Graphic Design Contracts

Graphic Design
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 556 663
Rank change year-on-year +54 +107 +122
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 17 44 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.10% 0.084%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.33% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 38
10th Percentile £210 £159 £263
25th Percentile £306 £263 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £313 £388
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -19.35% -25.30%
75th Percentile £513 £539 £509
90th Percentile £550 £568 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £500 £655
% change year-on-year -22.49% -23.66% +83.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £13.43 -
25th Percentile - £14.06 £16.80
Median hourly rate - £15.25 £18.10
Median % change year-on-year - -15.72% -35.38%
75th Percentile - £34.19 £19.39
90th Percentile - £45.48 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £14.63 -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,915 13,252 19,898
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.91% 30.40% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,331 8,505 13,670
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.90% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 910 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.93 £27.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +11.46% +26.14% +9.64%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Graphic Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Design in the UK

Graphic Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Graphic Design in the UK

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Graphic Design over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Graphic Design in the UK

Graphic Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Graphic Design in the UK

Graphic Design
Top 9 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +36 15 £370 +18.40% 53
London +21 11 £373 +30.70% 36
UK excluding London +41 3 £388 -22.49% 21
Work from Home +45 2 £388 -18.41% 21
Midlands +21 1 - - 2
West Midlands +13 1 - - 2
North West - 1 £200 - 2
South West - 1 £575 - 4
North of England - 1 £200 - 4

Graphic Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (17.65%) CMS
2 1 (5.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Photoshop
2 5 (29.41%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (23.53%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (11.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (11.76%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (11.76%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (11.76%) Final Cut Pro
5 2 (11.76%) InVision
5 2 (11.76%) Sketch
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
6 1 (5.88%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Figma
2 2 (11.76%) Google Ads
2 2 (11.76%) Google Analytics
3 1 (5.88%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Axure RP
1 2 (11.76%) Balsamiq
General
1 9 (52.94%) Marketing
2 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
3 3 (17.65%) Legal
4 2 (11.76%) Multimedia
4 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Arabic Language
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) French Language
5 1 (5.88%) German Language
5 1 (5.88%) Italian Language
5 1 (5.88%) Japanese Language
5 1 (5.88%) Korean Language
5 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Designer
2 4 (23.53%) Graphic Designer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Content Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Interaction Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Motion Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Motion Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Social Media Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Artworker
5 1 (5.88%) Campaign Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Creative Artworker
5 1 (5.88%) Creative Strategist
5 1 (5.88%) Digital Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) PowerPoint Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Graphic Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) CSS
1 1 (5.88%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Animation
1 5 (29.41%) Social Media
2 4 (23.53%) Photography
3 3 (17.65%) Video Editing
4 2 (11.76%) Digital Media
4 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
4 2 (11.76%) Motion Graphics
4 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
4 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (5.88%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Typography
2 4 (23.53%) Storytelling
2 4 (23.53%) User Experience
3 3 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (17.65%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (17.65%) Prototyping
3 3 (17.65%) Time Management
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Analytics
4 2 (11.76%) Content Management
4 2 (11.76%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (11.76%) Information Architecture
4 2 (11.76%) Interaction Design
4 2 (11.76%) Social Listening
4 2 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (11.76%) Task Model
4 2 (11.76%) User Research
4 2 (11.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (11.76%) UX Design
4 2 (11.76%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Adobe
2 5 (29.41%) YouTube
3 3 (17.65%) Facebook
4 2 (11.76%) Google
4 2 (11.76%) Twitter
5 1 (5.88%) Instagram
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft