Graphic Design Contract Job Trends in the North West

Graphic Design
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in the North West. 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 158 124 -
Rank change year-on-year -34 - -
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.13% 0.051% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £266 - -
25th Percentile £331 £196 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £371 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +85.44% - -
75th Percentile £380 £204 -
90th Percentile £388 - -
England median daily rate £381 £370 £313
% change year-on-year +3.04% +18.40% -21.88%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 984 552 760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 31.03% 28.31% 27.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 369 517
10th Percentile £256 £203 £293
25th Percentile £365 £363 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £564 £584 £581
90th Percentile £625 £665 £672
England median daily rate £513 £549 £550
% change year-on-year -6.65% -0.18% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 38 75
10th Percentile £21.00 £22.05 £13.00
25th Percentile £35.74 £24.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £29.52 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +54.02% +16.89% -19.82%
75th Percentile £74.26 £33.75 £37.38
90th Percentile £95.00 £70.75 £46.18
England median hourly rate £45.46 £34.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year +33.71% +19.30% +26.67%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in the North West

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Graphic Design in the North West over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Graphic Design in the North West

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Graphic Design
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Manchester -20 3 £375 +87.43% 3
Cheshire - 1 £223 -
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (25.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Designer
1 3 (75.00%) UX Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Design Sprint
2 3 (75.00%) Design Thinking
2 3 (75.00%) Interaction Design
2 3 (75.00%) Lean UX
2 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) UX Design
2 3 (75.00%) Wireframes
2 3 (75.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (50.00%) Scorecard
4 1 (25.00%) Content Management
4 1 (25.00%) Information Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) SEO
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Accessibility