Designer Contracts in London

Designer
England > London

The median Designer daily rate in London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 104 100
Rank change year-on-year -56 -4 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 272 646 1,072
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.55% 2.46% 2.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 2.58% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 481 737
10th Percentile £330 £363 £375
25th Percentile £400 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £613
90th Percentile £602 £738 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 17
10th Percentile - £27.87 £26.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £35.36 £27.25
Median hourly rate £17.00 £39.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.41% -10.34% +19.18%
75th Percentile £29.63 £49.44 £61.45
90th Percentile £36.30 £54.05 £68.00
England median hourly rate £57.35 £41.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year +38.19% -4.60% +102.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,398 25,035 36,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 95.25% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,880 18,137 26,928
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £683
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 282 444
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.66 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.25 £35.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.78% +2.14% +8.63%
75th Percentile £44.75 £62.64 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £79.80 £67.94
England median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in London

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in London

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in London

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in London

Designer
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Designer in London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Designer in London

Designer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London +1 27 £525 +2.94% 27
West London -26 4 £60 -89.09% 10
South London +1 3 £519 -13.54% 4
East London -2 1 £540 -10.00% 4
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 137 (50.37%) User Experience
2 120 (44.12%) UX Design
3 85 (31.25%) Figma
4 78 (28.68%) Social Skills
5 66 (24.26%) Service Design
6 62 (22.79%) User Research
7 59 (21.69%) Agile
8 52 (19.12%) Adobe
9 51 (18.75%) Finance
10 49 (18.01%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 41 (15.07%) Public Sector
12 40 (14.71%) Prototyping
13 38 (13.97%) Accessibility
14 36 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
14 36 (13.24%) Wireframes
15 32 (11.76%) Usability Testing
16 31 (11.40%) Sketch
17 30 (11.03%) Interaction Design
17 30 (11.03%) Workshop Facilitation
18 28 (10.29%) Photoshop
19 27 (9.93%) Marketing
19 27 (9.93%) Degree
19 27 (9.93%) Design Thinking
20 26 (9.56%) Security Cleared
21 25 (9.19%) Mobile App
21 25 (9.19%) Adobe Illustrator
21 25 (9.19%) Stakeholder Management
22 23 (8.46%) Typography
23 22 (8.09%) SC Cleared
24 21 (7.72%) Collaborative Working

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 8 (2.94%) CMS
2 3 (1.10%) Confluence
2 3 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.74%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.74%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (11.40%) Sketch
2 28 (10.29%) Photoshop
3 25 (9.19%) Adobe Illustrator
4 18 (6.62%) Adobe XD
5 15 (5.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 14 (5.15%) InDesign
7 12 (4.41%) InVision
8 9 (3.31%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (1.47%) Adobe Captivate
9 4 (1.47%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (1.47%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.74%) CINEMA 4D
10 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
11 1 (0.37%) Blender
11 1 (0.37%) Final Cut Pro
11 1 (0.37%) Houdini
11 1 (0.37%) Marvel
11 1 (0.37%) Maya
11 1 (0.37%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 85 (31.25%) Figma
2 12 (4.41%) Miro
3 7 (2.57%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 7 (2.57%) Azure
4 4 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.47%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.74%) Google Analytics
5 2 (0.74%) SaaS
6 1 (0.37%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (0.37%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.37%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.37%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.37%) GitHub
6 1 (0.37%) Google Docs
6 1 (0.37%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.37%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.37%) BGP
1 1 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (0.37%) IOS XR
1 1 (0.37%) MPLS
1 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.47%) Power BI
2 3 (1.10%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.74%) Looker
Development Applications
1 11 (4.04%) Axure RP
2 6 (2.21%) JIRA
3 1 (0.37%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) Maven
General
1 78 (28.68%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.75%) Finance
3 41 (15.07%) Public Sector
4 27 (9.93%) Marketing
5 16 (5.88%) Games
6 14 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.15%) Banking
7 8 (2.94%) Multimedia
7 8 (2.94%) Retail
8 7 (2.57%) Legal
8 7 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.57%) Publishing
9 5 (1.84%) Front Office
9 5 (1.84%) Health Technology
10 4 (1.47%) Advertising
10 4 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.74%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.62%) HTML
2 14 (5.15%) CSS
3 7 (2.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 5 (1.84%) React
5 4 (1.47%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (0.74%) CSS3
7 1 (0.37%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.37%) JSON
7 1 (0.37%) NETCONF
7 1 (0.37%) OAuth
7 1 (0.37%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.37%) React Native
7 1 (0.37%) RESTful
7 1 (0.37%) SwiftUI
7 1 (0.37%) WebGL
7 1 (0.37%) XML
7 1 (0.37%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.19%) Mobile App
2 16 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (5.51%) Graphic Design
4 8 (2.94%) e-Learning
5 7 (2.57%) Animation
5 7 (2.57%) Digital Media
5 7 (2.57%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.21%) Social Media
7 5 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.84%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.84%) Podcast
8 4 (1.47%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.10%) CMDB
9 3 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.10%) Derivative
9 3 (1.10%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.10%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.10%) Photography
9 3 (1.10%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.21%) Android
1 6 (2.21%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
2 1 (0.37%) Windows
2 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (50.37%) User Experience
2 120 (44.12%) UX Design
3 66 (24.26%) Service Design
4 62 (22.79%) User Research
5 59 (21.69%) Agile
6 49 (18.01%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 40 (14.71%) Prototyping
8 36 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (13.24%) Wireframes
9 32 (11.76%) Usability Testing
10 30 (11.03%) Interaction Design
10 30 (11.03%) Workshop Facilitation
11 27 (9.93%) Design Thinking
12 25 (9.19%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (8.46%) Typography
14 21 (7.72%) Collaborative Working
15 15 (5.51%) E-Commerce
16 14 (5.15%) ITIL
16 14 (5.15%) UX Research
16 14 (5.15%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.68%) JavaScript
2 4 (1.47%) Java
2 4 (1.47%) Python
3 1 (0.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (9.93%) Degree
2 26 (9.56%) Security Cleared
3 22 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.21%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.37%) CCNP
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.97%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.57%) WCAG
3 3 (1.10%) SLA
4 2 (0.74%) QA
5 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.37%) GDPR
5 1 (0.37%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Ansible
Vendors
1 52 (19.12%) Adobe
2 5 (1.84%) Google
2 5 (1.84%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.47%) Virgin Media
4 2 (0.74%) Apple
4 2 (0.74%) Atlassian
4 2 (0.74%) MicroStrategy
4 2 (0.74%) Oracle
4 2 (0.74%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.74%) SAP
5 1 (0.37%) Cisco
5 1 (0.37%) Databricks
5 1 (0.37%) JDA
5 1 (0.37%) Nokia
5 1 (0.37%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.37%) Workday