Senior Designer Contracts in Bristol

Senior Designer
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Designer daily rate in Bristol is £575, 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 53 - 99
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Designer 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.37% - 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £474
25th Percentile £563 - £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 - £553
90th Percentile - - £566
South West median daily rate £588 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +15.20% -2.86% +17.65%

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%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in Bristol

Senior Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Designer in Bristol

Senior Designer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Senior Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (50.00%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (50.00%) WCAG
2 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (50.00%) Animation
2 1 (50.00%) Video Editing
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Social Media
2 1 (50.00%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (50.00%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Typography
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) YouTube
2 1 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (50.00%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (50.00%) Final Cut Pro
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Animation
1 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) Motion Graphics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
1 1 (50.00%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (50.00%) Typography
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) YouTube