Graphic Designer Jobs in the West Midlands

Graphics Designer
England > West Midlands

The median Graphics Designer salary in the West Midlands is £29,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2024.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 250 305
Rank change year-on-year -5 +55 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 8 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.093% 0.052% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.058% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile - £24,950 -
25th Percentile £24,250 £30,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.59% -29.17% -
75th Percentile £29,750 £49,375 -
90th Percentile £29,900 £51,250 -
England median annual salary £30,000 £40,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year -25.00% -8.57% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 8,050 5,197 7,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 89.93% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,794 3,200 4,854
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,256
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Graphic Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Designer in the West Midlands

Graphic Designer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Graphic Designer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Graphic Designer in the West Midlands

Graphic Designer
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 Designer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham -19 2 - - 1
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £29,500 -
Staffordshire - 2 £25,500 -
Worcestershire -24 1 £30,000 +36.36%
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Graphic Designer
England

Graphic Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Graphic Designer 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 permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Graphic Designer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Adobe
1 8 (100.00%) Social Media
2 7 (87.50%) Marketing
3 6 (75.00%) InDesign
3 6 (75.00%) Graphic Design
3 6 (75.00%) Photoshop
3 6 (75.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
5 4 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (37.50%) Photography
6 3 (37.50%) Degree
6 3 (37.50%) WordPress
7 2 (25.00%) Digital Media
7 2 (25.00%) Analytics
7 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
7 2 (25.00%) B2B Marketing
7 2 (25.00%) Web Design
7 2 (25.00%) Blog
7 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (25.00%) Finance
7 2 (25.00%) Law
7 2 (25.00%) B2B
8 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 1 (12.50%) CSS
8 1 (12.50%) HTML
8 1 (12.50%) Time Management
8 1 (12.50%) Video Editing
8 1 (12.50%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving

Graphic Designer Skill Set
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 3 (37.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (75.00%) InDesign
1 6 (75.00%) Photoshop
2 4 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe XD
3 1 (12.50%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Figma
General
1 7 (87.50%) Marketing
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Social Media
2 6 (75.00%) Graphic Design
3 3 (37.50%) Photography
4 2 (25.00%) Blog
4 2 (25.00%) Digital Media
5 1 (12.50%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Analytics
1 2 (25.00%) B2B
1 2 (25.00%) B2B Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Web Design
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Storytelling
2 1 (12.50%) Time Management
2 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft