Graphic Design Contracts in the West Midlands

Graphic Design
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.20% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £300 £400 £413
% change year-on-year -25.00% -3.03% +13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.00 - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
75th Percentile £15.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £14.63 £18.10 £27.50
% change year-on-year -19.18% -34.20% -17.91%

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 contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 628 736 1,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.75% 33.26% 28.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 478 734
10th Percentile £271 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £413 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £646 £638 £588
90th Percentile £750 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 22 18
10th Percentile £10.42 £17.77 £13.95
25th Percentile £14.71 £21.54 £15.06
Median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.27% +61.76% +3.37%
75th Percentile £40.38 £30.00 £23.25
90th Percentile £58.75 £57.13 £36.58
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Graphic Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Design in the West Midlands

Graphic Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Graphic Design in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Graphic Design in the West Midlands

Graphic Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Graphic Design in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Graphic Design in the West Midlands

Graphic Design
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Warwickshire - 3 - - 2
Staffordshire - 1 £550 - 1
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (50.00%) CMS
1 2 (50.00%) Drupal
1 2 (50.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (25.00%) InDesign
1 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Graphic Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Head of Communications
1 1 (25.00%) Head of Strategy
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) Copywriting
2 2 (50.00%) Deadline-Driven
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) SEO
2 2 (50.00%) Social Media Management
2 2 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Culture Change
3 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
3 1 (25.00%) Infographics
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Management
3 1 (25.00%) Typography
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe