Graphic Design Contract Job Trends 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 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 348 391
Rank change year-on-year -47 +43 +90
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 11 14 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.061% 0.087% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.29% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 14
10th Percentile £280 £154 £256
25th Percentile £365 £184 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £243 £301
Median % change year-on-year +80.41% -19.50% -51.80%
75th Percentile £463 £311 £408
90th Percentile £485 £327 £473
UK median daily rate £450 £323 £313
% change year-on-year +39.53% +3.20% -40.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.03 - -
Median hourly rate £28.09 - £45.21
75th Percentile £29.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £28.09 £31.62 £45.21
% change year-on-year -11.16% -30.06% +86.45%

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 6,061 4,889 6,309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.72% 30.48% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,746 2,675 4,042
10th Percentile £204 £207 £213
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 285 378
10th Percentile £12.97 £15.80 £16.50
25th Percentile £16.95 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £26.75 £32.50 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -17.69% -28.11% +53.25%
75th Percentile £59.88 £67.02 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.11
UK median hourly rate £26.89 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.06% -18.82% +21.43%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Graphic Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Graphic Design

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 5 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Graphic Design in the UK excluding London

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Graphic Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Graphic Design

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 5 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
West Midlands -23 7 £450 - 4
Midlands -27 7 £450 - 4
Scotland +8 3 - -
North West -20 1 £223 +11.50%
North of England -42 1 £223 +11.50% 2
Graphic Design
UK

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (54.55%) SharePoint
2 3 (27.27%) CMS
3 1 (9.09%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (72.73%) Photoshop
2 5 (45.45%) MS Visio
3 3 (27.27%) InDesign
4 2 (18.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (9.09%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Lucidchart
2 4 (36.36%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Power BI
1 4 (36.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Manufacturing
3 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Content Manager
1 4 (36.36%) Training Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Designer
3 2 (18.18%) Graphic Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Graphic Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Service Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) e-Learning
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Video Editing
3 1 (9.09%) Animation
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Signage
3 1 (9.09%) NHS
3 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 1 (9.09%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) User Experience
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) AI
4 2 (18.18%) Content Management
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
4 2 (18.18%) Typography
5 1 (9.09%) Coaching
5 1 (9.09%) Data Privacy
5 1 (9.09%) Line Management
5 1 (9.09%) Logistics
5 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (9.09%) Rapid Prototyping
5 1 (9.09%) Service Design
5 1 (9.09%) Time Management
5 1 (9.09%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Adobe
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft