Graphic Design Job Trends in the West Midlands

Graphic Design
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 173 206 179
Rank change year-on-year +33 -27 +102
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 5 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.12% 0.098% 0.031%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% 0.28% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £36,625 £28,125 -
25th Percentile £37,188 £30,938 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £42,500 £22,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +93.18% -51.33%
75th Percentile £39,688 £53,438 £22,500
90th Percentile £39,875 £55,125 -
England median annual salary £34,000 £47,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -27.66% +10.59% +6.25%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,452 1,771 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.94% 34.77% 38.56%
Number of salaries quoted 709 697 1,002
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £27,760
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,005 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,170
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.42% +4.34%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Graphic Design
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Graphic Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the West Midlands 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
Staffordshire +4 3 - - 1
Solihull - 1 £40,000 -
Shropshire - 1 £37,500 -
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (20.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) InDesign
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
2 1 (20.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Designer
2 3 (60.00%) Content Designer
2 3 (60.00%) e-Learning Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Animation
1 3 (60.00%) e-Learning
1 3 (60.00%) Learning Management System
1 3 (60.00%) Video Editing
1 3 (60.00%) Web Conferencing
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
2 3 (60.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Content Development
2 3 (60.00%) Copywriting
2 3 (60.00%) Instructional Design
2 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Optimization
3 1 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) SEO
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) HubSpot