Graphic Designer Contracts

Graphics Designer
UK

The median Graphics Designer daily rate in the UK is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 667 825
Rank change year-on-year +101 +158 -136
Contract jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 18 30 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.054% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.057% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 13
10th Percentile £243 £235 -
25th Percentile £269 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year - -13.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £363 £388 £540
90th Percentile £398 £488 £570
UK excluding London median daily rate £338 £356 £431
% change year-on-year -5.20% -17.45% +32.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £13.33 - -
25th Percentile £13.81 £40.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate £15.75 £41.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.05% +50.91% -25.68%
75th Percentile £17.81 £42.25 £31.25
90th Percentile £18.38 - £32.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.75 £41.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -62.05% +27.69% -17.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Graphic Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Graphic Designer over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 21 June 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
England +72 16 £325 - 8
London +68 9 £325 +5.69% 1
UK excluding London +32 9 £338 -5.20% 7
Work from Home +107 4 £325 -7.14% 4
South East +16 3 - - 1
North of England +18 2 £450 - 3
Yorkshire +15 2 £450 -
Scotland - 2 £225 -
West Midlands +18 1 - - 1
Midlands +17 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 - - 1

Graphic Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 June 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 featuring Graphic Designer in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) Adobe
2 10 (55.56%) Graphic Design
3 9 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (50.00%) Photoshop
4 8 (44.44%) Adobe After Effects
4 8 (44.44%) Marketing
5 5 (27.78%) Social Media
5 5 (27.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (27.78%) Degree
5 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
6 4 (22.22%) Visual Effects
6 4 (22.22%) Motion Graphics
6 4 (22.22%) Video Editing
6 4 (22.22%) CINEMA 4D
7 3 (16.67%) InDesign
7 3 (16.67%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (16.67%) Finance
7 3 (16.67%) Time Management
7 3 (16.67%) Coaching
7 3 (16.67%) Typography
7 3 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
8 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
8 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
8 2 (11.11%) Canva
8 2 (11.11%) Infographics
8 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
8 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (11.11%) HTML
8 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint

Graphic Designer Skill Set
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 1 (5.56%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 9 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 8 (44.44%) Adobe After Effects
3 5 (27.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (22.22%) CINEMA 4D
5 3 (16.67%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (16.67%) InDesign
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (11.11%) Canva
3 1 (5.56%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dreamweaver
General
1 8 (44.44%) Marketing
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Advertising
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Brand Awareness
4 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (5.56%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Graphic Design
2 5 (27.78%) Social Media
3 4 (22.22%) Motion Graphics
3 4 (22.22%) Video Editing
4 2 (11.11%) Animation
4 2 (11.11%) Photography
5 1 (5.56%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (5.56%) Digital Media
5 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Visual Effects
2 3 (16.67%) Coaching
2 3 (16.67%) Time Management
2 3 (16.67%) Typography
3 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
3 2 (11.11%) Infographics
4 1 (5.56%) 3D Visualisation
4 1 (5.56%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (5.56%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (5.56%) Front End Development
4 1 (5.56%) Iconography
4 1 (5.56%) Interaction Design
4 1 (5.56%) Multichannel Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Post-Production
4 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.56%) Product Strategy
4 1 (5.56%) Storytelling
4 1 (5.56%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (5.56%) User Experience
4 1 (5.56%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Adobe
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Facebook
3 1 (5.56%) Instagram
3 1 (5.56%) Twitter