Digital Designer Contracts in England

Digital Designer
UK > England

The median Digital Designer daily rate in England is £544, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 473 558
Rank change year-on-year -25 +85 +180
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Digital Designer 15 51 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.054% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.17% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 48
10th Percentile £383 - £306
25th Percentile £439 £200 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £325 £550
Median % change year-on-year +67.31% -40.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £350 -
90th Percentile £552 £440 £565
UK median daily rate £544 £325 £550
% change year-on-year +67.31% -40.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 33 0
10th Percentile £37.03 - -
25th Percentile £40.86 £53.40 -
Median hourly rate £47.24 £57.35 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.63% - -
75th Percentile £53.62 £61.30 -
90th Percentile £57.45 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.24 £57.35 -
% change year-on-year -17.63% - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,389 30,832 41,253
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 92.96% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,388 20,026 29,064
10th Percentile £281 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,374 1,719 1,332
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.16 £15.02
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.31 £45.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -43.76% +2.63% +68.64%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.55 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.17 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%

Digital Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Designer in England

Digital Designer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Designer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Designer job vacancies in England

Digital Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Designer in England over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Designer in England

Digital Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Digital Designer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Digital Designer job vacancies in England

Digital Designer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Digital Designer in England over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Digital Designer in England

Digital Designer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +12 12 £550 +62.96% 19
North West - 2 £450 - 9
North of England - 2 £450 - 13
Midlands -11 1 £410 - 9
West Midlands - 1 £410 - 6
Digital Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Digital 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 England region featuring Digital Designer in the job title.

1 8 (53.33%) Figma
2 6 (40.00%) Accessibility
3 5 (33.33%) Zeplin
3 5 (33.33%) Miro
3 5 (33.33%) Mobile App
4 3 (20.00%) User Experience
4 3 (20.00%) UX Design
4 3 (20.00%) Agile
4 3 (20.00%) User Research
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (13.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (13.33%) Prototyping
5 2 (13.33%) HTML
5 2 (13.33%) CSS
5 2 (13.33%) Adobe
5 2 (13.33%) Rapid Prototyping
6 1 (6.67%) Infographics
6 1 (6.67%) Service Design
6 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
6 1 (6.67%) Marketing Strategy
6 1 (6.67%) Learning Management System
6 1 (6.67%) Project Management
6 1 (6.67%) Automotive
6 1 (6.67%) Legal
6 1 (6.67%) Publishing
6 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel

Digital Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 5 (33.33%) Zeplin
2 2 (13.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Figma
2 5 (33.33%) Miro
General
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (6.67%) Automotive
1 1 (6.67%) Banking
1 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (6.67%) Legal
1 1 (6.67%) Local Government
1 1 (6.67%) Marketing
1 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (6.67%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) CSS
1 2 (13.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.67%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Agile
1 3 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
1 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (20.00%) User Experience
1 3 (20.00%) User Research
1 3 (20.00%) UX Design
2 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (13.33%) Prototyping
2 2 (13.33%) Rapid Prototyping
3 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (6.67%) Content Curation
3 1 (6.67%) Data Strategy
3 1 (6.67%) Design Thinking
3 1 (6.67%) Interaction Design
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (6.67%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (6.67%) Project Management
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Adobe
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft