Graphic Design Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Graphic Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 475 541 515
Rank change year-on-year +66 -26 +226
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 37 52 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.095% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% 0.37% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 25
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,438 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £38,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.71% -3.13% +10.34%
75th Percentile £37,500 £53,438 £50,000
90th Percentile £38,750 £73,125 £55,500
UK median annual salary £34,000 £43,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.29% +2.94% +4.94%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,500 13,938 10,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.14% 31.88% 36.52%
Number of salaries quoted 6,500 6,256 7,737
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,968 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £84,056
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Graphic Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Graphic Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graphic Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Graphic Design in the UK excluding London

Graphic Design
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
North of England +43 13 - - 2
South East +36 11 £35,000 -
North West +42 7 - -
Midlands +33 6 £37,500 +13.64% 4
Yorkshire 0 6 - - 2
East of England - 6 £31,500 - 6
West Midlands +33 5 £38,750 -8.82% 4
East Midlands -4 2 £32,500 +11.11%
South West - 1 - - 3
Graphic Design
UK

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (18.92%) CMS
2 5 (13.51%) Drupal
3 3 (8.11%) WordPress
4 2 (5.41%) EPiServer
4 2 (5.41%) Umbraco
5 1 (2.70%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (64.86%) Photoshop
2 16 (43.24%) Adobe Illustrator
3 14 (37.84%) InDesign
4 12 (32.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (27.03%) Adobe Premiere
6 7 (18.92%) Adobe After Effects
7 6 (16.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (5.41%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (5.41%) DaVinci Resolve
9 2 (5.41%) Elementor
9 2 (5.41%) Final Cut Pro
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.03%) Figma
2 8 (21.62%) Canva
3 5 (13.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 3 (8.11%) SaaS
5 2 (5.41%) Google Ads
5 2 (5.41%) Google Analytics
5 2 (5.41%) MailChimp
5 2 (5.41%) npm
6 1 (2.70%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Metadata
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Git
1 2 (5.41%) Grunt
1 2 (5.41%) gulp
1 2 (5.41%) webpack
General
1 19 (51.35%) Marketing
2 10 (27.03%) Advertising
3 7 (18.92%) Retail
4 5 (13.51%) Multimedia
4 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Brand Awareness
6 2 (5.41%) Aviation
6 2 (5.41%) Military
6 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.41%) Publishing
7 1 (2.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) Designer
2 8 (21.62%) Graphic Designer
3 7 (18.92%) 3D Designer
4 5 (13.51%) Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Digital Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Content Designer
6 3 (8.11%) e-Learning Designer
6 3 (8.11%) Marketing Specialist
6 3 (8.11%) Senior
7 2 (5.41%) Author
7 2 (5.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 2 (5.41%) Junior
7 2 (5.41%) Senior Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Software Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Technical Author
8 1 (2.70%) .NET Developer
8 1 (2.70%) C# Web Developer
8 1 (2.70%) Graduate
8 1 (2.70%) Junior ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (2.70%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) HTML
2 4 (10.81%) CSS
3 2 (5.41%) Bootstrap
3 2 (5.41%) CSS3
3 2 (5.41%) HTML5
3 2 (5.41%) Node.js
3 2 (5.41%) Redux
3 2 (5.41%) RESTful
3 2 (5.41%) Sass
4 1 (2.70%) .NET
4 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 15 (40.54%) Social Media
2 11 (29.73%) Video Editing
3 6 (16.22%) Motion Graphics
4 5 (13.51%) 3D Graphics
4 5 (13.51%) Animation
4 5 (13.51%) e-Learning
4 5 (13.51%) Learning Management System
4 5 (13.51%) Photography
5 3 (8.11%) Digital Media
5 3 (8.11%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (5.41%) Robotics
6 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.70%) Blog
7 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) User Experience
2 8 (21.62%) Storyboarding
3 7 (18.92%) CAD
3 7 (18.92%) Customer Service
4 6 (16.22%) B2B
4 6 (16.22%) Copywriting
4 6 (16.22%) Creative Marketing
4 6 (16.22%) Digital Marketing
4 6 (16.22%) Typography
5 5 (13.51%) AI
5 5 (13.51%) Content Development
5 5 (13.51%) Instructional Design
6 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (10.81%) CRM
6 4 (10.81%) SEO
6 4 (10.81%) Time Management
7 3 (8.11%) Analytics
7 3 (8.11%) Channel Management
7 3 (8.11%) Project Management
7 3 (8.11%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.70%) C#
2 1 (2.70%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) SQR
Qualifications
1 23 (62.16%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.41%) QA
3 1 (2.70%) GDPR
Vendors
1 21 (56.76%) Adobe
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.11%) Google
4 2 (5.41%) HubSpot
4 2 (5.41%) Instagram
4 2 (5.41%) TikTok
4 2 (5.41%) YouTube
5 1 (2.70%) Facebook
5 1 (2.70%) Salesforce