Designer Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Designer
England > East Midlands

The median Designer daily rate in the East Midlands is £386, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 50 60
Rank change year-on-year -22 +10 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 3 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.34% 1.01% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 1.10% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £302 £348 £168
25th Percentile £332 £367 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £386 £400 £200
Median % change year-on-year -3.44% +100.00% -53.76%
75th Percentile £437 - £225
90th Percentile £466 £413 £233
England median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.25 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 - £27.50
75th Percentile £20.75 - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £33.52 £50.95
% change year-on-year +64.08% -34.21% -0.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 815 547 697
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 91.93% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 334 496
10th Percentile £182 £228 £199
25th Percentile £353 £325 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -2.44%
75th Percentile £525 £530 £563
90th Percentile £625 £634 £680
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 24 48
10th Percentile £16.17 £15.10 £12.81
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £21.13 £22.05 £18.97
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +16.19% +10.79%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £26.07
90th Percentile £25.20 £33.15 £58.70
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Designer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in the East Midlands

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Designer
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Nottinghamshire - 2 £386 - 2
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, 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 East Midlands region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Figma
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) EDI
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Google Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Infographics
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
2 1 (33.33%) Google Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) EDI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Infographics
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google