Hybrid/Remote Graphic Design Job Trends

Graphic Design
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in remote or hybrid work. 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 352 432 464
Rank change year-on-year +80 +32 +255
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 27 31 23
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.16% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 0.43% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 21 10 18
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,161 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,313 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £41,250 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% +6.45% -3.13%
75th Percentile £34,000 £55,313 £49,375
90th Percentile £40,000 £75,125 £58,250
UK median annual salary £34,000 £43,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.29% +2.94% +4.94%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,394 7,184 7,958
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.19% 37.66% 38.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,476 4,132 6,255
10th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,433 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Graphic Design and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Graphic Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Graphic Design
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Graphic Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Graphic Design over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Graphic Design salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Graphic Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (11.11%) CMS
1 3 (11.11%) WordPress
2 2 (7.41%) Drupal
2 2 (7.41%) EPiServer
2 2 (7.41%) Umbraco
3 1 (3.70%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (40.74%) InDesign
2 10 (37.04%) Photoshop
3 9 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 9 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (25.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (11.11%) Adobe XD
5 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (7.41%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (7.41%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (7.41%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 10 (37.04%) Figma
2 6 (22.22%) SaaS
3 5 (18.52%) Canva
4 3 (11.11%) Google Ads
4 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (7.41%) npm
6 1 (3.70%) Sage Pay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Metadata
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Git
1 2 (7.41%) Grunt
1 2 (7.41%) gulp
1 2 (7.41%) webpack
General
1 18 (66.67%) Marketing
2 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 6 (22.22%) Arabic Language
3 6 (22.22%) Dutch Language
3 6 (22.22%) French Language
3 6 (22.22%) German Language
3 6 (22.22%) Italian Language
3 6 (22.22%) Japanese Language
3 6 (22.22%) Mandarin Language
3 6 (22.22%) Polish Language
3 6 (22.22%) Portuguese Language
3 6 (22.22%) Spanish Language
4 5 (18.52%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (14.81%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.70%) Games
6 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Law
6 1 (3.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (74.07%) Designer
2 10 (37.04%) Graphic Designer
3 4 (14.81%) Creative Designer
4 3 (11.11%) Content Designer
4 3 (11.11%) Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Digital Marketing Specialist
4 3 (11.11%) e-Learning Designer
4 3 (11.11%) Marketing Specialist
4 3 (11.11%) Product Designer
5 2 (7.41%) Digital Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (7.41%) Software Developer
5 2 (7.41%) UI Designer
5 2 (7.41%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (7.41%) UX Designer
6 1 (3.70%) Graduate .NET Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Graduate C# Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Graduate Web Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Junior .NET Web Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) CSS
1 3 (11.11%) HTML
2 2 (7.41%) CSS3
2 2 (7.41%) HTML5
2 2 (7.41%) Node.js
2 2 (7.41%) Redux
2 2 (7.41%) RESTful
2 2 (7.41%) Sass
3 1 (3.70%) .NET
3 1 (3.70%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.70%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 13 (48.15%) Social Media
2 8 (29.63%) Motion Graphics
3 6 (22.22%) Animation
3 6 (22.22%) Onboarding
3 6 (22.22%) Web Conferencing
4 5 (18.52%) Video Editing
5 3 (11.11%) Blog
5 3 (11.11%) e-Learning
5 3 (11.11%) Learning Management System
5 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
6 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.70%) Photography
6 1 (3.70%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) User Experience
2 7 (25.93%) Creative Marketing
2 7 (25.93%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (22.22%) UX Design
4 5 (18.52%) Agile
4 5 (18.52%) SEO
5 4 (14.81%) Copywriting
5 4 (14.81%) Customer Experience
5 4 (14.81%) Prototyping
5 4 (14.81%) Storyboarding
5 4 (14.81%) Typography
6 3 (11.11%) Analytics
6 3 (11.11%) Business Analytics
6 3 (11.11%) Content Development
6 3 (11.11%) Data Privacy
6 3 (11.11%) Email Marketing
6 3 (11.11%) Instructional Design
6 3 (11.11%) Line Management
6 3 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
6 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.70%) C#
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Accessibility
2 3 (11.11%) ISO 9001
2 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.41%) WCAG
Vendors
1 22 (81.48%) Adobe
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.11%) Cisco
3 3 (11.11%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Canon
4 1 (3.70%) Facebook
4 1 (3.70%) Instagram
4 1 (3.70%) Sony
4 1 (3.70%) TikTok
4 1 (3.70%) YouTube