Designer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Designer
England > East of England

The median Designer daily rate in the East of England is £410, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 89 93
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 30 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.24% 0.45% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 0.54% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 5 2
10th Percentile - £240 £286
25th Percentile £303 £355 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £413 £368
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +12.24% +26.72%
75th Percentile £500 £530 £413
90th Percentile £534 £542 £435
England median daily rate £464 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.56% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £32.70 - -
25th Percentile £39.75 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £64.25 - -
90th Percentile £70.70 - -
England median hourly rate £39.00 £48.25 £57.35
% change year-on-year -19.17% -15.87% +20.74%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,182 1,113 1,338
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.54% 84.32% 89.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 871 500 541
10th Percentile £190 £190 £200
25th Percentile £361 £363 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £689 £638
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 639 270 312
10th Percentile £14.79 £14.37 £14.86
25th Percentile £20.51 £16.30 £21.37
Median hourly rate £50.00 £31.35 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year +59.52% -28.60% +8.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.13 £67.95
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -1.20%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 of England.

Designer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in the East of England

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies 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 2 October 2026.

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 2 October 2026. 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
Suffolk -8 12 £305 -41.35% 4
Bedfordshire - 6 £410 -
Norfolk - 6 £500 -
Hertfordshire -21 5 £375 -22.08% 5
Cambridgeshire -3 1 - - 17
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 2 October 2026, 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 of England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 10 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (30.00%) User Experience
2 9 (30.00%) UX Design
3 6 (20.00%) AWS
3 6 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 4 (13.33%) Agile
5 3 (10.00%) DevOps
5 3 (10.00%) Figma
6 2 (6.67%) Adobe
6 2 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (6.67%) Customer Experience
6 2 (6.67%) Edge Computing
6 2 (6.67%) Ergonomics
6 2 (6.67%) Firewall
6 2 (6.67%) Human Factors
6 2 (6.67%) Interaction Design
6 2 (6.67%) Journey Map
6 2 (6.67%) Sociotechnical
6 2 (6.67%) User Journey Map
6 2 (6.67%) Wireframes
7 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
7 1 (3.33%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (3.33%) Broadband
7 1 (3.33%) Cadence
7 1 (3.33%) Co-Design
7 1 (3.33%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (3.33%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (3.33%) Competitor Analysis
7 1 (3.33%) Computacenter

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (3.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (3.33%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (10.00%) Figma
3 2 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
3 1 (3.33%) Broadband
3 1 (3.33%) IPsec
3 1 (3.33%) Network Security
3 1 (3.33%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (6.67%) Cyber-Physical System
1 2 (6.67%) Marketing
1 2 (6.67%) Retail
1 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.33%) Electronics
2 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.33%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.00%) IoT
3 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.33%) Graphic Design
3 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.33%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) User Experience
1 9 (30.00%) UX Design
2 6 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 4 (13.33%) Agile
4 3 (10.00%) DevOps
5 2 (6.67%) Customer Experience
5 2 (6.67%) Edge Computing
5 2 (6.67%) Ergonomics
5 2 (6.67%) Human Factors
5 2 (6.67%) Interaction Design
5 2 (6.67%) Journey Map
5 2 (6.67%) Sociotechnical
5 2 (6.67%) User Journey Map
5 2 (6.67%) Wireframes
6 1 (3.33%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (3.33%) Empathy Maps
6 1 (3.33%) Human-Centred Design
6 1 (3.33%) Inclusive Design
6 1 (3.33%) User Research
6 1 (3.33%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 1 (3.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (6.67%) Adobe
2 1 (3.33%) Cadence
2 1 (3.33%) Computacenter
2 1 (3.33%) EMC