Web Design Contract Job Trends in England

Web Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Web Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 483 549
Rank change year-on-year -8 +66 +42
Contract jobs citing Web Design 47 22 30
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.072% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.082% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 15 23
10th Percentile £371 £300 £231
25th Percentile £463 £306 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £350 £325
Median % change year-on-year +55.36% +7.69% -48.00%
75th Percentile £669 £419 £500
90th Percentile £700 £540 £620
UK median daily rate £538 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +53.57% -12.50% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £16.90
25th Percentile - - £16.98
Median hourly rate - - £17.34
75th Percentile - - £17.67
90th Percentile - - £17.77
UK median hourly rate - - £17.34
% change year-on-year - - -73.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Web Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,877 26,975 33,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.47% 87.88% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,778 16,586 23,069
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,797 956 1,438
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.24 £14.72
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.23 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.04 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.21% -22.94% +21.43%

Web Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Web Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Web Design job vacancy trend in England

Web Design
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Web Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Web Design

Web Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Design in England over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Design in England

Web Design
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Web Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Web Design

Web Design
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 Web Design within the England region over the 6 months to 5 December 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 +14 25 £518 +47.86% 41
North of England -29 17 £650 +57.58% 55
Yorkshire - 14 £650 - 21
North East - 3 - - 9
South East -10 2 £630 +110.00% 56
North West -22 2 £550 +33.33% 26
South West -7 1 £400 +6.67% 13
West Midlands - 1 £450 - 25
East of England - 1 £475 - 26
Midlands - 1 £450 - 39
Web Design
UK

Web Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (2.13%) Moodle
1 1 (2.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.13%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.13%) InDesign
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.13%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 11 (23.40%) Azure
2 5 (10.64%) AWS
3 4 (8.51%) Figma
4 2 (4.26%) Google Play
5 1 (2.13%) GCP
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (27.66%) MongoDB
2 11 (23.40%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.26%) MySQL
3 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.13%) GIS
4 1 (2.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (25.53%) Mockito
2 5 (10.64%) Git
3 2 (4.26%) GitLab
4 1 (2.13%) Vagrant
General
1 7 (14.89%) Finance
2 6 (12.77%) Marketing
2 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (59.57%) Developer
2 15 (31.91%) Java Developer
2 15 (31.91%) Senior
3 13 (27.66%) Senior Developer
4 11 (23.40%) Senior Java Developer
5 5 (10.64%) Designer
6 4 (8.51%) Product Designer
7 3 (6.38%) Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (4.26%) Android Developer
8 2 (4.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 2 (4.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Lead
8 2 (4.26%) React Developer
8 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared Java Developer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (4.26%) Software Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Web Developer
9 1 (2.13%) Agile Java Developer
9 1 (2.13%) Backend Developer
9 1 (2.13%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (25.53%) ActiveMQ
1 12 (25.53%) JAX-RS
1 12 (25.53%) Kafka
2 8 (17.02%) React
3 7 (14.89%) CSS
3 7 (14.89%) HTML
4 5 (10.64%) Node.js
4 5 (10.64%) React Native
5 4 (8.51%) CSS3
5 4 (8.51%) HTML5
5 4 (8.51%) Web Services
6 3 (6.38%) .NET
7 2 (4.26%) Android Jetpack
7 2 (4.26%) Dagger
7 2 (4.26%) Jest
7 2 (4.26%) Redux
7 2 (4.26%) RESTful
7 2 (4.26%) Retrofit
7 2 (4.26%) Sequelize
7 2 (4.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Blog
2 4 (8.51%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.26%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.13%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.13%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.13%) SCORM
4 1 (2.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (31.91%) Unix
2 14 (29.79%) Linux
2 14 (29.79%) Mac OS X
3 4 (8.51%) Android
4 2 (4.26%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.13%) Windows
5 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (57.45%) Agile
1 27 (57.45%) TDD
2 26 (55.32%) Test Automation
3 21 (44.68%) Responsive Web Design
4 16 (34.04%) Continuous Deployment
5 15 (31.91%) BDD
5 15 (31.91%) Microservices
6 14 (29.79%) Pair Programming
6 14 (29.79%) Performance Optimisation
7 13 (27.66%) SOLID
8 12 (25.53%) CI/CD
8 12 (25.53%) Web Development
9 11 (23.40%) Design Patterns
10 10 (21.28%) User Experience
11 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (10.64%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
12 5 (10.64%) Digital Marketing
12 5 (10.64%) Full-Stack Development
12 5 (10.64%) Software Engineering
12 5 (10.64%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 21 (44.68%) Java
2 7 (14.89%) JavaScript
3 6 (12.77%) TypeScript
4 3 (6.38%) Go
5 2 (4.26%) C#
5 2 (4.26%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.13%) PHP
6 1 (2.13%) Python
6 1 (2.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.38%) Degree
5 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.13%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) Google
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) Adobe
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow