Graphic Designer Jobs

Graphics Designer
UK

The median Graphics Designer salary in the UK is £38,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 682 793 961
Rank change year-on-year +111 +168 +203
Permanent jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 10 103 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.10% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.11% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 10 82 28
10th Percentile £24,850 £24,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £30,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -27.27% -25.00%
75th Percentile £47,813 £38,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £48,875 £43,975 £46,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -14.29% -41.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Graphic Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Graphic Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graphic Designer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Graphic Designer in the UK

Graphic Designer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +83 10 £38,750 +29.17% 21
UK excluding London +119 5 £27,000 -10.00% 14
London +107 5 £42,500 +9.68% 11
Work from Home +172 3 £47,500 +72.73% 12
South East +82 2 £26,000 -13.33% 8
North of England +69 2 £46,250 +65.18% 2
North West +26 2 £46,250 +68.18% 2
East of England +37 1 £24,000 -15.79%

Graphic Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Graphic Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Graphic Designer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Adobe
2 9 (90.00%) Photoshop
2 9 (90.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 9 (90.00%) InDesign
2 9 (90.00%) Marketing
3 8 (80.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 7 (70.00%) Typography
4 7 (70.00%) Graphic Design
5 6 (60.00%) Social Media
6 4 (40.00%) Retail
6 4 (40.00%) E-Commerce
7 3 (30.00%) User Experience
7 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (30.00%) Figma
8 2 (20.00%) Storytelling
8 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (20.00%) Adobe XD
8 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
8 2 (20.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 2 (20.00%) Degree
8 2 (20.00%) Brand Awareness
8 2 (20.00%) Photography
8 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (20.00%) UX Design
9 1 (10.00%) Time Management
9 1 (10.00%) Video Editing
9 1 (10.00%) Email Marketing
9 1 (10.00%) SaaS
9 1 (10.00%) Motion Graphics
9 1 (10.00%) Digital Media

Graphic Designer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 9 (90.00%) InDesign
1 9 (90.00%) Photoshop
2 8 (80.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (20.00%) Adobe XD
4 1 (10.00%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Figma
2 1 (10.00%) Google Ads
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
General
1 9 (90.00%) Marketing
2 4 (40.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) Brand Awareness
4 1 (10.00%) Advertising
4 1 (10.00%) Games
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Graphic Design
2 6 (60.00%) Social Media
3 2 (20.00%) Photography
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Media
4 1 (10.00%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (10.00%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Typography
2 4 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) User Experience
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (20.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 2 (20.00%) Storytelling
4 2 (20.00%) UX Design
5 1 (10.00%) B2B
5 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (10.00%) Email Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Lead Generation
5 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (10.00%) Personalization
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Social Commerce
5 1 (10.00%) Time Management
5 1 (10.00%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) Facebook
2 1 (10.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) Instagram
2 1 (10.00%) TikTok