Designer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Designer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Designer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £419, 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 42 70 65
Rank change year-on-year +28 -5 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 3 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.93% 0.36% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.40% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £354 £347 £181
25th Percentile £370 £451 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £650 £275
Median % change year-on-year -35.58% +136.36% -35.29%
75th Percentile £470 £675 £513
90th Percentile £488 - £655
East of England median daily rate £475 £650 £413
% change year-on-year -26.92% +57.58% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £65.00
East of England median hourly rate £52.50 - £65.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 297 750 744
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 89.93% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 309 406
10th Percentile £330 £235 £210
25th Percentile £425 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £763
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 285 148
10th Percentile £27.96 £37.91 £20.31
25th Percentile £50.31 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -20.00% +27.55%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £66.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £74.95
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
% change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Hertfordshire

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Hertfordshire

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Hertfordshire

Designer
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Hertfordshire 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
Hemel Hempstead +12 1 £363 -44.23% 4
Stevenage - 1 - - 9
Designer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) UX Design
1 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (33.33%) Sketch
2 1 (33.33%) Zeplin
2 1 (33.33%) Figma
2 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) EMC
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (33.33%) Agile

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (33.33%) OmniGraffle
1 1 (33.33%) Sketch
1 1 (33.33%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
1 2 (66.67%) UX Design
1 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Psychology
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) EMC
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce