Graphic Design Contracts in the UK excluding London

Graphic Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 383 438
Rank change year-on-year +47 +55 +49
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 3 16 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.077% 0.038%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.071% 0.26% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile £232 £395 £350
25th Percentile £287 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £500 £655
Median % change year-on-year -22.49% -23.66% +83.22%
75th Percentile £492 £550 -
90th Percentile £549 £565 -
UK median daily rate £375 £313 £400
% change year-on-year +20.00% -21.88% -22.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £14.63 -
UK median hourly rate - £15.25 £18.10
% change year-on-year - -15.72% -35.38%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,246 6,122 7,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.19% 29.50% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,666 5,259
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £376 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 724 436
10th Percentile £16.81 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.28 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.42 £28.13 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.72% +27.84% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.64 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Graphic Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Design in the UK excluding London

Graphic Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Graphic Design in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Graphic Design in the UK excluding London

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Graphic Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Graphic Design in the UK excluding London

Graphic Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Graphic Design in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Graphic Design in the UK excluding London

Graphic Design
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Midlands +16 1 - - 3
West Midlands +12 1 - - 3
North West - 1 £200 - 2
South West - 1 £575 - 5
North of England - 1 £200 - 4
Graphic Design
UK

Graphic Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (33.33%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (33.33%) Final Cut Pro
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
1 1 (33.33%) Google Ads
1 1 (33.33%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Motion Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Motion Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Social Media Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Animation
1 2 (66.67%) Social Media
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (33.33%) Photography
2 1 (33.33%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Typography
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Social Listening
2 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe
2 2 (66.67%) YouTube
3 1 (33.33%) Facebook
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) Twitter