Senior Designer Contracts in London

Senior Designer
England > London

The median Senior Designer daily rate in London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 384 383
Rank change year-on-year +43 -1 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Designer 53 111 217
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.30% 0.41% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.43% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 67 153
10th Percentile £378 £400 £463
25th Percentile £456 £469 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £598 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% +8.73% -
75th Percentile - £654 £625
90th Percentile £617 £747 £679
England median daily rate £544 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -5.39% +4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £58.75 £60.00 £34.25
% change year-on-year -2.08% +75.20% +4.25%

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 16,640 26,016 37,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.31% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,027 18,790 27,160
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £442 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 295 454
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.99 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.01 £22.57 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.99% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.45 £77.30 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in London

Senior Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Designer in London

Senior Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer in London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Designer in London

Senior Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Designer in London

Senior 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 Senior Designer within the London region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
West London +12 3 £60 -86.05% 2
Central London +36 1 - - 2
Senior Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 London region featuring Senior Designer in the job title.

1 35 (66.04%) UX Design
1 35 (66.04%) User Experience
2 23 (43.40%) Social Skills
3 17 (32.08%) Figma
4 14 (26.42%) Mobile App
5 13 (24.53%) Adobe
6 12 (22.64%) Marketing
7 10 (18.87%) Finance
7 10 (18.87%) Photoshop
7 10 (18.87%) E-Commerce
7 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (18.87%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (18.87%) User Research
8 8 (15.09%) Usability Testing
8 8 (15.09%) InDesign
9 7 (13.21%) Degree
9 7 (13.21%) Digital Marketing
9 7 (13.21%) Typography
10 6 (11.32%) DevOps
10 6 (11.32%) Mentoring
10 6 (11.32%) Interaction Design
10 6 (11.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 6 (11.32%) Graphic Design
10 6 (11.32%) Agile
11 5 (9.43%) Games
11 5 (9.43%) Miro
11 5 (9.43%) UX Research
11 5 (9.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 4 (7.55%) Digital Media
12 4 (7.55%) Prototyping

Senior 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 2 (3.77%) Confluence
2 1 (1.89%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (18.87%) Adobe Illustrator
1 10 (18.87%) Photoshop
2 8 (15.09%) InDesign
3 5 (9.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (5.66%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (5.66%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (3.77%) Sketch
6 1 (1.89%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.89%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (1.89%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (1.89%) InVision
6 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (32.08%) Figma
2 5 (9.43%) Miro
3 4 (7.55%) Azure
3 4 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.89%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.89%) Google Docs
4 1 (1.89%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Axure RP
1 2 (3.77%) JIRA
General
1 23 (43.40%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.64%) Marketing
3 10 (18.87%) Finance
4 5 (9.43%) Games
5 4 (7.55%) Advertising
5 4 (7.55%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (7.55%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (7.55%) Retail
6 3 (5.66%) Health Technology
6 3 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.66%) Publishing
7 2 (3.77%) Legal
7 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (5.66%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.42%) Mobile App
2 6 (11.32%) Graphic Design
3 4 (7.55%) Animation
3 4 (7.55%) Digital Media
3 4 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.77%) e-Learning
4 2 (3.77%) Learning Management System
4 2 (3.77%) Social Media
5 1 (1.89%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (1.89%) Blog
5 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.89%) Android
1 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.89%) Windows
1 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (66.04%) User Experience
1 35 (66.04%) UX Design
2 10 (18.87%) E-Commerce
2 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (18.87%) User Research
3 8 (15.09%) Usability Testing
4 7 (13.21%) Digital Marketing
4 7 (13.21%) Typography
5 6 (11.32%) Agile
5 6 (11.32%) DevOps
5 6 (11.32%) Interaction Design
5 6 (11.32%) Mentoring
5 6 (11.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 5 (9.43%) UX Research
7 4 (7.55%) Content Strategy
7 4 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (7.55%) Prototyping
7 4 (7.55%) Psychology
7 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (5.66%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.89%) SLA
Vendors
1 13 (24.53%) Adobe
2 2 (3.77%) Apple
2 2 (3.77%) Atlassian
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle
3 1 (1.89%) Google
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.89%) SAP
3 1 (1.89%) Sitecore