Senior Designer Contracts

Senior Designer
UK

The median Senior Designer daily rate in the UK is £547 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 567 488
Rank change year-on-year +56 -79 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Designer 87 152 413
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.25% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.27% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 99 307
10th Percentile £366 £400 £423
25th Percentile £450 £475 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £644 £606
90th Percentile £659 £718 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £575 £545
% change year-on-year -13.04% +5.50% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £30.97
25th Percentile £71.25 - £31.73
Median hourly rate £72.50 £60.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +75.20% +4.25%
75th Percentile £73.75 - £36.01
90th Percentile - - £36.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £34.25
% change year-on-year - - -1.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in the UK

Senior Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Designer in the UK

Senior Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Designer in the UK

Senior Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Designer in the UK

Senior Designer
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +67 71 £535 -2.82% 51
London +48 52 £550 -4.35% 32
UK excluding London +60 31 £500 -13.04% 26
Work from Home +98 30 £550 -1.92% 35
Scotland +32 12 £530 -14.00% 5
North of England +30 11 £500 -11.11% 13
Yorkshire +19 7 £500 -8.88% 4
South East +24 4 £525 +33.42% 3
North West +17 4 - - 9
West Midlands +29 2 £375 -27.88% 2
South West +22 2 £510 -2.86% 2
Midlands +22 2 £375 -27.88% 3

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 featuring Senior Designer in the job title.

1 51 (58.62%) User Experience
2 45 (51.72%) UX Design
3 29 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 23 (26.44%) Figma
5 21 (24.14%) Service Design
5 21 (24.14%) Agile
6 17 (19.54%) Mobile App
6 17 (19.54%) Public Sector
6 17 (19.54%) Interaction Design
6 17 (19.54%) Prototyping
7 16 (18.39%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 16 (18.39%) User Research
7 16 (18.39%) Adobe
8 14 (16.09%) Marketing
9 13 (14.94%) Degree
9 13 (14.94%) Finance
9 13 (14.94%) Accessibility
10 11 (12.64%) E-Commerce
10 11 (12.64%) Photoshop
10 11 (12.64%) Adobe Illustrator
11 10 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (11.49%) Mentoring
12 9 (10.34%) Usability Testing
12 9 (10.34%) UX Research
13 8 (9.20%) InDesign
14 7 (8.05%) Graphic Design
14 7 (8.05%) Typography
14 7 (8.05%) Coaching
14 7 (8.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 7 (8.05%) Digital Marketing

Senior Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (4.60%) CMS
2 2 (2.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (12.64%) Adobe Illustrator
1 11 (12.64%) Photoshop
2 8 (9.20%) InDesign
3 7 (8.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (5.75%) Adobe After Effects
4 5 (5.75%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (4.60%) InVision
6 3 (3.45%) CINEMA 4D
6 3 (3.45%) Sketch
7 1 (1.15%) Adobe XD
7 1 (1.15%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (26.44%) Figma
2 7 (8.05%) Miro
3 4 (4.60%) Azure
3 4 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.15%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (1.15%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.15%) Google Docs
4 1 (1.15%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.15%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.30%) Big Data
1 2 (2.30%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Axure RP
1 2 (2.30%) JIRA
2 1 (1.15%) Dreamweaver
General
1 29 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.54%) Public Sector
3 14 (16.09%) Marketing
4 13 (14.94%) Finance
5 6 (6.90%) Health Technology
5 6 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (5.75%) Games
7 4 (4.60%) Advertising
7 4 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.60%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.60%) Publishing
7 4 (4.60%) Retail
8 3 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Banking
9 2 (2.30%) Legal
10 1 (1.15%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.75%) CSS
1 5 (5.75%) HTML
2 3 (3.45%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 3 (3.45%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (2.30%) Spring
4 1 (1.15%) COM+
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.54%) Mobile App
2 7 (8.05%) Graphic Design
3 5 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.60%) Animation
4 4 (4.60%) Digital Media
5 3 (3.45%) Motion Graphics
5 3 (3.45%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.30%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.30%) Learning Management System
6 2 (2.30%) Photography
6 2 (2.30%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.15%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (1.15%) Blog
7 1 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.15%) NHS
7 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.45%) Android
1 3 (3.45%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.15%) Windows
2 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (58.62%) User Experience
2 45 (51.72%) UX Design
3 21 (24.14%) Agile
3 21 (24.14%) Service Design
4 17 (19.54%) Interaction Design
4 17 (19.54%) Prototyping
5 16 (18.39%) User Research
5 16 (18.39%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 11 (12.64%) E-Commerce
7 10 (11.49%) Mentoring
7 10 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (10.34%) Usability Testing
8 9 (10.34%) UX Research
9 7 (8.05%) Coaching
9 7 (8.05%) Content Strategy
9 7 (8.05%) Digital Marketing
9 7 (8.05%) Typography
10 6 (6.90%) DevOps
10 6 (6.90%) Psychology
10 6 (6.90%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.30%) Java
2 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (14.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.94%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.30%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.15%) QA
3 1 (1.15%) SLA
3 1 (1.15%) WCAG
Vendors
1 16 (18.39%) Adobe
2 2 (2.30%) Apple
2 2 (2.30%) Atlassian
2 2 (2.30%) Oracle
3 1 (1.15%) Brio
3 1 (1.15%) Google
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.15%) SAP
3 1 (1.15%) Sitecore
3 1 (1.15%) Virgin Media