Designer Contracts in Cheshire

Designer
North West > Cheshire

The median Designer daily rate in Cheshire is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 8 0 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.68% - 2.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% - 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile £366 - £565
25th Percentile £402 - £577
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 - £638
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.92%
75th Percentile £488 - £684
90th Percentile - - £688
North West median daily rate £447 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +19.20% -25.00% -2.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 432 491 485
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 95.34% 91.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 334 331
10th Percentile £313 £275 £288
25th Percentile £358 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% -3.06% +11.36%
75th Percentile £545 £580 £575
90th Percentile £644 £638 £650
North West median daily rate £470 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -3.89% -2.20% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 36 24
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.00 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.32 £16.47 £17.87
Median hourly rate £37.00 £24.25 £25.57
Median % change year-on-year +52.58% -5.14% +17.38%
75th Percentile £85.63 £38.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £27.50 £30.54
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.95% +31.51%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Cheshire

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Cheshire

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Cheshire

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Cheshire

Designer
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. 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
Knutsford - 7 £404 - 2
Designer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 Cheshire region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) CCIE
1 3 (37.50%) CCNP
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (37.50%) MPLS
1 3 (37.50%) OSPF
1 3 (37.50%) BGP
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
1 3 (37.50%) ITSM
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
1 3 (37.50%) TOGAF
1 3 (37.50%) Network Design
1 3 (37.50%) JNCIE
1 3 (37.50%) VLAN
1 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
1 3 (37.50%) Use Case
1 3 (37.50%) Network Security
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Network Architecture
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
1 3 (37.50%) F5
1 3 (37.50%) High Availability
1 3 (37.50%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
1 3 (37.50%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (37.50%) Service Design

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (25.00%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) BGP
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
1 3 (37.50%) MPLS
1 3 (37.50%) Network Security
1 3 (37.50%) OSPF
1 3 (37.50%) VLAN
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Easytrieve
General
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) REST
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
2 1 (12.50%) CSS
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (25.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
1 3 (37.50%) High Availability
1 3 (37.50%) IT Strategy
1 3 (37.50%) ITSM
1 3 (37.50%) Network Architecture
1 3 (37.50%) Network Design
1 3 (37.50%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
1 3 (37.50%) Service Design
1 3 (37.50%) Strategic Roadmap
1 3 (37.50%) Technology Strategy
1 3 (37.50%) TOGAF
1 3 (37.50%) Use Case
2 2 (25.00%) API Integration
2 2 (25.00%) Batch Processing
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) SDLC
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) COBOL
1 2 (25.00%) JCL
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CCIE
1 3 (37.50%) CCNP
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) JNCIE
1 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
1 3 (37.50%) F5
1 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe