Hybrid/Remote Graphic Design Contract Job Trends

Graphic Design
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 314 369
Rank change year-on-year -1 +55 +172
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 4 11 16
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.039% 0.090% 0.091%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.29% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 8
10th Percentile - £294 £263
25th Percentile £413 £308 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £325 £290
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +12.07% -45.54%
75th Percentile £438 £388 £489
90th Percentile - £390 £565
UK median daily rate £450 £323 £313
% change year-on-year +39.53% +3.20% -40.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.03 - -
Median hourly rate £28.09 - £45.21
75th Percentile £29.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £28.09 £31.62 £45.21
% change year-on-year -11.16% -30.06% +86.45%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,606 3,798 5,323
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.99% 31.06% 30.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,261 2,421 3,688
10th Percentile £330 £325 £325
25th Percentile £420 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £672
90th Percentile £750 £819 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 70 124
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.46 £19.99
25th Percentile £21.31 £21.56 £22.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £38.50 £45.63
Median % change year-on-year +18.08% -15.63% -17.93%
75th Percentile £66.13 £66.38 £69.06
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.28
UK median hourly rate £26.89 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.06% -18.82% +21.43%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Graphic Design and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Graphic Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Graphic Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Graphic Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (25.00%) InDesign
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (25.00%) Lucidchart
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Content Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Graphic Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Graphic Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Training Manager
2 1 (25.00%) UI Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Email Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Typography
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe