Graphic Design Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Graphic Design
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 126 129
Rank change year-on-year -27 +3 +58
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 7 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.22% 0.24% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.63% 0.84% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £420 - £460
25th Percentile £431 - £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.48%
75th Percentile £475 - £486
90th Percentile £490 - £492
England median daily rate £425 £320 £313
% change year-on-year +32.81% +2.40% -41.59%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,116 715 855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.76% 28.01% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 700 412 562
10th Percentile £238 £228 £263
25th Percentile £363 £375 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £623
90th Percentile £638 £712 £725
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 24 50
10th Percentile £18.20 £15.14 £16.65
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.00 £30.23 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +32.86% +28.39%
75th Percentile £31.00 £49.06 £64.63
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.18 £68.88
England median hourly rate £27.50 £39.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -30.38% -10.23% +25.71%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 December 2025. 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
West Midlands -23 7 £450 - 4
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (71.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Adobe Illustrator
1 6 (85.71%) Photoshop
2 5 (71.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (14.29%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Lucidchart
2 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
1 4 (57.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Content Manager
1 4 (57.14%) Training Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Graphic Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Graphic Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) e-Learning
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media
2 1 (14.29%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (71.43%) User Experience
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) AI
3 1 (14.29%) Data Science
3 1 (14.29%) Generative AI
3 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
3 1 (14.29%) Rapid Prototyping
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Storytelling
3 1 (14.29%) Typography
3 1 (14.29%) Web Design
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe