Designer Contracts in Edinburgh

Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Designer daily rate in Edinburgh is £488 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 34 85 53
Rank change year-on-year +51 -32 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 37 28 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.57% 2.17% 4.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.79% 2.27% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 19 51
10th Percentile £375 £363 £308
25th Percentile £422 £416 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £485
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -1.03% +14.12%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £593
90th Percentile £620 £665 £650
Scotland median daily rate £465 £478 £483
% change year-on-year -2.77% -0.88% +16.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 772 1,233 1,868
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.58% 96.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 880 1,282
10th Percentile £204 £249 £230
25th Percentile £404 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £542 £555
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 13 23
10th Percentile £16.10 £14.07 £11.98
25th Percentile £17.86 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -1.12% -62.61%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £64.90 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £33.25 £23.86 £25.55
% change year-on-year +39.35% -6.60% -36.14%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Edinburgh

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Edinburgh

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Edinburgh

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Edinburgh

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

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 Edinburgh region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 21 (56.76%) Public Sector
2 17 (45.95%) Accessibility
3 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 15 (40.54%) Agile
3 15 (40.54%) User Experience
4 14 (37.84%) User Research
5 12 (32.43%) Service Design
5 12 (32.43%) UX Design
6 11 (29.73%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (21.62%) Wireframes
8 8 (21.62%) Co-Creation
9 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (18.92%) Product Ownership
10 6 (16.22%) Figma
10 6 (16.22%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (16.22%) Storyboarding
10 6 (16.22%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 6 (16.22%) Disclosure Scotland
10 6 (16.22%) Information Architecture
10 6 (16.22%) Oracle
11 5 (13.51%) User Stories
11 5 (13.51%) Product Management
11 5 (13.51%) Prototyping
11 5 (13.51%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (13.51%) Workshop Facilitation
11 5 (13.51%) Content Strategy
12 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (10.81%) Finance
12 4 (10.81%) CMS

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (10.81%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.70%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (2.70%) Adobe Captivate
2 1 (2.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.70%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (2.70%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) Figma
2 2 (5.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Canva
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) Metadata
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Oracle APEX
General
1 21 (56.76%) Public Sector
2 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (16.22%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (13.51%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (10.81%) Finance
7 3 (8.11%) Publishing
8 2 (5.41%) Banking
9 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.70%) Legal
9 1 (2.70%) Multimedia
9 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
9 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) COM+
1 1 (2.70%) Java EE
1 1 (2.70%) JSON
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.70%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.70%) Graphic Design
2 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.70%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.70%) Social Media
2 1 (2.70%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Android
1 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) Agile
1 15 (40.54%) User Experience
2 14 (37.84%) User Research
3 12 (32.43%) Service Design
3 12 (32.43%) UX Design
4 11 (29.73%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 8 (21.62%) Co-Creation
5 8 (21.62%) Wireframes
6 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (16.22%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 6 (16.22%) Information Architecture
7 6 (16.22%) Storyboarding
8 5 (13.51%) Content Strategy
8 5 (13.51%) Product Management
8 5 (13.51%) Prototyping
8 5 (13.51%) User Stories
8 5 (13.51%) Workshop Facilitation
9 4 (10.81%) Content Management
9 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (8.11%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.70%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (45.95%) Accessibility
2 6 (16.22%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.70%) WCAG
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Oracle
2 2 (5.41%) Adobe
2 2 (5.41%) IBM
3 1 (2.70%) Facebook
3 1 (2.70%) Instagram
3 1 (2.70%) Twitter