Senior Designer Contracts in Edinburgh

Senior Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Designer daily rate in Edinburgh is £425 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 66 100 107
Rank change year-on-year +34 +7 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Designer 6 7 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.73% 0.55% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.58% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 16
10th Percentile £360 £521 £433
25th Percentile £375 £584 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £655 £548
Median % change year-on-year -35.11% +19.63% +9.50%
75th Percentile £450 £665 £617
90th Percentile - £673 £661
Scotland median daily rate £450 £616 £533
% change year-on-year -26.98% +15.73% +69.05%

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 779 1,211 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 95.88% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 855 1,254
10th Percentile £200 £237 £230
25th Percentile £363 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £567
90th Percentile £661 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 9 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.63 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -18.23% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £57.10 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £27.90 £21.75 £26.85
% change year-on-year +28.25% -18.99% -30.71%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in Edinburgh

Senior Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Designer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Designer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 4 (66.67%) CMS
2 4 (66.67%) Content Management
2 4 (66.67%) User Stories
2 4 (66.67%) Content Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
3 2 (33.33%) Metadata
3 2 (33.33%) UX Design
3 2 (33.33%) Publishing
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 2 (33.33%) Service Design
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Debt
3 2 (33.33%) Community of Practice
4 1 (16.67%) User Journey Map
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (16.67%) COM+
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
4 1 (16.67%) WCAG
4 1 (16.67%) Android
4 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture

Senior 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 (66.67%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 4 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Publishing
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) COM+
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Content Management
2 4 (66.67%) Content Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) User Stories
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Community of Practice
3 2 (33.33%) Service Design
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Debt
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 2 (33.33%) UX Design
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Journey Map
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) User Journey Map
4 1 (16.67%) User Research
4 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (16.67%) WCAG