Graphic Design Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Graphic Design
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 - 212
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 7 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.11% - 0.051%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.44% - 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £26,525
25th Percentile £39,000 - £26,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £29,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -56.67%
75th Percentile £41,000 - £31,938
90th Percentile - - £32,575
South East median annual salary £40,000 £32,500 £29,750
% change year-on-year +23.08% +9.24% -33.89%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,576 1,618 1,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.94% 45.18% 31.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,055 669 1,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,705 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Graphic Design
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Graphic Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 July 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
Buckinghamshire - 7 £40,000 - 2
Graphic Design
South East

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (42.86%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Adobe After Effects
1 4 (57.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 4 (57.14%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (57.14%) InDesign
1 4 (57.14%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Figma
General
1 4 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (57.14%) Marketing
1 4 (57.14%) Multimedia
1 4 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Designer
1 4 (57.14%) Graphic Designer
2 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) UI Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
1 4 (57.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (57.14%) AI
2 4 (57.14%) B2B
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Engagement
2 4 (57.14%) Customer-Centricity
2 4 (57.14%) Infographics
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) CRM
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Experience
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Insight
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Journey Map
3 3 (42.86%) Design Thinking
3 3 (42.86%) Interaction Design
3 3 (42.86%) Journey Map
3 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
3 3 (42.86%) Qualitative Research
3 3 (42.86%) Usability Testing
3 3 (42.86%) User Research
3 3 (42.86%) UX Design
3 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Adobe