Graphic Design Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Graphic Design
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 86 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.18% 0.11% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 0.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £369 - -
25th Percentile £371 £196 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +87.43% - -
75th Percentile £384 £204 -
90th Percentile £390 - -
North West median daily rate £371 £200 -
% change year-on-year +85.44% - -

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 528 265 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 31.71% 28.43% 27.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 188 286
10th Percentile £309 £203 £300
25th Percentile £374 £391 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% -5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £572 £614 £575
90th Percentile £625 £700 £725
North West median daily rate £459 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.37% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 14 29
10th Percentile £19.75 £20.75 £12.90
25th Percentile £28.50 £24.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £32.50 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +115.38% +28.71% -27.86%
75th Percentile £95.00 £56.25 £37.50
90th Percentile £178.75 £76.00 £59.78
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £29.52 £25.25
% change year-on-year +54.02% +16.89% -19.82%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in Manchester

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Designer
1 3 (100.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Design Sprint
1 3 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 3 (100.00%) Lean UX
1 3 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
1 3 (100.00%) Wireframes
1 3 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (66.67%) Scorecard
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility