Designer Contracts in Bristol

Designer
South West > Bristol

The median Designer daily rate in Bristol is £334, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 70 81
Rank change year-on-year +26 +11 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 11 4 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.05% 0.38% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.15% 0.40% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 16
10th Percentile £183 £308 £369
25th Percentile £191 £338 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £334 £425 £493
Median % change year-on-year -21.53% -13.71% +6.49%
75th Percentile £486 £481 £555
90th Percentile £544 £493 £606
South West median daily rate £475 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +5.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £41.38
25th Percentile - - £49.06
Median hourly rate - - £66.25
75th Percentile - - £86.56
90th Percentile - - £96.13
South West median hourly rate - £70.00 £74.99
% change year-on-year - -6.65% +44.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 512 1,004 1,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.99% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 541 805
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £564 £613 £630
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 218 142
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £30.97
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £86.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Bristol

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Bristol

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Bristol

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Bristol

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

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

1 4 (36.36%) UX Design
1 4 (36.36%) User Experience
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (36.36%) Accessibility
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Interaction Design
2 3 (27.27%) Service Design
2 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
3 2 (18.18%) 4G
3 2 (18.18%) 5G
3 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
3 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
3 2 (18.18%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (18.18%) Adobe
3 2 (18.18%) Ericsson
3 2 (18.18%) Nokia
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Service Management
3 2 (18.18%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 2 (18.18%) 2G
3 2 (18.18%) CMS
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Content Management
3 2 (18.18%) Network Design
3 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Figma
3 2 (18.18%) User Research

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (18.18%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe XD
1 1 (9.09%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (9.09%) Final Cut Pro
1 1 (9.09%) Photoshop
1 1 (9.09%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Figma
2 1 (9.09%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) 2G
1 2 (18.18%) 4G
1 2 (18.18%) 5G
1 2 (18.18%) Radio Access Network
General
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) Flutter
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Animation
2 1 (9.09%) Graphic Design
2 1 (9.09%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Social Media
2 1 (9.09%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (36.36%) User Experience
1 4 (36.36%) UX Design
2 3 (27.27%) Interaction Design
2 3 (27.27%) Service Design
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Content Management
3 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
3 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Network Design
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
3 2 (18.18%) Service Management
3 2 (18.18%) Service Migration
3 2 (18.18%) User Research
4 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Scrum
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Dart
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Adobe
1 2 (18.18%) Ericsson
1 2 (18.18%) Nokia
2 1 (9.09%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Hotjar
2 1 (9.09%) YouTube