Designer Contracts in Reading

Designer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Designer daily rate in Reading is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 75 83
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 23 13 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.93% 1.26% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% 1.32% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 8
10th Percentile £200 £215 -
25th Percentile £219 £225 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £394 £338
Median % change year-on-year +52.48% +16.59% -26.63%
75th Percentile £625 £488 £675
90th Percentile - £504 -
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £400 £575
% change year-on-year +50.00% -30.43% +35.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,110 984 1,299
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.28% 95.63% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 658 885
10th Percentile £213 £363 £182
25th Percentile £413 £455 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £654 £596
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £491
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.03% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -1.29%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Reading

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Reading

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Reading

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Reading region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 10 (43.48%) Azure
1 10 (43.48%) Node.js
1 10 (43.48%) AngularJS
2 9 (39.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 9 (39.13%) Azure Key Vault
3 8 (34.78%) Azure Monitor
3 8 (34.78%) Azure Cognitive Search
3 8 (34.78%) DevOps
3 8 (34.78%) API Development
3 8 (34.78%) API Design
4 7 (30.43%) Coaching
4 7 (30.43%) User Experience
4 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
5 6 (26.09%) Agile
5 6 (26.09%) Marketing
5 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (26.09%) CI/CD
6 5 (21.74%) Figma
6 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
6 5 (21.74%) Product Ownership
6 5 (21.74%) Data-Driven Testing
6 5 (21.74%) Security Testing
6 5 (21.74%) Unit Testing
6 5 (21.74%) Integration Testing
6 5 (21.74%) System Testing
6 5 (21.74%) Git
6 5 (21.74%) Software Testing
6 5 (21.74%) Test Automation
6 5 (21.74%) PHP
6 5 (21.74%) HTML

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (4.35%) Appian
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) InDesign
1 3 (13.04%) Photoshop
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (4.35%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 10 (43.48%) Azure
2 9 (39.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 9 (39.13%) Azure Key Vault
3 8 (34.78%) Azure Cognitive Search
3 8 (34.78%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (21.74%) Figma
5 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Functions
5 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Git
General
1 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (26.09%) Marketing
2 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.35%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (43.48%) AngularJS
1 10 (43.48%) Node.js
2 5 (21.74%) CSS
2 5 (21.74%) HTML
3 1 (4.35%) React
3 1 (4.35%) Smarty
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.70%) Social Media
3 1 (4.35%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) API Design
1 8 (34.78%) API Development
1 8 (34.78%) DevOps
2 7 (30.43%) Coaching
2 7 (30.43%) User Experience
3 6 (26.09%) Agile
3 6 (26.09%) CI/CD
4 5 (21.74%) Data-Driven Testing
4 5 (21.74%) Integration Testing
4 5 (21.74%) Security Testing
4 5 (21.74%) Software Testing
4 5 (21.74%) System Testing
4 5 (21.74%) Test Automation
4 5 (21.74%) Unit Testing
5 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
6 3 (13.04%) B2B
6 3 (13.04%) Product Backlog
6 3 (13.04%) UX Design
7 2 (8.70%) Deadline-Driven
7 2 (8.70%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
2 5 (21.74%) PHP
3 1 (4.35%) C
3 1 (4.35%) Java
3 1 (4.35%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Adobe
1 3 (13.04%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.35%) IBM
2 1 (4.35%) TIBCO