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 8 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 470 511
Rank change year-on-year -80 +41 +115
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 19 18 43
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.053% 0.071% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.21% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 19
10th Percentile £270 £210 £233
25th Percentile £343 £259 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £315 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.03% -25.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £450 £365 £511
90th Percentile £500 £475 £555
UK median daily rate £388 £315 £425
% change year-on-year +23.02% -25.88% +7.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £13.64
25th Percentile £26.25 - £14.59
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £30.23
75th Percentile £28.75 - £45.21
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.80 - £45.21
% change year-on-year - - +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 12,197 8,468 11,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.75% 33.62% 30.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,739 5,352 7,657
10th Percentile £290 £287 £256
25th Percentile £409 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £549 £545
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% +0.65% -5.22%
75th Percentile £626 £673 £660
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £527
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.38% -4.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 603 287 801
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.72 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.95 £22.61 £15.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £34.00 £29.72
Median % change year-on-year - +14.40% +32.09%
75th Percentile £65.63 £67.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £28.88
% change year-on-year +3.08% +12.55% +28.42%

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 8 March 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 8 March 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 -48 7 £350 +9.38% 11
West Midlands -54 6 £500 -
Midlands -65 6 £500 - 3
North West -31 3 £375 +87.43% 2
North of England -57 3 £375 +87.43% 4
South East -42 2 £395 - 6
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 2 (10.53%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (21.05%) Photoshop
4 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
5 1 (5.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (5.26%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Canva
2 4 (21.05%) Figma
3 3 (15.79%) Lucidchart
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 2 (10.53%) Viva Engage
5 1 (5.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (5.26%) Google Analytics
5 1 (5.26%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) 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 8 (42.11%) Marketing
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
5 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
6 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
7 1 (5.26%) Advertising
7 1 (5.26%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Designer
2 3 (15.79%) Content Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Marketing Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Graphic Designer
3 2 (10.53%) Marketing Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Training Manager
3 2 (10.53%) UX Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Change Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Communications Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Graphic Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Writer
4 1 (5.26%) UI Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) HTML
2 2 (10.53%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Product Ownership
2 5 (26.32%) Social Media
3 4 (21.05%) Video Editing
4 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
4 3 (15.79%) e-Learning
5 2 (10.53%) Digital Media
5 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
6 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 1 (5.26%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (5.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (5.26%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) User Experience
2 5 (26.32%) Agile
2 5 (26.32%) Prototyping
3 4 (21.05%) Analytics
3 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (21.05%) CRM
3 4 (21.05%) Storytelling
4 3 (15.79%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (15.79%) Change Management
4 3 (15.79%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (15.79%) Interaction Design
4 3 (15.79%) Lead Generation
4 3 (15.79%) Marketing Automation
4 3 (15.79%) Marketing Strategy
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (15.79%) Supplier Management
4 3 (15.79%) UX Design
5 2 (10.53%) AI
5 2 (10.53%) Content Management
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Adobe
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Salesforce
3 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.26%) Facebook
4 1 (5.26%) Google
4 1 (5.26%) Hootsuite
4 1 (5.26%) Instagram
4 1 (5.26%) TikTok
4 1 (5.26%) Twitter
4 1 (5.26%) YouTube