Graphic Designer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Graphics Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Graphics Designer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 369 404
Rank change year-on-year -25 +35 +76
Contract jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 5 2 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.028% 0.012% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.013% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £332 - £215
25th Percentile £358 - £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £200 £283
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -29.20% -49.55%
75th Percentile £425 - £295
90th Percentile £440 - -
UK median daily rate £400 £300 £263
% change year-on-year +33.33% +14.29% -32.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £45.21
UK median hourly rate - - £45.21

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 15,757 15,247 19,247
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.79% 92.28% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,739 8,746 12,684
10th Percentile £209 £219 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £590 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,569 1,041 1,261
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +85.74%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.33 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.63 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.40% -20.83% +55.17%

Graphic Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Graphic Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Graphic Designer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Graphic Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Graphic Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Graphic Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Graphic Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Graphic Designer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Graphic Designer in the UK excluding London

Graphic Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Graphic Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Graphic Designer job vacancies 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 20 November 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
North of England -44 4 £365 +82.50% 4
North West -22 2 £365 +82.50% 3
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
Midlands -24 1 £450 -
West Midlands -31 1 £450 -
Graphic Designer
UK

Graphic Designer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, Graphic Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 4 (80.00%) Adobe
2 3 (60.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (60.00%) InDesign
2 3 (60.00%) Photoshop
3 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (40.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (20.00%) Acrobat
4 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) CMS
4 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Figma
4 1 (20.00%) Hopewiser
4 1 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (20.00%) Infographics
4 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
4 1 (20.00%) Personalization
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Sketch
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) Typography
4 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) UX Design
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Web Design

Graphic Designer Skill Set
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 1 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (60.00%) InDesign
1 3 (60.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (40.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (20.00%) Acrobat
3 1 (20.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 1 (20.00%) Figma
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (20.00%) Motion Graphics
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile
1 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
1 1 (20.00%) Infographics
1 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (20.00%) Personalization
1 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) Time Management
1 1 (20.00%) Typography
1 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (20.00%) User Experience
1 1 (20.00%) UX Design
1 1 (20.00%) Validation
1 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (20.00%) Web Design
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Hopewiser