Designer Contracts in the East of England

Designer
England > East of England

The median Designer daily rate in the East of England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 108 110
Rank change year-on-year +31 +2 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 5 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.53% 0.21% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.23% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 7
10th Percentile £365 £347 £199
25th Percentile £397 £451 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £413
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +57.58% -15.38%
75th Percentile £490 £675 £520
90th Percentile £496 - £612
England median daily rate £457 £498 £525
% change year-on-year -8.14% -5.24% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £34.50 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £65.00
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile £70.50 - -
England median hourly rate £30.40 £57.35 £43.75
% change year-on-year -46.99% +31.09% +0.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 829 1,710 1,891
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.38% 89.58% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 773 1,156
10th Percentile £200 £206 £185
25th Percentile £379 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 591 294
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.61 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the East of England

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Designer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Designer in the East of England

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Designer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Designer in the East of England

Designer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Designer in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Designer in the East of England

Designer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Hertfordshire +28 3 £419 -35.58% 21
Cambridgeshire +10 1 £480 - 15
Essex - 1 - - 12
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 1 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 East of England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) UX Design
1 3 (60.00%) User Experience
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Wireframes
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (20.00%) Sketch
3 1 (20.00%) Zeplin
3 1 (20.00%) Figma
3 1 (20.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) OmniGraffle
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (20.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (20.00%) EMC
3 1 (20.00%) Firmware
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (20.00%) OmniGraffle
1 1 (20.00%) Sketch
1 1 (20.00%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Figma
1 1 (20.00%) Google Analytics
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) User Experience
1 3 (60.00%) UX Design
2 2 (40.00%) Wireframes
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Psychology
3 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Research
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) EMC
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce