Designer Contracts in Barrow-in-Furness

Designer
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Designer daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £442, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 4.44% - 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.80% - 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £424 - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 - £700
75th Percentile £447 - -
90th Percentile £450 - -
Cumbria median daily rate £442 - £700

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. 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 Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 125 156 42
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 96.30% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 87 29
10th Percentile £404 £439 -
25th Percentile £447 £493 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.88% -1.62%
75th Percentile £600 £623 -
90th Percentile £638 £670 £575
Cumbria median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 7
10th Percentile £25.31 £26.39 £38.79
25th Percentile £27.14 £45.22 £53.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £52.78 £55.85
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% -5.50% +8.85%
75th Percentile £66.57 £66.61 £83.40
90th Percentile £75.05 £70.90 -
Cumbria median hourly rate £43.09 £26.39 £55.85
% change year-on-year +63.28% -52.75% +10.77%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Barrow-in-Furness

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Barrow-in-Furness

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, 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 Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) IPsec
1 4 (66.67%) VLAN
1 4 (66.67%) Wireshark
1 4 (66.67%) 3GPP
1 4 (66.67%) DHCP
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
1 4 (66.67%) Dell
1 4 (66.67%) MPLS
1 4 (66.67%) OSPF
1 4 (66.67%) BGP
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) 4G
1 4 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
1 4 (66.67%) OpenStack
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
1 4 (66.67%) 5G
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) PLM
3 1 (16.67%) Teamcenter
3 1 (16.67%) CAD
3 1 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Siemens NX
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Quality

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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 (66.67%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) 3GPP
1 4 (66.67%) 4G
1 4 (66.67%) 5G
1 4 (66.67%) BGP
1 4 (66.67%) DHCP
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) IPsec
1 4 (66.67%) MPLS
1 4 (66.67%) OSPF
1 4 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
1 4 (66.67%) VLAN
1 4 (66.67%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) CAD
1 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
1 1 (16.67%) PLM
1 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Dell