Senior Designer Contracts in England

Senior Designer
UK > England

The median Senior Designer daily rate in England is £544 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 469 524 495
Rank change year-on-year +55 -29 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Designer 64 102 304
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.21% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.23% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 71 234
10th Percentile £403 £425 £452
25th Percentile £456 £475 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £550 £650 £613
90th Percentile £565 £750 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -7.84% +5.45% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £33.92
25th Percentile - - £39.10
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year - +23.08% +48.39%
75th Percentile - - £57.38
90th Percentile - - £61.95
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year - +23.08% +48.39%

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 33,895 45,120 67,225
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.59% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,458 32,060 48,004
10th Percentile £284 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £529
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.99% +6.85%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £649
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,500 1,323 1,812
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.69
Median hourly rate £36.92 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.97% +95.65% +6.98%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.30 £77.00 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.86%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in England

Senior Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Designer in England

Senior Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer in England over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Designer in England

Senior Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Designer in England

Senior 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 Senior Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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 +53 48 £550 -8.18% 40
North of England +37 12 £500 -4.31% 22
Yorkshire +14 7 £500 -3.85% 7
North West +27 5 - - 13
South West +14 2 £510 -11.30% 3
South East +11 2 £500 +27.06% 10
Senior Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 England region featuring Senior Designer in the job title.

1 39 (60.94%) User Experience
2 35 (54.69%) UX Design
3 22 (34.38%) Social Skills
4 16 (25.00%) Figma
5 13 (20.31%) Adobe
6 12 (18.75%) Agile
6 12 (18.75%) Marketing
7 11 (17.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 11 (17.19%) Finance
7 11 (17.19%) Photoshop
7 11 (17.19%) Service Design
8 10 (15.63%) Interaction Design
8 10 (15.63%) Mobile App
8 10 (15.63%) Degree
8 10 (15.63%) User Research
9 9 (14.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 8 (12.50%) Prototyping
10 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (12.50%) Usability Testing
10 8 (12.50%) E-Commerce
10 8 (12.50%) InDesign
11 7 (10.94%) Graphic Design
11 7 (10.94%) Mentoring
11 7 (10.94%) Typography
11 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
11 7 (10.94%) UX Research
12 6 (9.38%) Accessibility
12 6 (9.38%) Design Patterns
12 6 (9.38%) Health Technology
12 6 (9.38%) Adobe Creative Suite

Senior 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 2 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (17.19%) Adobe Illustrator
1 11 (17.19%) Photoshop
2 8 (12.50%) InDesign
3 6 (9.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (6.25%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (6.25%) InVision
5 3 (4.69%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (4.69%) Sketch
6 1 (1.56%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.56%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (1.56%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (25.00%) Figma
2 5 (7.81%) Miro
3 4 (6.25%) Azure
3 4 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.56%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.56%) Google Docs
4 1 (1.56%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.56%) Dreamweaver
General
1 22 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 12 (18.75%) Marketing
3 11 (17.19%) Finance
4 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.38%) Health Technology
6 5 (7.81%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.25%) Advertising
7 4 (6.25%) Front Office
7 4 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (6.25%) Retail
8 3 (4.69%) Games
8 3 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.13%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) React
2 3 (4.69%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 3 (4.69%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (1.56%) CSS
3 1 (1.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Mobile App
2 7 (10.94%) Graphic Design
3 4 (6.25%) Animation
3 4 (6.25%) Digital Media
3 4 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.69%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.56%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (1.56%) NHS
6 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.56%) Photography
6 1 (1.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Android
1 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.56%) Windows
1 1 (1.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (60.94%) User Experience
2 35 (54.69%) UX Design
3 12 (18.75%) Agile
4 11 (17.19%) Service Design
5 10 (15.63%) Interaction Design
5 10 (15.63%) User Research
6 9 (14.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 8 (12.50%) E-Commerce
7 8 (12.50%) Prototyping
7 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (12.50%) Usability Testing
8 7 (10.94%) Mentoring
8 7 (10.94%) Typography
8 7 (10.94%) UX Research
9 6 (9.38%) Design Patterns
9 6 (9.38%) DevOps
9 6 (9.38%) Digital Marketing
10 5 (7.81%) Psychology
11 4 (6.25%) Coaching
11 4 (6.25%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (15.63%) Degree
2 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
2 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.56%) QA
2 1 (1.56%) SLA
2 1 (1.56%) WCAG
Vendors
1 13 (20.31%) Adobe
2 2 (3.13%) Apple
2 2 (3.13%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.56%) Brio
3 1 (1.56%) Google
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.56%) SAP
3 1 (1.56%) Sitecore
3 1 (1.56%) Virgin Media