26%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) User Experience
2 5 (26.32%) Prototyping
2 5 (26.32%) Typography
3 4 (21.05%) Agile
4 3 (15.79%) Change Management
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (15.79%) Storytelling
5 2 (10.53%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (10.53%) Analytics
5 2 (10.53%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (10.53%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (10.53%) Data Science
5 2 (10.53%) Generative AI
5 2 (10.53%) Interaction Design
5 2 (10.53%) Lead Generation
5 2 (10.53%) Marketing Automation
5 2 (10.53%) Marketing Strategy
5 2 (10.53%) Outbound Marketing
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) Adobe
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Salesforce
3 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow