Junior Designer Contracts in England

Junior Designer
UK > England

The median Junior Designer daily rate in England is £155, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 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
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 531 609
Rank change year-on-year +22 +78 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Designer 7 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.003% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.003% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £255
25th Percentile - - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - £275
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.98%
75th Percentile £188 - £288
90th Percentile £268 - £295
UK median daily rate £155 - £275
% change year-on-year - - -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £23.50 - -
75th Percentile £24.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £23.50 - -

All Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,309 30,961 42,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 92.88% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,402 20,374 29,930
10th Percentile £285 £300 £306
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £654
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,312 1,814 1,319
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.16 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.66 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.98% +5.88% +66.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +66.47%

Junior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Designer in England

Junior Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Junior Designer in England.

Daily rate trend for Junior Designer in England

Junior Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior Designer in England over the 6 months to 8 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junior Designer in England

Junior Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Junior Designer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Junior Designer in England

Junior Designer
Contract 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 Junior Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +22 5 £155 - 9
East Midlands - 1 £322 -
Midlands - 1 £322 -
East of England - 1 £175 - 1
Junior Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 August 2025, Junior 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 Junior Designer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 6 (85.71%) Accessibility
2 5 (71.43%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (57.14%) UX Design
3 4 (57.14%) User Experience
4 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (42.86%) SEO
4 3 (42.86%) CMS
4 3 (42.86%) Content Management
4 3 (42.86%) Logistics
4 3 (42.86%) Drupal
4 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
5 2 (28.57%) Typography
5 2 (28.57%) Figma
5 2 (28.57%) Adobe
6 1 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Usability Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Marketing
6 1 (14.29%) Web Development
6 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (14.29%) InDesign
6 1 (14.29%) HTML
6 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
6 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
6 1 (14.29%) CSS
6 1 (14.29%) Contextual Inquiry
6 1 (14.29%) Interaction Design
6 1 (14.29%) Web Accessibility

Junior 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) CMS
1 3 (42.86%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe XD
1 1 (14.29%) InDesign
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Figma
2 1 (14.29%) Canva
General
1 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 5 (71.43%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (57.14%) User Experience
3 4 (57.14%) UX Design
4 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (42.86%) Content Management
4 3 (42.86%) Logistics
4 3 (42.86%) SEO
5 2 (28.57%) Typography
6 1 (14.29%) Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) Contextual Inquiry
6 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Information Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) Interaction Design
6 1 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
6 1 (14.29%) Usability Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Web Accessibility
6 1 (14.29%) Web Development
6 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe
2 1 (14.29%) Facebook
2 1 (14.29%) Instagram