Designer Contracts in Cumbria

Designer
North West > Cumbria

The median Designer daily rate in Cumbria 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 27 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 3.45% - 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.70% - 1.25%
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 - -
North West median daily rate £442 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +17.93% -25.00% -2.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 162 227 80
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 93.80% 97.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 111 49
10th Percentile £270 £415 £413
25th Percentile £438 £473 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £488
90th Percentile £638 £670 £575
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 70 7
10th Percentile £25.24 £10.95 £38.79
25th Percentile £26.26 £10.98 £53.50
Median hourly rate £43.09 £26.39 £55.85
Median % change year-on-year +63.28% -52.75% +10.77%
75th Percentile £64.23 £52.78 £83.40
90th Percentile £73.85 £67.04 -
North West median hourly rate £29.01 £32.90 £27.70
% change year-on-year -11.81% +18.75% +10.80%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Cumbria

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Cumbria

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Cumbria

Designer
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 6 £442 - 8
Designer
North West

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

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 Cumbria 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 Cumbria 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