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 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 632 610
Rank change year-on-year +68 -22 +283
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 51 61 61
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.099% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.32% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 26 14 46
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,525 £26,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,688 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £48,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.90% +14.12% +6.25%
75th Percentile £38,750 £60,000 £51,875
90th Percentile £50,000 £71,625 £95,000
UK median annual salary £34,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -24.44% +5.88% -

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 18,862 18,918 16,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 36.62% 36.76% 37.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,574 9,307 12,326
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.25%

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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +57 16 £34,000 -38.18%
North of England +25 13 - - 5
South East +31 9 £35,000 - 2
North West +34 7 - - 2
Midlands +17 6 £37,500 +7.14% 5
Yorkshire -6 6 - - 3
East of England - 6 £31,500 - 6
West Midlands +27 5 £38,750 -8.82% 5
East Midlands -6 2 £32,500 +4.84%
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 (13.73%) CMS
2 6 (11.76%) WordPress
3 5 (9.80%) Drupal
4 2 (3.92%) EPiServer
4 2 (3.92%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.96%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (60.78%) Photoshop
2 23 (45.10%) Adobe Illustrator
3 20 (39.22%) InDesign
4 19 (37.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (19.61%) Adobe Premiere
6 9 (17.65%) Adobe After Effects
6 9 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Excel
7 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (5.88%) Adobe XD
9 2 (3.92%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (3.92%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (3.92%) DaVinci Resolve
9 2 (3.92%) Elementor
9 2 (3.92%) Final Cut Pro
9 2 (3.92%) Sketch
10 1 (1.96%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 13 (25.49%) Figma
2 9 (17.65%) Canva
3 8 (15.69%) SaaS
4 5 (9.80%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 3 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.92%) Google Ads
6 2 (3.92%) Google Analytics
6 2 (3.92%) MailChimp
6 2 (3.92%) npm
7 1 (1.96%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Metadata
2 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Git
1 2 (3.92%) Grunt
1 2 (3.92%) gulp
1 2 (3.92%) webpack
General
1 32 (62.75%) Marketing
2 14 (27.45%) Social Skills
3 10 (19.61%) Advertising
4 9 (17.65%) Multimedia
4 9 (17.65%) Retail
5 8 (15.69%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (11.76%) Arabic Language
6 6 (11.76%) Dutch Language
6 6 (11.76%) French Language
6 6 (11.76%) German Language
6 6 (11.76%) Italian Language
6 6 (11.76%) Japanese Language
6 6 (11.76%) Mandarin Language
6 6 (11.76%) Polish Language
6 6 (11.76%) Portuguese Language
6 6 (11.76%) Spanish Language
7 3 (5.88%) Brand Awareness
8 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (66.67%) Designer
2 17 (33.33%) Graphic Designer
3 7 (13.73%) 3D Designer
4 6 (11.76%) Senior
5 5 (9.80%) Developer
6 4 (7.84%) Creative Designer
6 4 (7.84%) Digital Developer
7 3 (5.88%) Content Designer
7 3 (5.88%) e-Learning Designer
7 3 (5.88%) Marketing Specialist
7 3 (5.88%) Product Designer
7 3 (5.88%) Senior Designer
8 2 (3.92%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 2 (3.92%) Junior
8 2 (3.92%) Senior Developer
8 2 (3.92%) Senior Graphic Designer
8 2 (3.92%) Software Developer
8 2 (3.92%) UI Designer
8 2 (3.92%) UI/UX Designer
8 2 (3.92%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) HTML
2 4 (7.84%) CSS
3 2 (3.92%) Bootstrap
3 2 (3.92%) CSS3
3 2 (3.92%) HTML5
3 2 (3.92%) Node.js
3 2 (3.92%) Redux
3 2 (3.92%) RESTful
3 2 (3.92%) Sass
4 1 (1.96%) .NET
4 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 21 (41.18%) Social Media
2 14 (27.45%) Motion Graphics
3 12 (23.53%) Video Editing
4 8 (15.69%) Animation
5 6 (11.76%) 3D Graphics
6 5 (9.80%) e-Learning
6 5 (9.80%) Learning Management System
6 5 (9.80%) Photography
7 3 (5.88%) Onboarding
7 3 (5.88%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.96%) Blog
9 1 (1.96%) Digital Media
9 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.96%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (41.18%) User Experience
2 13 (25.49%) Creative Marketing
3 9 (17.65%) Typography
4 8 (15.69%) Storyboarding
4 8 (15.69%) UX Design
5 7 (13.73%) CAD
5 7 (13.73%) Customer Service
6 6 (11.76%) Analytics
6 6 (11.76%) B2B
6 6 (11.76%) Copywriting
6 6 (11.76%) Digital Marketing
6 6 (11.76%) Time Management
7 5 (9.80%) Agile
7 5 (9.80%) Content Development
7 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (9.80%) Instructional Design
7 5 (9.80%) Project Management
8 4 (7.84%) Customer Experience
8 4 (7.84%) Prototyping
8 4 (7.84%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.84%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.96%) C#
2 1 (1.96%) SQL
2 1 (1.96%) SQR
Qualifications
1 31 (60.78%) Degree
2 2 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.88%) ISO 9001
2 3 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.92%) QA
3 2 (3.92%) WCAG
4 1 (1.96%) GDPR
Vendors
1 36 (70.59%) Adobe
2 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.88%) Cisco
3 3 (5.88%) Google
4 2 (3.92%) HubSpot
4 2 (3.92%) Instagram
4 2 (3.92%) TikTok
4 2 (3.92%) YouTube
5 1 (1.96%) Facebook
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.96%) Vectorworks