Graphic Design Contract Job Trends in the South East

Graphic Design
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 168 199
Rank change year-on-year -16 +31 +53
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 1 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.023% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.075% 0.34% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
England median daily rate £425 £318 £313
% change year-on-year +33.86% +1.60% -41.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £45.21
England median hourly rate - £31.62 £45.21
% change year-on-year - -30.06% +105.94%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,328 1,176 1,548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.06% 32.02% 31.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 887 687 966
10th Percentile £204 £242 £205
25th Percentile £363 £381 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.29% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £680 £693 £688
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.68% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 46 90
10th Percentile £12.50 £19.06 £19.45
25th Percentile £15.75 £24.57 £27.13
Median hourly rate £24.00 £35.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% -34.58% +50.70%
75th Percentile £69.65 £56.56 £63.29
90th Percentile £83.00 £69.14 £77.55
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.51% +25.12%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in the South East

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Graphic Design
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Thames Valley -17 1 £450 - 6
Buckinghamshire - 1 £450 - 1
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Canva
1 1 (100.00%) Viva Engage
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Change Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Business Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Change Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Communications Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe