Graphic Designer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Graphics Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Graphics Designer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 448 507
Rank change year-on-year +66 +59 -109
Contract jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 8 11 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.046% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.048% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 4
10th Percentile - £362 £202
25th Percentile - £521 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £655 £431
Median % change year-on-year -31.30% +51.88% +61.52%
75th Percentile - - £556
90th Percentile - - £568
UK median daily rate £325 £350 £375
% change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £13.33 - -
25th Percentile £13.81 - £31.25
Median hourly rate £15.75 - £32.50
75th Percentile £17.81 - £33.75
90th Percentile £18.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £15.75 - £27.50
% change year-on-year - - +96.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,251 22,726 29,670
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 94.14% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 15,918 20,742
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,230 1,187 1,502
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Graphic Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Graphic Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Designer in the UK excluding London

Graphic Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Graphic Designer in the UK excluding London

Graphic Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Graphic Designer in the UK excluding London

Graphic Designer
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 Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
South East +26 3 - - 2
North of England +28 2 £450 - 4
Yorkshire +21 2 £450 - 1
West Midlands +26 1 - -
Midlands +23 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
Graphic Designer
UK

Graphic Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Graphic Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Graphic Designer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 4 (50.00%) Adobe
3 3 (37.50%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (37.50%) Marketing
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Graphic Design
3 3 (37.50%) Motion Graphics
3 3 (37.50%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Infographics
4 2 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (25.00%) Visual Effects
4 2 (25.00%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (25.00%) Typography
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Social Media
5 1 (12.50%) Information Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) Photography
5 1 (12.50%) Video Editing
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) InDesign
5 1 (12.50%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (12.50%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Facebook
5 1 (12.50%) Twitter
5 1 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite

Graphic Designer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (50.00%) Photoshop
3 3 (37.50%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (37.50%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (25.00%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (12.50%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Canva
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (37.50%) Marketing
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Graphic Design
1 3 (37.50%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (25.00%) Social Media
3 1 (12.50%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (12.50%) Photography
3 1 (12.50%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Coaching
1 2 (25.00%) Infographics
1 2 (25.00%) Typography
1 2 (25.00%) Visual Effects
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
2 1 (12.50%) Iconography
2 1 (12.50%) Information Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Interaction Design
2 1 (12.50%) Post-Production
2 1 (12.50%) Product Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Facebook
2 1 (12.50%) Instagram
2 1 (12.50%) Twitter