Web Designer Contracts in England

Web Designer
UK > England

The median Web Designer daily rate in England is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 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
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 547 611
Rank change year-on-year +68 +64 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Web Designer 9 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.036% 0.021% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.023% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £270 £179 £238
25th Percentile £355 £184 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £213 £450
Median % change year-on-year +70.59% -52.78% +44.00%
75th Percentile £519 £234 £519
90th Percentile - £236 £565
UK median daily rate £363 £213 £425
% change year-on-year +70.59% -50.00% +27.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £22.40 - -
25th Percentile £25.25 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £17.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% - -
75th Percentile £32.24 £18.50 -
90th Percentile £33.58 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £17.00 -
% change year-on-year +76.47% - -

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 23,029 34,989 44,402
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 92.85% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,126 22,793 31,523
10th Percentile £293 £290 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £633 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,040 2,704 1,331
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.58 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.31% -10.11% +80.18%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.42 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.07% -14.77% +76.00%

Web Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Web Designer in England

Web Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Web Designer in England

Web Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Designer in England over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Designer in England

Web Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Web Designer in England

Web 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 Web Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 22 June 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 +48 6 £438 +105.88% 51
East of England - 2 £360 - 29
South West - 1 - - 18
Web Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 2025, Web 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 Web Designer in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
1 4 (44.44%) User Experience
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 3 (33.33%) Figma
2 3 (33.33%) Atomic Design
2 3 (33.33%) UX Design
3 2 (22.22%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 2 (22.22%) Virgin Media
3 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Typography
4 1 (11.11%) Fintech
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Framer.js
4 1 (11.11%) Wireframes
4 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (11.11%) Adobe XD
4 1 (11.11%) Sketch
4 1 (11.11%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) User Research
4 1 (11.11%) Journey Map
4 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
4 1 (11.11%) Usability Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Android
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) WCAG
4 1 (11.11%) Wealth Management
4 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics

Web 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 1 (11.11%) Adobe XD
1 1 (11.11%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Figma
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
General
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Games
3 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Publishing
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) User Experience
2 3 (33.33%) Atomic Design
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) UX Design
3 2 (22.22%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
3 2 (22.22%) Typography
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) B2C
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Insight
4 1 (11.11%) Fintech
4 1 (11.11%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (11.11%) Journey Map
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Usability Testing
4 1 (11.11%) User Research
4 1 (11.11%) Wealth Management
4 1 (11.11%) Wireframes
4 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Virgin Media
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft