Designer Contracts in Berkshire

Designer
South East > Berkshire

The median Designer daily rate in Berkshire is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 95 89
Rank change year-on-year +19 -6 -47
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 42 20 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.13% 1.10% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.26% 1.16% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 25
10th Percentile £200 £225 £178
25th Percentile £288 £372 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -30.43% +35.29%
75th Percentile £625 £475 £600
90th Percentile - £498 £675
South East median daily rate £544 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +8.75% -9.09% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.13
Median hourly rate - - £57.25
75th Percentile - - £57.38
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £57.35 - £46.63
% change year-on-year - - +166.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,858 1,723 2,285
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 94.88% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 1,107 1,469
10th Percentile £213 £325 £206
25th Percentile £376 £415 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.14% +8.89%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 56 41
10th Percentile £18.80 £17.61 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £22.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% +170.88% -2.33%
75th Percentile £70.50 £73.69 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.19 £79.72 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Berkshire

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Berkshire

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Berkshire

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Berkshire

Designer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Reading +6 24 £600 +52.48% 4
Bracknell +5 16 - - 1
Windsor - 1 £500 -
Designer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 Berkshire region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 21 (50.00%) Marketing
2 17 (40.48%) Coaching
3 16 (38.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
5 14 (33.33%) Storytelling
5 14 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
6 11 (26.19%) Adobe
7 10 (23.81%) Azure
7 10 (23.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 10 (23.81%) Node.js
7 10 (23.81%) AngularJS
8 9 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (21.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 9 (21.43%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (19.05%) Accessibility
9 8 (19.05%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (19.05%) Visual Effects
9 8 (19.05%) DevOps
9 8 (19.05%) API Development
9 8 (19.05%) API Design
9 8 (19.05%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 8 (19.05%) CINEMA 4D
9 8 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (19.05%) User Experience
9 8 (19.05%) Motion Graphics
9 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
9 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
9 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
9 8 (19.05%) Adobe Premiere
9 8 (19.05%) Agile

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.38%) Appian
Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 9 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (19.05%) Adobe After Effects
3 8 (19.05%) Adobe Premiere
3 8 (19.05%) CINEMA 4D
3 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (7.14%) InDesign
4 3 (7.14%) Photoshop
5 2 (4.76%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (2.38%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.81%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 9 (21.43%) Azure Key Vault
3 8 (19.05%) Azure Cognitive Search
3 8 (19.05%) Azure Monitor
3 8 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (14.29%) Figma
5 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) LTE
1 1 (2.38%) VoLTE
Development Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Git
General
1 21 (50.00%) Marketing
2 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 7 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.52%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.38%) Advertising
5 1 (2.38%) Brand Awareness
5 1 (2.38%) Multimedia
5 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.81%) AngularJS
1 10 (23.81%) Node.js
2 6 (14.29%) CSS
2 6 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (2.38%) React
3 1 (2.38%) Smarty
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Motion Graphics
2 6 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 4 (9.52%) Animation
4 2 (4.76%) Photography
4 2 (4.76%) Social Media
5 1 (2.38%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.38%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Coaching
2 16 (38.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 14 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
4 8 (19.05%) Agile
4 8 (19.05%) API Design
4 8 (19.05%) API Development
4 8 (19.05%) DevOps
4 8 (19.05%) User Experience
4 8 (19.05%) Visual Effects
5 6 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 5 (11.90%) Data-Driven Testing
6 5 (11.90%) Integration Testing
6 5 (11.90%) Security Testing
6 5 (11.90%) Software Testing
6 5 (11.90%) System Testing
6 5 (11.90%) Test Automation
6 5 (11.90%) Unit Testing
7 4 (9.52%) B2B
7 4 (9.52%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
2 5 (11.90%) PHP
3 1 (2.38%) C
3 1 (2.38%) Java
3 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.05%) Accessibility
2 3 (7.14%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Adobe
2 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.38%) IBM
4 1 (2.38%) TIBCO