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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 686 847 865
Rank change year-on-year +161 +18 -67
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 216 133 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.13% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.62% 0.31% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 170 83 100
10th Percentile £22,250 £25,500 £24,900
25th Percentile £25,500 £35,875 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £50,000 £44,674
Median % change year-on-year -33.50% +11.92% -0.73%
75th Percentile £46,563 £71,250 £60,625
90th Percentile £60,000 £85,250 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -32.94% +6.25% +5.96%

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 35,065 43,146 75,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.71% 47.68%
Number of salaries quoted 23,057 23,446 33,908
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,014 £34,513
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £108,000 £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 10 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 10 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 +163 196 £30,000 -40.00% 59
UK excluding London +109 167 £28,500 -32.94% 46
Work from Home +107 68 £34,500 -27.37% 28
North of England +99 54 £27,500 -15.38% 16
London +78 46 £39,358 -28.44% 16
Midlands -2 36 £30,750 -60.32% 7
South East +28 33 £28,500 +3.64% 9
North West +31 30 £32,500 +11.11% 10
Yorkshire +108 21 £22,500 -47.06% 3
East of England +37 20 £28,375 - 5
East Midlands -1 19 £37,500 +59.57% 5
West Midlands -1 17 £28,000 -63.87% 2
Scotland -46 13 £49,000 -6.67% 6
South West -17 8 £26,000 -25.71% 4
North East - 3 £30,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £37,500 -
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 33 (15.28%) WordPress
2 24 (11.11%) CMS
3 11 (5.09%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 72 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 59 (27.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 59 (27.31%) Adobe Illustrator
3 57 (26.39%) InDesign
4 30 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (7.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (6.94%) Adobe After Effects
7 11 (5.09%) Adobe Premiere
7 11 (5.09%) Adobe XD
8 9 (4.17%) Sketch
9 7 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
9 7 (3.24%) SketchUp
10 5 (2.31%) CINEMA 4D
11 4 (1.85%) Blender
11 4 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (1.39%) 3ds Max
12 3 (1.39%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (1.39%) AutoCAD
12 3 (1.39%) InVision
13 1 (0.46%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (2.31%) Shopify
2 4 (1.85%) Magento
3 1 (0.46%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 26 (12.04%) Figma
2 16 (7.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 11 (5.09%) Canva
4 10 (4.63%) Google Analytics
5 5 (2.31%) Azure
5 5 (2.31%) ChatGPT
5 5 (2.31%) MailChimp
6 4 (1.85%) AWS
6 4 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.85%) Serverless
7 3 (1.39%) SaaS
8 2 (0.93%) Squarespace
9 1 (0.46%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.46%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.46%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.85%) Intranet
2 2 (0.93%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.85%) DynamoDB
1 4 (1.85%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.39%) MySQL
3 2 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.24%) Git
2 2 (0.93%) Axure RP
2 2 (0.93%) Babel
2 2 (0.93%) Subversion
2 2 (0.93%) webpack
2 2 (0.93%) WiX
3 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.46%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.46%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 120 (55.56%) Marketing
2 81 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.50%) Finance
4 24 (11.11%) Retail
5 21 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (6.02%) Advertising
7 13 (6.02%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (4.63%) Publishing
9 9 (4.17%) Multimedia
10 6 (2.78%) Games
10 6 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.85%) Law
12 3 (1.39%) Brand Awareness
12 3 (1.39%) Polish Language
13 2 (0.93%) Automotive
13 2 (0.93%) Banking
13 2 (0.93%) Military
14 1 (0.46%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 111 (51.39%) Designer
2 56 (25.93%) Graphic Designer
3 28 (12.96%) Senior
4 23 (10.65%) Senior Designer
5 22 (10.19%) Digital Designer
6 19 (8.80%) Junior
7 14 (6.48%) Developer
8 13 (6.02%) Coordinator
8 13 (6.02%) Project Coordinator
9 12 (5.56%) Junior Designer
10 9 (4.17%) Web Designer
11 8 (3.70%) Communications Officer
11 8 (3.70%) Lead
12 7 (3.24%) Senior Graphic Designer
12 7 (3.24%) Software Engineer
13 6 (2.78%) Author
13 6 (2.78%) Junior Graphic Designer
13 6 (2.78%) Technical Author
13 6 (2.78%) UX Designer
13 6 (2.78%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (16.20%) CSS
1 35 (16.20%) HTML
2 8 (3.70%) React
3 7 (3.24%) .NET
4 6 (2.78%) Sass
5 5 (2.31%) Next.js
6 4 (1.85%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.85%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.85%) HTML5
6 4 (1.85%) Web Services
7 3 (1.39%) ASP.NET
7 3 (1.39%) EDI
7 3 (1.39%) Jest
7 3 (1.39%) jQuery
7 3 (1.39%) LESS
7 3 (1.39%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 2 (0.93%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 2 (0.93%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.93%) Ionic Framework
8 2 (0.93%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 78 (36.11%) Social Media
2 28 (12.96%) Animation
3 22 (10.19%) Blog
4 16 (7.41%) Motion Graphics
5 15 (6.94%) Management Information System
5 15 (6.94%) Video Editing
6 14 (6.48%) Photography
7 11 (5.09%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.70%) Digital Media
9 7 (3.24%) e-Learning
9 7 (3.24%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.39%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.93%) Augmented Reality
11 2 (0.93%) Equities
11 2 (0.93%) Life Science
11 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.46%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.85%) Windows
2 2 (0.93%) Android
2 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.93%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (23.15%) User Experience
2 29 (13.43%) Project Management
3 24 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
4 23 (10.65%) UX Design
5 21 (9.72%) B2B
5 21 (9.72%) Content Management
5 21 (9.72%) Typography
6 20 (9.26%) SEO
6 20 (9.26%) Storyboarding
6 20 (9.26%) Web Design
7 17 (7.87%) Analytics
8 16 (7.41%) E-Commerce
9 14 (6.48%) Infographics
9 14 (6.48%) Time Management
10 13 (6.02%) Web Development
11 12 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (5.56%) User Research
11 12 (5.56%) Value Proposition
12 11 (5.09%) Software Engineering
13 10 (4.63%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.26%) JavaScript
2 9 (4.17%) PHP
3 8 (3.70%) C#
4 7 (3.24%) TypeScript
5 5 (2.31%) Go
6 1 (0.46%) C
6 1 (0.46%) C++
6 1 (0.46%) Java
6 1 (0.46%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 58 (26.85%) Degree
2 9 (4.17%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.24%) CTC Cleared
5 4 (1.85%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.39%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.02%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.09%) PMO
3 3 (1.39%) GDPR
3 3 (1.39%) QA
3 3 (1.39%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 4 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 118 (54.63%) Adobe
2 15 (6.94%) Google
3 14 (6.48%) Microsoft
4 9 (4.17%) Instagram
5 5 (2.31%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.31%) Twitter
6 4 (1.85%) Facebook
6 4 (1.85%) TikTok
6 4 (1.85%) WooCommerce
7 2 (0.93%) Apple
7 2 (0.93%) Autodesk
7 2 (0.93%) Siebel
8 1 (0.46%) Dell
8 1 (0.46%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.46%) Intel
8 1 (0.46%) Quark
8 1 (0.46%) Spotify
8 1 (0.46%) Vectorworks
8 1 (0.46%) YouTube