Graphic Design Job Trends in England

Graphic Design
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 592 595
Rank change year-on-year +37 +3 +271
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 47 70 88
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.089% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.39% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 22 14 65
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,525 £22,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,688 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £48,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.26% +39.29% -16.17%
75th Percentile £39,688 £60,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £71,625 £55,500
UK median annual salary £34,000 £47,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year -28.04% +35.00% -17.65%

All Generic Skills
England

Graphic Design falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,582 18,054 17,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.00% 37.44% 36.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9,413 8,499 13,221
10th Percentile £27,787 £34,000 £31,549
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Graphic Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in England

Graphic Design
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Graphic Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graphic Design in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Graphic Design in England

Graphic Design
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the England region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +52 16 £34,000 -33.66% 3
North of England +18 14 £27,500 -60.71% 4
North West +25 8 £27,500 -61.40% 1
South East +16 6 - - 5
Yorkshire -8 6 - - 2
West Midlands +21 5 £38,750 -8.82% 1
Midlands +11 5 £38,750 +10.71% 1
East of England - 5 £31,500 - 5
East Midlands -22 1 £37,500 +20.97%
South West - 1 - - 1
Graphic Design
UK

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 7 (14.89%) WordPress
2 4 (8.51%) CMS
3 2 (4.26%) Drupal
3 2 (4.26%) EPiServer
3 2 (4.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (61.70%) Photoshop
2 19 (40.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 18 (38.30%) Adobe Illustrator
4 16 (34.04%) InDesign
5 9 (19.15%) Adobe After Effects
5 9 (19.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (17.02%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
7 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (6.38%) Adobe XD
9 2 (4.26%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (4.26%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (4.26%) DaVinci Resolve
9 2 (4.26%) Elementor
9 2 (4.26%) Final Cut Pro
9 2 (4.26%) Sketch
10 1 (2.13%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.66%) Figma
2 9 (19.15%) Canva
3 7 (14.89%) SaaS
4 3 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (4.26%) Google Analytics
5 2 (4.26%) MailChimp
5 2 (4.26%) npm
6 1 (2.13%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Git
1 2 (4.26%) Grunt
1 2 (4.26%) gulp
1 2 (4.26%) webpack
General
1 28 (59.57%) Marketing
2 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
3 10 (21.28%) Retail
4 8 (17.02%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (14.89%) Advertising
6 6 (12.77%) Arabic Language
6 6 (12.77%) Dutch Language
6 6 (12.77%) French Language
6 6 (12.77%) German Language
6 6 (12.77%) Italian Language
6 6 (12.77%) Japanese Language
6 6 (12.77%) Mandarin Language
6 6 (12.77%) Multimedia
6 6 (12.77%) Polish Language
6 6 (12.77%) Portuguese Language
6 6 (12.77%) Spanish Language
7 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.26%) Publishing
8 1 (2.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 34 (72.34%) Designer
2 16 (34.04%) Graphic Designer
3 7 (14.89%) 3D Designer
4 5 (10.64%) Senior
5 4 (8.51%) Creative Designer
5 4 (8.51%) Developer
5 4 (8.51%) Digital Developer
6 3 (6.38%) Content Designer
6 3 (6.38%) e-Learning Designer
6 3 (6.38%) Product Designer
6 3 (6.38%) Senior Designer
6 3 (6.38%) UI Designer
6 3 (6.38%) UI/UX Designer
6 3 (6.38%) UX Designer
7 2 (4.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 2 (4.26%) Senior Developer
7 2 (4.26%) Senior Graphic Designer
7 2 (4.26%) Software Developer
8 1 (2.13%) Junior
8 1 (2.13%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) HTML
2 3 (6.38%) CSS
3 2 (4.26%) Bootstrap
3 2 (4.26%) CSS3
3 2 (4.26%) HTML5
3 2 (4.26%) Node.js
3 2 (4.26%) Redux
3 2 (4.26%) RESTful
3 2 (4.26%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 18 (38.30%) Social Media
2 13 (27.66%) Motion Graphics
3 8 (17.02%) Animation
3 8 (17.02%) Video Editing
4 7 (14.89%) 3D Graphics
5 5 (10.64%) e-Learning
5 5 (10.64%) Learning Management System
6 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
6 3 (6.38%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (4.26%) Photography
7 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (2.13%) Blog
8 1 (2.13%) Digital Media
8 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
8 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
8 1 (2.13%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) User Experience
2 10 (21.28%) Creative Marketing
3 9 (19.15%) Typography
3 9 (19.15%) UX Design
4 8 (17.02%) Storyboarding
5 7 (14.89%) CAD
5 7 (14.89%) Customer Service
6 6 (12.77%) Agile
6 6 (12.77%) Copywriting
6 6 (12.77%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (10.64%) Analytics
7 5 (10.64%) Content Development
7 5 (10.64%) Instructional Design
7 5 (10.64%) Project Management
7 5 (10.64%) Prototyping
8 4 (8.51%) B2B
8 4 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.51%) Customer Experience
8 4 (8.51%) Email Marketing
8 4 (8.51%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 27 (57.45%) Degree
2 2 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.02%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.38%) ISO 9001
2 3 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.26%) QA
3 2 (4.26%) WCAG
4 1 (2.13%) GDPR
Vendors
1 33 (70.21%) Adobe
2 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.38%) Cisco
4 2 (4.26%) Google
4 2 (4.26%) HubSpot
4 2 (4.26%) Instagram
4 2 (4.26%) TikTok
4 2 (4.26%) YouTube
5 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.13%) Vectorworks