Graphic Design Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Graphic Design
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 157 183
Rank change year-on-year -53 +26 +56
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.042% 0.030% 0.021%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.092% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £239 - -
25th Percentile £263 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £200 £425
Median % change year-on-year +52.63% -52.94% -
75th Percentile £351 - £438
90th Percentile £377 - -
England median daily rate £406 £315 £395
% change year-on-year +28.97% -20.25% -18.97%

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,676 1,088 1,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 34.79% 32.56% 28.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 612 874
10th Percentile £228 £203 £252
25th Percentile £363 £328 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.20% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £586
90th Percentile £625 £682 £650
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 43 72
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £21.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £45.23 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.17% +44.44% +13.18%
75th Percentile £56.69 £37.88 £45.88
90th Percentile £69.78 £55.64 £54.88
England median hourly rate £28.56 £37.00 £37.95
% change year-on-year -22.80% -2.51% +51.81%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in the North of England

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Graphic Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Graphic Design in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Graphic Design in the North of England

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Graphic Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
North West -25 2 £305 +52.63% 1
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (50.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Writer
1 1 (50.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Design Sprint
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Information Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) Lean UX
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility