Designer Contracts in Glasgow

Designer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Designer daily rate in Glasgow is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 69 36
Rank change year-on-year +14 -33 0
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 22 21 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.59% 2.37% 5.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.72% 2.49% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 46
10th Percentile - £410 £299
25th Percentile £400 £421 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £482 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.87% +7.17% +12.50%
75th Percentile £500 £625 £569
90th Percentile £573 £701 £633
Scotland median daily rate £456 £478 £488
% change year-on-year -4.60% -1.90% +14.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 808 845 916
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.06% 95.37% 96.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 619 706
10th Percentile £253 £325 £213
25th Percentile £363 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% +5.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £650 £700 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 19 13
10th Percentile £12.03 £12.45 £21.30
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.71 £23.70
Median hourly rate £31.50 £18.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +70.27% -50.57% +113.89%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.24 £43.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £61.75 £54.40
Scotland median hourly rate £27.90 £22.13 £26.85
% change year-on-year +26.08% -17.60% -30.71%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Glasgow

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Glasgow

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Glasgow

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 Glasgow region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 14 (63.64%) UX Design
1 14 (63.64%) Visualisation
1 14 (63.64%) User Experience
2 13 (59.09%) Prototyping
3 11 (50.00%) Sketch
3 11 (50.00%) Figma
3 11 (50.00%) Android
3 11 (50.00%) Apple iOS
3 11 (50.00%) User Stories
4 10 (45.45%) MongoDB
4 10 (45.45%) Azure
4 10 (45.45%) Python
4 10 (45.45%) React
4 10 (45.45%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 10 (45.45%) Product Ownership
5 5 (22.73%) SaaS
6 3 (13.64%) Change Management
6 3 (13.64%) Agile
6 3 (13.64%) JIRA
6 3 (13.64%) Confluence
6 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
6 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
6 3 (13.64%) Coaching
6 3 (13.64%) Service Design
7 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
7 2 (9.09%) Microservices
7 2 (9.09%) Software Delivery
7 2 (9.09%) Mobile First
7 2 (9.09%) User Research

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (13.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (50.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Figma
2 10 (45.45%) Azure
3 5 (22.73%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (45.45%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 2 (9.09%) Finance
1 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.55%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (45.45%) React
2 2 (9.09%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Android
1 11 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) User Experience
1 14 (63.64%) UX Design
1 14 (63.64%) Visualisation
2 13 (59.09%) Prototyping
3 11 (50.00%) User Stories
4 10 (45.45%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (13.64%) Agile
5 3 (13.64%) Change Management
5 3 (13.64%) Coaching
5 3 (13.64%) Service Design
6 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (9.09%) Microservices
6 2 (9.09%) Mobile First
6 2 (9.09%) Software Delivery
6 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.09%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (9.09%) User Research
7 1 (4.55%) B2B
7 1 (4.55%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (4.55%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.55%) WCAG