Graphic Design Contract Job Trends in London

Graphic Design
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 349 385
Rank change year-on-year -18 +36 +131
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 6 10 16
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.042% 0.071% 0.088%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.21% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 6
10th Percentile - £259 £310
25th Percentile - £291 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £318 £492
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -35.47% +12.46%
75th Percentile - £388 £549
90th Percentile - £391 £675
England median daily rate £388 £315 £365
% change year-on-year +23.02% -13.70% -30.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £31.62 -
England median hourly rate - £31.62 £45.21
% change year-on-year - -30.06% +105.94%

All Generic Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,407 4,814 6,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.11% 34.16% 33.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,505 3,050 4,286
10th Percentile £350 £325 £314
25th Percentile £435 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £713
90th Percentile £800 £838 £813
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 61 116
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.50 £17.24
25th Percentile £20.62 £24.50 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £29.86
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +17.21% -2.10%
75th Percentile £47.00 £60.75 £47.90
90th Percentile £66.85 £80.75 £64.77
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.67% -6.25% +60.00%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in London

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Graphic Design
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Central London -4 1 - - 2
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (33.33%) InDesign
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 2 (33.33%) Figma
2 1 (16.67%) Canva
2 1 (16.67%) Slack
2 1 (16.67%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Intranet
General
1 4 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Publishing
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Designer
2 3 (50.00%) Graphic Designer
3 2 (33.33%) Junior
3 2 (33.33%) Junior Designer
3 2 (33.33%) Junior Graphic Designer
4 1 (16.67%) Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) Marketing Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Designer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Graphic Designer
4 1 (16.67%) UI Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (33.33%) Social Media
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) PMI
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (16.67%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Typography
2 2 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (33.33%) Outbound Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Creative Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Email Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Infographics
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Adobe
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow