Lead Designer Contracts in Reading

Lead Designer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Lead Designer daily rate in Reading is £600 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 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Designer 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.84% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £629 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £600 - -

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 1,111 981 1,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 95.71% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 634 660 893
10th Percentile £213 £363 £181
25th Percentile £413 £455 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £655 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
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%

Lead Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Designer in Reading

Lead Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Designer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Lead 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 Lead Designer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) Node.js
1 10 (100.00%) AngularJS
2 9 (90.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 9 (90.00%) Azure Key Vault
3 8 (80.00%) Azure Monitor
3 8 (80.00%) API Development
3 8 (80.00%) API Design
3 8 (80.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 7 (70.00%) DevOps
4 7 (70.00%) Coaching
5 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
5 6 (60.00%) Agile
6 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
6 5 (50.00%) Security Testing
6 5 (50.00%) Unit Testing
6 5 (50.00%) Integration Testing
6 5 (50.00%) System Testing
6 5 (50.00%) Git
6 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
6 5 (50.00%) PHP
6 5 (50.00%) CSS
6 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (50.00%) CI/CD
6 5 (50.00%) HTML
6 5 (50.00%) Data-Driven Testing
7 3 (30.00%) Product Backlog
8 1 (10.00%) C
8 1 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
8 1 (10.00%) React

Lead 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (90.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 9 (90.00%) Azure Key Vault
3 8 (80.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
3 8 (80.00%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Git
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 10 (100.00%) Node.js
2 5 (50.00%) CSS
2 5 (50.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) API Design
1 8 (80.00%) API Development
2 7 (70.00%) Coaching
2 7 (70.00%) DevOps
3 6 (60.00%) Agile
4 5 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 5 (50.00%) Data-Driven Testing
4 5 (50.00%) Integration Testing
4 5 (50.00%) Security Testing
4 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 5 (50.00%) System Testing
4 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 5 (50.00%) Unit Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Product Backlog
6 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (50.00%) PHP
3 1 (10.00%) C