Senior Designer Contracts in England

Senior Designer
UK > England

The median Senior Designer daily rate in England is £513, 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 415 470 524
Rank change year-on-year +55 +54 -42
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Designer 70 72 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.19% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.21% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 45 84
10th Percentile £360 £378 £391
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £638
90th Percentile £726 - £732
UK median daily rate £515 £544 £575
% change year-on-year -5.33% -5.39% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £30.40 - £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.40 - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +75.20%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in England

Senior Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Designer in England

Senior Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Designer in England

Senior Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Designer in England

Senior 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 Senior Designer within the 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
London +41 56 £515 -6.36% 99
Midlands +27 7 £390 +4.00% 16
West Midlands +18 6 £313 -16.67% 9
South West +47 3 £588 +15.20% 13
North of England +11 3 £350 -30.00% 32
North West +15 2 £350 - 18
Yorkshire +2 1 - - 10
East Midlands - 1 £468 - 6
East of England - 1 £475 - 19
Senior Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Designer in the job title.

1 34 (48.57%) User Experience
2 32 (45.71%) Figma
3 27 (38.57%) Social Skills
4 26 (37.14%) UX Design
5 20 (28.57%) Adobe
6 18 (25.71%) Agile
6 18 (25.71%) Prototyping
7 16 (22.86%) Finance
8 14 (20.00%) Banking
8 14 (20.00%) User Research
8 14 (20.00%) Interaction Design
9 12 (17.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 12 (17.14%) Accessibility
9 12 (17.14%) Animation
9 12 (17.14%) Service Design
10 11 (15.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 9 (12.86%) Motion Graphics
11 9 (12.86%) Adobe Illustrator
11 9 (12.86%) E-Commerce
11 9 (12.86%) Public Sector
12 8 (11.43%) UX Research
12 8 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (11.43%) B2B
12 8 (11.43%) Photoshop
12 8 (11.43%) Adobe Premiere
12 8 (11.43%) Games
12 8 (11.43%) Mobile App
13 7 (10.00%) Mentoring
13 7 (10.00%) Wireframes
13 7 (10.00%) Photography

Senior 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 6 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.43%) nginx
2 1 (1.43%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (15.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 9 (12.86%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (11.43%) Adobe Premiere
3 8 (11.43%) Photoshop
4 7 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (8.57%) InDesign
6 4 (5.71%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (5.71%) CINEMA 4D
6 4 (5.71%) Final Cut Pro
6 4 (5.71%) Sketch
7 3 (4.29%) Adobe XD
8 2 (2.86%) Blender
9 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
9 1 (1.43%) OmniGraffle
9 1 (1.43%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 32 (45.71%) Figma
2 3 (4.29%) Miro
3 2 (2.86%) BigCommerce
3 2 (2.86%) Slack
4 1 (1.43%) AWS
4 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) Mixpanel
General
1 27 (38.57%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.86%) Finance
3 14 (20.00%) Banking
4 9 (12.86%) Public Sector
5 8 (11.43%) Games
6 5 (7.14%) Marketing
7 4 (5.71%) Polish Language
8 3 (4.29%) Retail
9 2 (2.86%) Legal
9 2 (2.86%) Police
10 1 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.43%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.43%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) Unreal Engine
2 4 (5.71%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (2.86%) Framer.js
3 2 (2.86%) VML
4 1 (1.43%) .NET
4 1 (1.43%) Bootstrap
4 1 (1.43%) CSS
4 1 (1.43%) HTML
4 1 (1.43%) jQuery
4 1 (1.43%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.14%) Animation
2 9 (12.86%) Motion Graphics
3 8 (11.43%) Mobile App
4 7 (10.00%) Photography
5 5 (7.14%) Mobile Games
5 5 (7.14%) Virtual Reality
6 3 (4.29%) Graphic Design
6 3 (4.29%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.86%) Social Media
7 2 (2.86%) Video Editing
8 1 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.43%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (1.43%) iPhone
8 1 (1.43%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.86%) Android
1 2 (2.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (48.57%) User Experience
2 26 (37.14%) UX Design
3 18 (25.71%) Agile
3 18 (25.71%) Prototyping
4 14 (20.00%) Interaction Design
4 14 (20.00%) User Research
5 12 (17.14%) Service Design
5 12 (17.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 9 (12.86%) E-Commerce
7 8 (11.43%) B2B
7 8 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (11.43%) UX Research
8 7 (10.00%) Mentoring
8 7 (10.00%) Wireframes
9 6 (8.57%) Product Strategy
9 6 (8.57%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (7.14%) Design Thinking
10 5 (7.14%) Fintech
10 5 (7.14%) Inclusive Design
10 5 (7.14%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.14%) TypeScript
2 1 (1.43%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (2.86%) Degree
1 2 (2.86%) DV Cleared
1 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.14%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.71%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) Docker
Vendors
1 20 (28.57%) Adobe
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.86%) Salesforce
2 2 (2.86%) SAP
2 2 (2.86%) Sitecore
2 2 (2.86%) YouTube
3 1 (1.43%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (1.43%) Cisco
3 1 (1.43%) Optimizely
3 1 (1.43%) Oracle
3 1 (1.43%) Samsung