Graphic Design Jobs

Graphic Design
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 705 782 890
Rank change year-on-year +77 +108 -1
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 137 105 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.32% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 107 74 110
10th Percentile £24,875 £25,500 £27,357
25th Percentile £26,250 £36,938 £33,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,539 £45,000 £44,347
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% +1.47% -1.45%
75th Percentile £53,500 £78,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £91,250 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -21.25% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Graphic Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Design in the UK

Graphic Design
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graphic Design.

Salary trend for Graphic Design in the UK

Graphic Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graphic Design over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Graphic Design in the UK

Graphic Design
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England +55 124 £35,000 -22.22% 34
UK excluding London +32 99 £31,500 -21.25% 29
Work from Home +67 44 £35,000 -13.14% 11
London +49 35 £41,250 -22.90% 7
Midlands -8 25 £37,500 -51.61% 7
North of England +25 23 £40,000 - 3
East of England +15 20 £28,375 - 9
South East +12 17 £34,250 -11.61% 9
North West +2 16 £40,000 - 2
East Midlands -14 16 £38,500 +54.00% 1
West Midlands -4 9 £35,000 -54.84% 6
Scotland -37 6 £49,000 -6.67% 1
Yorkshire +62 5 £45,000 +5.88% 1
South West -5 4 £23,000 -14.02% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £37,500 -
North East - 2 £30,000 -
Wales - 1 £27,000 -

Graphic Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (10.95%) WordPress
2 14 (10.22%) CMS
3 3 (2.19%) IIS
Applications
1 46 (33.58%) Photoshop
2 44 (32.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 41 (29.93%) Adobe Illustrator
4 35 (25.55%) InDesign
5 15 (10.95%) Microsoft Office
6 9 (6.57%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (5.84%) Adobe XD
8 7 (5.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 7 (5.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (5.11%) SketchUp
9 5 (3.65%) Sketch
10 4 (2.92%) 3ds Max
10 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
11 3 (2.19%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (2.19%) AutoCAD
11 3 (2.19%) InVision
12 2 (1.46%) Blender
13 1 (0.73%) Elementor
13 1 (0.73%) MadCap Flare
13 1 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Shopify
1 1 (0.73%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.14%) Figma
2 11 (8.03%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 7 (5.11%) Canva
3 7 (5.11%) Google Analytics
4 4 (2.92%) AWS
4 4 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
4 4 (2.92%) Azure
4 4 (2.92%) MailChimp
4 4 (2.92%) Serverless
5 3 (2.19%) SaaS
5 3 (2.19%) Sage Pay
6 2 (1.46%) Wix.com
7 1 (0.73%) Google Docs
7 1 (0.73%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.73%) Squarespace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.19%) Intranet
2 1 (0.73%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.92%) DynamoDB
1 4 (2.92%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.19%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.46%) MySQL
3 2 (1.46%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Git
2 2 (1.46%) Babel
2 2 (1.46%) Subversion
2 2 (1.46%) webpack
3 1 (0.73%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.73%) Dreamweaver
General
1 78 (56.93%) Marketing
2 55 (40.15%) Social Skills
3 18 (13.14%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (8.76%) Finance
6 10 (7.30%) Advertising
6 10 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (7.30%) Retail
7 9 (6.57%) Publishing
8 6 (4.38%) Law
9 5 (3.65%) Games
9 5 (3.65%) Multimedia
9 5 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.19%) Brand Awareness
10 3 (2.19%) Polish Language
10 3 (2.19%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.46%) Automotive
11 2 (1.46%) Banking
11 2 (1.46%) Military
12 1 (0.73%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 75 (54.74%) Designer
2 39 (28.47%) Graphic Designer
3 24 (17.52%) Senior
4 19 (13.87%) Senior Designer
5 15 (10.95%) Developer
6 12 (8.76%) Junior
7 8 (5.84%) Digital Designer
8 7 (5.11%) Author
8 7 (5.11%) Technical Author
8 7 (5.11%) UI Designer
8 7 (5.11%) Web Developer
9 6 (4.38%) Junior Designer
9 6 (4.38%) Junior Developer
9 6 (4.38%) Senior UX Designer
9 6 (4.38%) UX Designer
9 6 (4.38%) Web Designer
10 5 (3.65%) Communications Officer
10 5 (3.65%) Lead
10 5 (3.65%) Senior Graphic Designer
11 4 (2.92%) Search Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (24.09%) CSS
2 32 (23.36%) HTML
3 7 (5.11%) .NET
3 7 (5.11%) React
4 5 (3.65%) Sass
5 4 (2.92%) .NET Core
5 4 (2.92%) HTML5
5 4 (2.92%) Next.js
5 4 (2.92%) Web Services
6 3 (2.19%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.19%) ASP.NET
6 3 (2.19%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (2.19%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 3 (2.19%) LESS
6 3 (2.19%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (1.46%) CakePHP
7 2 (1.46%) EDI
7 2 (1.46%) Ionic Framework
7 2 (1.46%) Jest
7 2 (1.46%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 52 (37.96%) Social Media
2 20 (14.60%) Animation
3 11 (8.03%) Motion Graphics
3 11 (8.03%) Video Editing
4 10 (7.30%) Photography
5 8 (5.84%) Digital Media
5 8 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (5.11%) Blog
6 7 (5.11%) e-Learning
6 7 (5.11%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.92%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.46%) Equities
10 1 (0.73%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.73%) Life Science
10 1 (0.73%) Robotics
10 1 (0.73%) Smart Home
10 1 (0.73%) Vector Graphics
10 1 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.19%) Windows
2 2 (1.46%) Android
2 2 (1.46%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.20%) User Experience
2 20 (14.60%) UX Design
3 15 (10.95%) Digital Marketing
4 14 (10.22%) Analytics
4 14 (10.22%) Project Management
4 14 (10.22%) Web Design
5 13 (9.49%) Typography
6 12 (8.76%) E-Commerce
6 12 (8.76%) Time Management
6 12 (8.76%) Web Development
7 11 (8.03%) 3D Modelling
7 11 (8.03%) Content Management
7 11 (8.03%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (6.57%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (6.57%) Creative Thinking
9 8 (5.84%) B2B
9 8 (5.84%) Functional Testing
9 8 (5.84%) Infographics
9 8 (5.84%) SEO
9 8 (5.84%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.68%) JavaScript
2 9 (6.57%) C#
3 6 (4.38%) PHP
3 6 (4.38%) TypeScript
4 4 (2.92%) Go
5 3 (2.19%) SQL
6 1 (0.73%) C++
6 1 (0.73%) Java
6 1 (0.73%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (28.47%) Degree
2 9 (6.57%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.84%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.11%) CTC Cleared
5 4 (2.92%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.46%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.03%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.19%) WCAG
3 2 (1.46%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (2.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 80 (58.39%) Adobe
2 15 (10.95%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.30%) Google
4 7 (5.11%) Instagram
5 5 (3.65%) Twitter
6 4 (2.92%) Facebook
7 3 (2.19%) Autodesk
7 3 (2.19%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.46%) Siebel
8 2 (1.46%) TikTok
9 1 (0.73%) Apple
9 1 (0.73%) Dell
9 1 (0.73%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.73%) Intel
9 1 (0.73%) Quark
9 1 (0.73%) Vectorworks
9 1 (0.73%) YouTube