Designer Contract Job Trends in East London

Designer
London > East London

The median Designer daily rate in East London is £495, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 27 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 4 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London 3.42% 3.33% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.04% 3.88% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £480 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% - -
London median daily rate £498 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +4.74% -9.52% -2.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East 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 East London with a recognized job title 99 129 250
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.62% 86.00% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 112 212
10th Percentile £190 £300 £189
25th Percentile £333 £395 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% -13.64% +9.31%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £650
90th Percentile £776 £649 £750
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £23.33 £21.11 -
25th Percentile £24.24 £21.13 -
Median hourly rate £32.00 £21.80 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +46.82% +15.13% -29.84%
75th Percentile £58.75 £23.09 -
90th Percentile £80.36 £23.48 -
London median hourly rate £30.25 £35.00 £36.94
% change year-on-year -13.57% -5.25% +15.44%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in East London

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in East London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in East London

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in East London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in East London

Designer
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the East London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Tower Hamlets +2 4 £495 -8.33%
Designer
London

Designer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 East London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
1 4 (100.00%) Axure RP
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 4 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 4 (100.00%) Sketch
1 4 (100.00%) Figma
1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
1 4 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (50.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East London 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 4 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Axure RP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) User Research
1 4 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
1 4 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (50.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA