Designer Contracts in Hillingdon

Designer
West London > Hillingdon

The median Designer daily rate in Hillingdon is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 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
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 17 20
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 3 2 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hillingdon 3.41% 2.20% 13.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.41% 2.41% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 40
10th Percentile £405 - £481
25th Percentile £413 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.14%
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile £445 - -
West London median daily rate £488 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +18.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hillingdon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hillingdon. 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 Hillingdon with a recognized job title 68 83 280
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 77.27% 91.21% 97.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 63 252
10th Percentile £158 £250 £451
25th Percentile £353 £356 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -16.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £459 £592 £650
90th Percentile £500 £650 £700
West London median daily rate £425 £485 £563
% change year-on-year -12.37% -13.78% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile - £19.11 -
25th Percentile £25.00 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £25.08 £30.16 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.86% +9.67% +30.95%
75th Percentile £25.15 £57.50 £28.75
90th Percentile £38.56 £83.00 -
West London median hourly rate £25.00 £37.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% -42.31% +242.11%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Hillingdon

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Hillingdon

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Hillingdon

Designer
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Stockley Park - 3 £425 -
Designer
West London

Designer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hillingdon

For the 6 months to 27 July 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 Hillingdon region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) Network Design
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (33.33%) Akamai
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) SNMP
3 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
3 1 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hillingdon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) SNMP
3 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) High Availability
1 1 (33.33%) Network Design
1 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds