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 have cited Graphic Design over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 698 828 872
Rank change year-on-year +130 +44 -69
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 213 132 362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.13% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 0.31% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 169 84 106
10th Percentile £22,250 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,500 £33,438 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.73% +2.78% -7.69%
75th Percentile £43,750 £67,500 £61,875
90th Percentile £60,000 £81,250 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,500 £40,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -28.75% +3.23% -3.13%

All Generic Skills
UK

Graphic Design is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,172 42,459 77,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.19% 42.66% 47.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,043 23,224 34,014
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,435 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,865 £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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +136 193 £30,000 -35.14% 74
UK excluding London +113 166 £28,500 -28.75% 51
Work from Home +107 67 £33,000 -24.57% 33
North of England +94 53 £27,500 -24.14% 19
London +63 44 £39,000 -29.09% 24
Midlands +15 36 £30,750 -60.32% 12
South East +12 33 £28,500 +3.64% 14
North West +28 29 £32,500 - 13
Yorkshire +102 21 £22,500 -47.06% 3
East of England +21 21 £28,250 - 3
East Midlands +3 19 £37,500 +59.57% 8
West Midlands +14 17 £28,000 -63.87% 4
Scotland -58 13 £49,000 -6.67% 2
South West -7 7 £26,000 -25.71% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £37,500 -
North East - 3 £30,000 - 3
Wales - 1 £34,000 -

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 32 (15.02%) WordPress
2 24 (11.27%) CMS
3 11 (5.16%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 71 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 60 (28.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 59 (27.70%) Adobe Illustrator
4 57 (26.76%) InDesign
5 30 (14.08%) Microsoft Office
6 18 (8.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 14 (6.57%) Adobe After Effects
8 11 (5.16%) Adobe XD
9 10 (4.69%) Adobe Premiere
10 9 (4.23%) Sketch
11 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
11 7 (3.29%) SketchUp
12 5 (2.35%) CINEMA 4D
13 4 (1.88%) Blender
13 4 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
14 3 (1.41%) 3ds Max
14 3 (1.41%) Adobe Captivate
14 3 (1.41%) AutoCAD
14 3 (1.41%) InVision
15 1 (0.47%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (2.35%) Shopify
2 4 (1.88%) Magento
3 1 (0.47%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 26 (12.21%) Figma
2 16 (7.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 11 (5.16%) Canva
4 10 (4.69%) Google Analytics
5 5 (2.35%) ChatGPT
5 5 (2.35%) MailChimp
6 4 (1.88%) AWS
6 4 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.88%) Azure
6 4 (1.88%) Serverless
7 3 (1.41%) SaaS
8 2 (0.94%) Squarespace
9 1 (0.47%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.47%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.88%) Intranet
2 2 (0.94%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.88%) DynamoDB
1 4 (1.88%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.41%) MySQL
3 2 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.82%) Git
2 2 (0.94%) Axure RP
2 2 (0.94%) Babel
2 2 (0.94%) Subversion
2 2 (0.94%) webpack
2 2 (0.94%) WiX
General
1 121 (56.81%) Marketing
2 80 (37.56%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.68%) Finance
4 24 (11.27%) Retail
5 21 (9.86%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (8.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.63%) Advertising
7 12 (5.63%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (4.69%) Publishing
9 9 (4.23%) Multimedia
10 6 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.35%) Games
12 4 (1.88%) Law
13 3 (1.41%) Brand Awareness
13 3 (1.41%) Polish Language
14 2 (0.94%) Automotive
14 2 (0.94%) Banking
14 2 (0.94%) Military
15 1 (0.47%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 111 (52.11%) Designer
2 57 (26.76%) Graphic Designer
3 28 (13.15%) Senior
4 23 (10.80%) Senior Designer
5 22 (10.33%) Digital Designer
6 19 (8.92%) Junior
7 13 (6.10%) Coordinator
7 13 (6.10%) Developer
7 13 (6.10%) Project Coordinator
8 12 (5.63%) Junior Designer
9 9 (4.23%) Web Designer
10 8 (3.76%) Communications Officer
10 8 (3.76%) Lead
11 7 (3.29%) Senior Graphic Designer
11 7 (3.29%) Software Engineer
12 6 (2.82%) Author
12 6 (2.82%) Junior Graphic Designer
12 6 (2.82%) Technical Author
12 6 (2.82%) UX Designer
12 6 (2.82%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (15.96%) CSS
1 34 (15.96%) HTML
2 8 (3.76%) React
3 7 (3.29%) .NET
4 5 (2.35%) Next.js
4 5 (2.35%) Sass
5 4 (1.88%) .NET Core
5 4 (1.88%) HTML5
5 4 (1.88%) Web Services
6 3 (1.41%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.41%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.41%) EDI
6 3 (1.41%) jQuery
6 3 (1.41%) LESS
6 3 (1.41%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (0.94%) ASP.NET Web Forms
7 2 (0.94%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.94%) Ionic Framework
7 2 (0.94%) Laravel
7 2 (0.94%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 79 (37.09%) Social Media
2 27 (12.68%) Animation
3 22 (10.33%) Blog
4 15 (7.04%) Management Information System
4 15 (7.04%) Motion Graphics
5 14 (6.57%) Photography
5 14 (6.57%) Video Editing
6 11 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.76%) Digital Media
8 7 (3.29%) e-Learning
8 7 (3.29%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.41%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.94%) Equities
10 2 (0.94%) Life Science
10 2 (0.94%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.94%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.47%) Smart Home
11 1 (0.47%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.88%) Windows
2 2 (0.94%) Android
2 2 (0.94%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (23.47%) User Experience
2 28 (13.15%) Project Management
3 24 (11.27%) Digital Marketing
4 23 (10.80%) UX Design
5 21 (9.86%) B2B
5 21 (9.86%) Content Management
6 20 (9.39%) SEO
6 20 (9.39%) Typography
6 20 (9.39%) Web Design
7 19 (8.92%) Storyboarding
8 17 (7.98%) Analytics
9 16 (7.51%) E-Commerce
10 14 (6.57%) Infographics
10 14 (6.57%) Time Management
11 13 (6.10%) Web Development
12 12 (5.63%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (5.63%) User Research
13 11 (5.16%) Software Engineering
13 11 (5.16%) Value Proposition
14 10 (4.69%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.39%) JavaScript
2 8 (3.76%) C#
2 8 (3.76%) PHP
3 6 (2.82%) TypeScript
4 5 (2.35%) Go
5 1 (0.47%) C
5 1 (0.47%) C++
5 1 (0.47%) Java
5 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 58 (27.23%) Degree
2 9 (4.23%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.76%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.29%) CTC Cleared
5 4 (1.88%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.63%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.16%) PMO
3 3 (1.41%) GDPR
3 3 (1.41%) QA
3 3 (1.41%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 4 (1.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 119 (55.87%) Adobe
2 15 (7.04%) Google
2 15 (7.04%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.23%) Instagram
4 5 (2.35%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.35%) Twitter
5 4 (1.88%) Facebook
5 4 (1.88%) TikTok
5 4 (1.88%) WooCommerce
6 2 (0.94%) Autodesk
6 2 (0.94%) Siebel
7 1 (0.47%) Apple
7 1 (0.47%) Dell
7 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.47%) Intel
7 1 (0.47%) Quark
7 1 (0.47%) Vectorworks
7 1 (0.47%) YouTube