Graphic Designer Contracts

Graphics Designer
UK

The median Graphics Designer daily rate in the UK is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 579 647
Rank change year-on-year +41 +68 +208
Contract jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 13 16 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.037% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.040% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 23
10th Percentile £150 £238 £216
25th Percentile £181 £266 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £313 £313
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -9.01%
75th Percentile £359 £356 £387
90th Percentile £475 £363 £476
UK excluding London median daily rate - £225 £356
% change year-on-year - -36.80% -17.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £13.33 -
25th Percentile £42.50 £13.81 £40.75
Median hourly rate £45.00 £15.75 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +185.71% -62.05% +50.91%
75th Percentile £47.50 £17.81 £42.25
90th Percentile - £18.38 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £15.75 £41.50
% change year-on-year +185.71% -62.05% +27.69%

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 29,079 40,388 53,054
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 92.98% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,553 25,970 36,860
10th Percentile £288 £286 £313
25th Percentile £401 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,311 2,837 1,549
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.65 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.75 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% -12.21% +68.63%
75th Percentile £55.25 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £74.00 £76.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £39.60
% change year-on-year -37.13% +1.01% +94.88%

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 4 July 2025.

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 7 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 4 July 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 +63 13 £275 -15.38% 42
London +36 11 £275 -15.38% 35
Work from Home +41 2 £325 - 17
UK excluding London +30 2 - - 12
South East +38 1 - - 7
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, 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 7 (53.85%) Adobe
2 6 (46.15%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (46.15%) InDesign
3 5 (38.46%) Photoshop
3 5 (38.46%) Marketing
3 5 (38.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (30.77%) Graphic Design
5 3 (23.08%) CSS
5 3 (23.08%) Web Design
5 3 (23.08%) HTML
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) User Experience
6 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
7 1 (7.69%) Finance
7 1 (7.69%) Legal
7 1 (7.69%) Animation
7 1 (7.69%) Product Marketing
7 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
7 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (7.69%) Marketing Strategy
7 1 (7.69%) Motion Graphics
7 1 (7.69%) Creative Thinking
7 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (7.69%) Figma
7 1 (7.69%) Typography
7 1 (7.69%) Infographics
7 1 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud

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:

Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Adobe Illustrator
1 6 (46.15%) InDesign
2 5 (38.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (38.46%) Photoshop
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 1 (7.69%) Figma
General
1 5 (38.46%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) CSS
1 3 (23.08%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Graphic Design
2 1 (7.69%) Animation
2 1 (7.69%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (23.08%) Web Design
2 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (15.38%) User Experience
3 1 (7.69%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (7.69%) Infographics
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (7.69%) Product Marketing
3 1 (7.69%) Typography
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Adobe
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft