Graphic Design Contracts in the Thames Valley

Graphic Design
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 137 143
Rank change year-on-year +37 +6 +24
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.067% 0.12% 0.036%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.39% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £385 -
25th Percentile - £400 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £524
Median % change year-on-year - -14.04% -22.44%
75th Percentile - £500 £535
90th Percentile - £515 -
South East median daily rate - £450 £524
% change year-on-year - -14.04% -19.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £45.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 522 766 906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.80% 29.50% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 462 600
10th Percentile £300 £205 £275
25th Percentile £406 £300 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £623
90th Percentile £650 £673 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 58 23
10th Percentile £13.13 £11.79 £18.08
25th Percentile £23.50 £21.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £46.50 £27.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.57% -34.71% +112.50%
75th Percentile £64.18 £58.65 £71.80
90th Percentile £88.46 £65.00 £78.35
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +0.64% -5.00% +132.56%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Graphic Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Design in the Thames Valley

Graphic Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Graphic Design in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Graphic Design in the Thames Valley

Graphic Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Graphic Design in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Graphic Design in the Thames Valley

Graphic Design
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Berkshire +29 1 - - 1
Graphic Design
South East

Graphic Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Graphic Designer
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe