Designer Contracts in Birmingham

Designer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Designer daily rate in Birmingham is £388 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 60 69
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 3 17 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.39% 1.89% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 1.97% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 10
10th Percentile - £520 £463
25th Percentile £381 £535 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% -6.38% +34.29%
75th Percentile £394 £655 £638
90th Percentile - - £654
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £523 £500
% change year-on-year -23.44% +4.50% +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 706 865 1,265
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 96.33% 96.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 579 927
10th Percentile £250 £263 £207
25th Percentile £325 £376 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 22
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.40 £12.53
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £14.08
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.49
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +14.35% -2.83%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.25 £19.50 £17.28
% change year-on-year +14.10% +12.85% +9.71%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Birmingham

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Birmingham

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Birmingham

Designer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 27 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 Birmingham region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
2 1 (33.33%) Instructional Design
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
2 1 (33.33%) Publishing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (33.33%) Handset
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Captivate
2 1 (33.33%) Copywriting
2 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Media

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (33.33%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Captivate
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
1 1 (33.33%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Copywriting
2 1 (33.33%) Instructional Design
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
20 Designer jobs in the West Midlands