Graphic Designer Contracts in England

Graphics Designer
UK > England

The median Graphics Designer daily rate in England is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 569 736
Rank change year-on-year +67 +167 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 12 20 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.039% 0.050% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.053% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 21
10th Percentile £209 £200 £213
25th Percentile £250 £221 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £290 £388
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -25.26% +17.13%
75th Percentile £359 £298 £523
90th Percentile £391 £319 £655
UK median daily rate £275 £275 £388
% change year-on-year - -29.12% +17.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £45.21 -
UK median hourly rate - £45.21 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 28,953 37,638 64,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.75% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,172 45,824
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 1,422 1,621
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £19.25 £16.69
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Graphic Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Designer in England

Graphic Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Graphic Designer in England.

Daily rate trend for Graphic Designer in England

Graphic Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Graphic Designer in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Graphic Designer in England

Graphic Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Graphic Designer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Graphic Designer in England

Graphic Designer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +50 9 £300 +20.00% 1
North of England +29 1 £200 - 1
North West +26 1 £200 -
Midlands +5 1 - - 1
West Midlands +3 1 - -
Graphic Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Graphic Designer contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Graphic Designer in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Adobe
2 8 (66.67%) Graphic Design
3 7 (58.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 6 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (50.00%) Marketing
4 6 (50.00%) Photoshop
5 4 (33.33%) Degree
5 4 (33.33%) Adobe After Effects
5 4 (33.33%) InDesign
5 4 (33.33%) CMS
5 4 (33.33%) Animation
5 4 (33.33%) Social Media
5 4 (33.33%) User Experience
6 3 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
6 3 (25.00%) Digital Media
6 3 (25.00%) Storytelling
6 3 (25.00%) Customer Experience
6 3 (25.00%) Time Management
6 3 (25.00%) HTML
6 3 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (16.67%) Intranet
7 2 (16.67%) Workflow
7 2 (16.67%) Finance
7 2 (16.67%) Advertising
7 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
7 2 (16.67%) CSS
7 2 (16.67%) Photography
7 2 (16.67%) Video Editing
7 2 (16.67%) Copywriting
7 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing

Graphic Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 6 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (50.00%) Photoshop
3 4 (33.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (33.33%) InDesign
4 2 (16.67%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Intranet
General
1 6 (50.00%) Marketing
2 3 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (16.67%) Advertising
3 2 (16.67%) Brand Awareness
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Graphic Design
2 4 (33.33%) Animation
2 4 (33.33%) Social Media
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Media
4 2 (16.67%) Photography
4 2 (16.67%) Video Editing
5 1 (8.33%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (8.33%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) User Experience
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 3 (25.00%) Storytelling
2 3 (25.00%) Time Management
3 2 (16.67%) Content Management
3 2 (16.67%) Copywriting
3 2 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Front End Development
3 2 (16.67%) Workflow
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Line Management
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Responsive Web Design
4 1 (8.33%) Typography
4 1 (8.33%) User Research
4 1 (8.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (8.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Adobe
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft