Senior Designer Contracts in Scotland

Senior Designer
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Designer daily rate in Scotland is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 159 121
Rank change year-on-year +37 -38 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Designer 9 13 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.41% 0.47% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.49% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 37
10th Percentile £370 £506 £375
25th Percentile £400 £591 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £616 £525
Median % change year-on-year -26.98% +17.38% +69.35%
75th Percentile - £665 £606
90th Percentile - £679 £673
UK median daily rate £520 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -9.57% +4.55% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,056 2,634 3,293
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 95.40% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,256 1,883 2,333
10th Percentile £200 £233 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £555 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 45 52
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.90 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.19 £14.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £27.90 £21.75 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +28.25% -18.99% -28.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £47.97
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.13 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in Scotland

Senior Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Designer in Scotland

Senior Designer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 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
Edinburgh +31 6 £425 -35.11% 1
Glasgow +10 3 £450 -25.00% 1
Senior Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Designer in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Content Management
2 4 (44.44%) User Stories
2 4 (44.44%) CMS
2 4 (44.44%) Content Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Accessibility
3 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (33.33%) User Experience
3 3 (33.33%) UX Design
4 2 (22.22%) Spring
4 2 (22.22%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Java
4 2 (22.22%) Publishing
4 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
4 2 (22.22%) Coaching
4 2 (22.22%) Metadata
4 2 (22.22%) Service Design
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Debt
4 2 (22.22%) Community of Practice
5 1 (11.11%) Figma
5 1 (11.11%) User Journey Map
5 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Journey Map
5 1 (11.11%) User Research
5 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (11.11%) Wireframes
5 1 (11.11%) Prototyping

Senior Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (44.44%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Metadata
General
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 4 (44.44%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Publishing
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Spring
2 1 (11.11%) COM+
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Content Management
2 4 (44.44%) Content Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) User Stories
3 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (33.33%) User Experience
3 3 (33.33%) UX Design
4 2 (22.22%) Coaching
4 2 (22.22%) Community of Practice
4 2 (22.22%) Service Design
4 2 (22.22%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Debt
5 1 (11.11%) Journey Map
5 1 (11.11%) Mobile First
5 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Prototyping
5 1 (11.11%) User Journey Map
5 1 (11.11%) User Research
5 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (11.11%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (11.11%) WCAG