Graphic Designer Job Trends in England

Graphics Designer
UK > England

The median Graphics Designer salary in England is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 669 657
Rank change year-on-year +84 -12 +316
Permanent jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 24 6 10
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.046% 0.012% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.013% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 19 5 10
10th Percentile £27,000 £21,716 £28,450
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £47,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -33.68% +22.58% +10.71%
75th Percentile £34,000 £52,500 £44,688
90th Percentile £42,000 £54,000 £49,250
UK median annual salary £32,750 £43,750 £38,750
% change year-on-year -25.14% +12.90% +10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 47,242 46,225 43,242
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 93.21% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,630 24,644 33,926
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,199 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Graphic Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Graphic Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Graphic Designer job vacancy trend in England

Graphic Designer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Graphic Designer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Graphic Designer job vacancies in England

Graphic Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graphic Designer in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Graphic Designer in England

Graphic Designer
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 Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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 +61 10 £34,000 -30.26% 1
South East - 7 £30,000 - 1
East of England - 6 £31,500 - 1
North of England +21 1 £29,000 -10.77% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £29,000 -
Graphic Designer
UK

Graphic Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Graphic Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Graphic Designer in the job title.

1 22 (91.67%) Adobe
2 17 (70.83%) Adobe Illustrator
2 17 (70.83%) Photoshop
3 16 (66.67%) InDesign
4 15 (62.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 12 (50.00%) User Experience
6 11 (45.83%) Figma
7 10 (41.67%) Typography
8 8 (33.33%) Degree
9 6 (25.00%) Canva
9 6 (25.00%) Creative Marketing
9 6 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 5 (20.83%) UX Design
11 4 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
11 4 (16.67%) Storyboarding
12 3 (12.50%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (12.50%) Adobe XD
12 3 (12.50%) Bootstrap
12 3 (12.50%) Clean Code
12 3 (12.50%) CMS
12 3 (12.50%) Content Management
12 3 (12.50%) CSS
12 3 (12.50%) Front End Development
12 3 (12.50%) HTML
12 3 (12.50%) Infographics
12 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
12 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (12.50%) Responsive Web Design
12 3 (12.50%) Tailwind CSS
12 3 (12.50%) Wireframes

Graphic Designer Skill Set
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 3 (12.50%) CMS
1 3 (12.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (70.83%) Adobe Illustrator
1 17 (70.83%) Photoshop
2 16 (66.67%) InDesign
3 15 (62.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 6 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (12.50%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (12.50%) Adobe XD
6 2 (8.33%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (4.17%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Figma
2 6 (25.00%) Canva
3 2 (8.33%) SaaS
4 1 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) MailChimp
General
1 22 (91.67%) Marketing
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Arabic Language
3 6 (25.00%) Dutch Language
3 6 (25.00%) French Language
3 6 (25.00%) German Language
3 6 (25.00%) Italian Language
3 6 (25.00%) Japanese Language
3 6 (25.00%) Mandarin Language
3 6 (25.00%) Polish Language
3 6 (25.00%) Portuguese Language
3 6 (25.00%) Spanish Language
4 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (8.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) Bootstrap
1 3 (12.50%) CSS
1 3 (12.50%) HTML
1 3 (12.50%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 17 (70.83%) Graphic Design
2 15 (62.50%) Social Media
3 9 (37.50%) Motion Graphics
4 4 (16.67%) Video Editing
5 2 (8.33%) Animation
6 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) User Experience
2 10 (41.67%) Typography
3 6 (25.00%) Creative Marketing
4 5 (20.83%) UX Design
5 4 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (16.67%) Storyboarding
6 3 (12.50%) Clean Code
6 3 (12.50%) Content Management
6 3 (12.50%) Front End Development
6 3 (12.50%) Infographics
6 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.50%) Responsive Web Design
6 3 (12.50%) Wireframes
7 2 (8.33%) Commercial Awareness
7 2 (8.33%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (8.33%) Deadline-Driven
7 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
7 2 (8.33%) Project Management
7 2 (8.33%) Storytelling
7 2 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 22 (91.67%) Adobe