Designer Contracts in the Midlands

Designer
England > Midlands

The median Designer daily rate in the Midlands is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 124 90
Rank change year-on-year +11 -34 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 21 37 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.76% 1.08% 2.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 1.14% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 64
10th Percentile £376 £263 £336
25th Percentile £383 £364 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £434 £550 £567
90th Percentile £497 £655 £609
England median daily rate £495 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.71% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £9.18 - -
25th Percentile £9.81 - -
Median hourly rate £13.25 - -
75th Percentile £15.94 - -
90th Percentile £16.13 - -
England median hourly rate £57.35 £43.75 £43.50
% change year-on-year +31.09% +0.57% +74.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,534 3,233 4,817
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 94.62% 95.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,713 2,270 3,532
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 127 173
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.30 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £13.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.61%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.00
90th Percentile £52.78 £60.50 £33.90
England median hourly rate £36.34 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.83% +98.96% +0.36%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the Midlands

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in the Midlands

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in the Midlands

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in the Midlands

Designer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
West Midlands -1 12 £400 -23.08% 26
East Midlands +20 9 £400 -9.86% 14
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Midlands region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 8 (38.10%) Agile
1 8 (38.10%) User Experience
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 6 (28.57%) UX Design
3 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
3 5 (23.81%) Adobe
4 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
4 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (19.05%) HTML
4 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
4 4 (19.05%) Photoshop
4 4 (19.05%) Windows
4 4 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (19.05%) Data Modelling
4 4 (19.05%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (19.05%) MCTS
4 4 (19.05%) MCITP
4 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
4 4 (19.05%) Accessibility
4 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
4 4 (19.05%) High Availability
4 4 (19.05%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (19.05%) Windows Server
4 4 (19.05%) Service Design
4 4 (19.05%) Wireframes
4 4 (19.05%) Prototyping
5 3 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (14.29%) User Research

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (9.52%) CMS
2 1 (4.76%) Jadu
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (19.05%) Photoshop
2 3 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (14.29%) Sketch
3 2 (9.52%) Adobe XD
4 1 (4.76%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (4.76%) AutoCAD
4 1 (4.76%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (4.76%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Figma
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Axure RP
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Games
4 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Law
5 1 (4.76%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Multimedia
5 1 (4.76%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) HTML
2 2 (9.52%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (9.52%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Digital Media
2 1 (4.76%) Graphic Design
2 1 (4.76%) Handset
2 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
1 4 (19.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Agile
1 8 (38.10%) User Experience
2 6 (28.57%) UX Design
3 4 (19.05%) Data Modelling
3 4 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (19.05%) High Availability
3 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
3 4 (19.05%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (19.05%) Prototyping
3 4 (19.05%) Service Design
3 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Wireframes
4 3 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 3 (14.29%) User Research
5 2 (9.52%) Design Patterns
5 2 (9.52%) DevOps
5 2 (9.52%) Journey Map
5 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.52%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) MCITP
2 4 (19.05%) MCTS
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Adobe
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow