Designer Contracts in the City of London

Designer
Central London > City of London

The median Designer daily rate in the City of London is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 110 89
Rank change year-on-year +8 -21 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 28 63 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.28% 1.78% 2.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 1.87% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 48 93
10th Percentile £326 £301 £413
25th Percentile £413 £412 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £579
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -12.71% +36.12%
75th Percentile £575 £681 £625
90th Percentile £629 £706 £688
Central London median daily rate £513 £505 £575
% change year-on-year +1.49% -12.17% +30.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £40.15
25th Percentile - £16.61 £41.50
Median hourly rate - £17.25 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year - -60.34% -
75th Percentile - £17.89 £46.25
90th Percentile - - £48.95
Central London median hourly rate - £17.25 £43.50
% change year-on-year - -60.34% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,072 3,370 3,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 95.04% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,469 2,287 3,013
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +5.73% +8.10%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £594 £560
% change year-on-year -7.37% +6.03% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 53
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -5.41% +108.60%
75th Percentile £27.25 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.97 £65.10
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the City of London

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Designer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Designer in the City of London

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in the City of London

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Designer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Designer in the City of London

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 City of London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 13 (46.43%) User Experience
1 13 (46.43%) Figma
2 12 (42.86%) UX Design
3 6 (21.43%) Marketing
3 6 (21.43%) Finance
3 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Service Design
4 5 (17.86%) Prototyping
4 5 (17.86%) Typography
4 5 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 5 (17.86%) User Research
4 5 (17.86%) Agile
4 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
4 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
5 4 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
5 4 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (14.29%) Photoshop
5 4 (14.29%) Adobe
5 4 (14.29%) Storytelling
5 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 4 (14.29%) Iconography
6 3 (10.71%) Design Thinking
6 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (10.71%) Android
6 3 (10.71%) Accessibility
7 2 (7.14%) Graphic Design
7 2 (7.14%) Animation
7 2 (7.14%) Analytics

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (3.57%) CMS
1 1 (3.57%) Headless CMS
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (14.29%) Photoshop
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (7.14%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (7.14%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (7.14%) Adobe XD
3 2 (7.14%) InDesign
3 2 (7.14%) Sketch
4 1 (3.57%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 13 (46.43%) Figma
2 2 (7.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) Azure API Management
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Functions
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.57%) Miro
3 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (3.57%) Looker
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 6 (21.43%) Finance
1 6 (21.43%) Marketing
1 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Games
4 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) CSS
1 1 (3.57%) CSS3
1 1 (3.57%) HTML
1 1 (3.57%) OAuth
1 1 (3.57%) OAuth2
1 1 (3.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Animation
1 2 (7.14%) Graphic Design
1 2 (7.14%) Mobile App
1 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
1 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.57%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (3.57%) Educational Technology
2 1 (3.57%) Social Media
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (3.57%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Android
2 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) User Experience
2 12 (42.86%) UX Design
3 6 (21.43%) Service Design
4 5 (17.86%) Agile
4 5 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.86%) Prototyping
4 5 (17.86%) Typography
4 5 (17.86%) User Research
4 5 (17.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 4 (14.29%) Iconography
5 4 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
5 4 (14.29%) Storytelling
6 3 (10.71%) Design Thinking
7 2 (7.14%) Analytics
7 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
7 2 (7.14%) Interaction Design
7 2 (7.14%) Time Management
7 2 (7.14%) Wireframes
7 2 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) QA
2 1 (3.57%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Adobe
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) MicroStrategy