Senior Designer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Designer
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Designer daily rate in the City of London is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 106 126
Rank change year-on-year -11 +20 +53
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Designer 9 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.48% 0.32% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.35% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 1
10th Percentile £400 £307 -
25th Percentile £406 £313 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £376 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.01% -16.44% -12.62%
75th Percentile £513 £550 £475
90th Percentile £543 £565 -
Central London median daily rate £463 £376 £450
% change year-on-year +23.01% -16.44% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £72.50

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,773 1,731 2,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 93.01% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,218 1,040 1,624
10th Percentile £350 £355 £341
25th Percentile £430 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £564
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.00% -4.04%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £535 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 22
10th Percentile £20.02 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.77 £26.63 £19.18
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +60.42% -5.88%
75th Percentile £42.65 £80.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £52.80 £112.00 £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
% change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +6.55%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Senior Designer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Senior Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Designer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Designer job vacancies in the City of London

Senior Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Designer in the City of London

Senior Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, Senior Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Senior Designer in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Prototyping
2 6 (66.67%) User Experience
3 5 (55.56%) User Research
4 4 (44.44%) Figma
4 4 (44.44%) UX Design
5 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
5 3 (33.33%) Agile
5 3 (33.33%) Service Design
5 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (22.22%) Analytics
6 2 (22.22%) CMS
6 2 (22.22%) Content Management
6 2 (22.22%) Content Strategy
6 2 (22.22%) Design Thinking
6 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
6 2 (22.22%) Information Governance
6 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) SaaS
6 2 (22.22%) Situational Awareness
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Identification
6 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (22.22%) User Stories
7 1 (11.11%) A2A Protocol
7 1 (11.11%) Active Listening
7 1 (11.11%) Adobe
7 1 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (11.11%) AI

Senior Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) Appian
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Figma
2 2 (22.22%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) ChatGPT
3 1 (11.11%) Google Gemini
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Publishing
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) A2A Protocol
1 1 (11.11%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 2 (22.22%) NHS
2 1 (11.11%) AI Agents
2 1 (11.11%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Prototyping
2 6 (66.67%) User Experience
3 5 (55.56%) User Research
4 4 (44.44%) UX Design
5 3 (33.33%) Agile
5 3 (33.33%) Service Design
5 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (22.22%) Analytics
6 2 (22.22%) Content Management
6 2 (22.22%) Content Strategy
6 2 (22.22%) Design Thinking
6 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
6 2 (22.22%) Information Governance
6 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) Situational Awareness
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Identification
6 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe