Designer Contracts in England

Designer
UK > England

The median Designer daily rate in England is £494 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 133 110
Rank change year-on-year -41 -23 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 506 956 1,733
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.39% 1.98% 2.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 2.10% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 702 1,208
10th Percentile £319 £363 £366
25th Percentile £392 £438 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £524 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% -0.24% +16.67%
75th Percentile £556 £638 £600
90th Percentile £625 £724 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% -0.48% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 14 28
10th Percentile £26.00 £33.76 £26.25
25th Percentile £45.00 £37.50 £28.75
Median hourly rate £57.35 £44.50 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.88% +2.30% +102.33%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £60.74
90th Percentile - £72.69 £65.68
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £46.25 £43.50
% change year-on-year +24.00% +6.32% +102.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,742 45,591 67,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,367 32,416 47,845
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,431 1,343 1,853
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.39 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in England

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in England

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in England

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in England

Designer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Designer in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Designer in England

Designer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
London -57 269 £500 -9.09% 119
South East +65 109 £527 +0.29% 41
North of England -21 71 £425 -14.57% 90
Yorkshire -4 37 £429 -9.79% 18
Midlands +17 21 £400 -15.79% 32
North West -15 21 £375 -25.00% 57
North East +7 13 £538 -6.52% 16
West Midlands +10 12 £400 -15.79% 19
South West -12 11 £425 -7.61% 15
East Midlands +17 9 £400 -17.95% 14
East of England 0 4 £650 +57.58% 17
Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 200 (39.53%) User Experience
2 166 (32.81%) UX Design
3 114 (22.53%) Social Skills
4 108 (21.34%) Figma
5 89 (17.59%) Adobe
6 88 (17.39%) Agile
6 88 (17.39%) Service Design
7 86 (17.00%) User Research
8 74 (14.62%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 71 (14.03%) Degree
10 68 (13.44%) Interaction Design
11 67 (13.24%) Prototyping
12 65 (12.85%) Security Cleared
13 63 (12.45%) Accessibility
14 60 (11.86%) Public Sector
15 59 (11.66%) Marketing
16 56 (11.07%) Finance
17 53 (10.47%) Wireframes
18 52 (10.28%) Photoshop
19 47 (9.29%) HTML
19 47 (9.29%) Adobe Illustrator
20 44 (8.70%) SC Cleared
21 43 (8.50%) Electronics
22 42 (8.30%) Problem-Solving
23 39 (7.71%) Usability Testing
24 38 (7.51%) FPGA
24 38 (7.51%) CSS
24 38 (7.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
25 36 (7.11%) Mobile App
25 36 (7.11%) Sketch

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (2.37%) CMS
2 6 (1.19%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.79%) Confluence
4 2 (0.40%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.40%) WordPress
5 1 (0.20%) Appian
5 1 (0.20%) Jadu
Applications
1 52 (10.28%) Photoshop
2 47 (9.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 38 (7.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 36 (7.11%) Sketch
5 22 (4.35%) Adobe After Effects
5 22 (4.35%) Adobe XD
6 19 (3.75%) InDesign
6 19 (3.75%) InVision
7 15 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
8 14 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 11 (2.17%) Adobe Premiere
10 9 (1.78%) CINEMA 4D
11 8 (1.58%) Adobe Captivate
12 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
13 3 (0.59%) Zeplin
14 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
15 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
15 1 (0.20%) Autodesk Inventor
15 1 (0.20%) Marvel
15 1 (0.20%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (0.99%) SmartPlant
2 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 108 (21.34%) Figma
2 18 (3.56%) Azure
3 14 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (2.57%) Miro
5 10 (1.98%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 6 (1.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (1.19%) Azure Key Vault
6 6 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (0.99%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 5 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.79%) AWS
8 4 (0.79%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.59%) Apigee
10 2 (0.40%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.40%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.40%) SaaS
10 2 (0.40%) Serverless
11 1 (0.20%) AWS CodePipeline
11 1 (0.20%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.20%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.52%) Ethernet
2 7 (1.38%) Wireless
3 3 (0.59%) SSL
4 2 (0.40%) 5G
4 2 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (0.40%) Firewall
4 2 (0.40%) Intranet
4 2 (0.40%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (0.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.20%) 4G
5 1 (0.20%) BGP
5 1 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.20%) IOS XR
5 1 (0.20%) LTE
5 1 (0.20%) MPLS
5 1 (0.20%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.20%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.20%) WAN
5 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.19%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.79%) Power BI
3 3 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
3 3 (0.59%) Big Data
3 3 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.40%) Looker
5 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (3.36%) Axure RP
2 8 (1.58%) JIRA
3 7 (1.38%) Dreamweaver
4 5 (0.99%) Git
5 4 (0.79%) Maven
6 3 (0.59%) gulp
6 3 (0.59%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 114 (22.53%) Social Skills
2 60 (11.86%) Public Sector
3 59 (11.66%) Marketing
4 56 (11.07%) Finance
5 43 (8.50%) Electronics
6 18 (3.56%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (3.16%) Games
8 14 (2.77%) Banking
9 13 (2.57%) Multimedia
10 12 (2.37%) Retail
11 10 (1.98%) Advertising
11 10 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.98%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.78%) Health Technology
12 9 (1.78%) Legal
12 9 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.78%) Publishing
13 7 (1.38%) Front Office
14 5 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (9.29%) HTML
2 38 (7.51%) CSS
3 11 (2.17%) Node.js
4 10 (1.98%) React
5 9 (1.78%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.19%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 4 (0.79%) CSS3
7 4 (0.79%) OAuth
7 4 (0.79%) RESTful
8 3 (0.59%) .NET
8 3 (0.59%) OpenID
8 3 (0.59%) SAML
8 3 (0.59%) Unreal Engine
9 2 (0.40%) Ajax
9 2 (0.40%) HTML5
9 2 (0.40%) LESS
9 2 (0.40%) SAPUI5
9 2 (0.40%) Sass
9 2 (0.40%) XML
9 2 (0.40%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.51%) FPGA
2 36 (7.11%) Mobile App
3 33 (6.52%) CPLD
3 33 (6.52%) VHDL
4 20 (3.95%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (3.36%) Animation
6 17 (3.36%) Graphic Design
7 12 (2.37%) Social Media
8 11 (2.17%) Digital Media
9 10 (1.98%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.58%) Motion Graphics
11 7 (1.38%) e-Learning
12 6 (1.19%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.99%) Photography
13 5 (0.99%) Podcast
14 4 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.58%) Android
2 7 (1.38%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.99%) Windows
4 4 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.59%) Linux
6 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (39.53%) User Experience
2 166 (32.81%) UX Design
3 88 (17.39%) Agile
3 88 (17.39%) Service Design
4 86 (17.00%) User Research
5 74 (14.62%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 68 (13.44%) Interaction Design
7 67 (13.24%) Prototyping
8 53 (10.47%) Wireframes
9 42 (8.30%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (7.71%) Usability Testing
11 36 (7.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 33 (6.52%) Schematic Capture
12 33 (6.52%) Workshop Facilitation
13 32 (6.32%) Typography
14 30 (5.93%) Strategic Thinking
15 29 (5.73%) Collaborative Working
15 29 (5.73%) Design Thinking
16 25 (4.94%) Storytelling
17 23 (4.55%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 28 (5.53%) JavaScript
2 10 (1.98%) Python
3 9 (1.78%) Java
4 3 (0.59%) SQL
5 2 (0.40%) PHP
6 1 (0.20%) C
6 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 71 (14.03%) Degree
2 65 (12.85%) Security Cleared
3 44 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (1.58%) JNCIS
6 7 (1.38%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.19%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.79%) MCITP
8 4 (0.79%) MCTS
8 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.59%) CCNP
9 3 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.40%) CCNA
10 2 (0.40%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (12.45%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.17%) WCAG
3 7 (1.38%) QA
4 6 (1.19%) SLA
5 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.20%) GDPR
6 1 (0.20%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (1.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.79%) Ansible
2 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 89 (17.59%) Adobe
2 33 (6.52%) EMC
3 29 (5.73%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.78%) Google
4 9 (1.78%) Juniper
4 9 (1.78%) SAP
5 6 (1.19%) dotdigital
5 6 (1.19%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.19%) Virgin Media
6 5 (0.99%) ServiceNow
6 5 (0.99%) Xilinx
7 4 (0.79%) Cisco
8 2 (0.40%) Apple
8 2 (0.40%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.40%) F5
8 2 (0.40%) MicroStrategy
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle
8 2 (0.40%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.40%) VMware
8 2 (0.40%) Workday