Designer Contracts in Knutsford

Designer
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Designer daily rate in Knutsford is £404, 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 24 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 5 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 3.42% - 3.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% - 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £340 - -
25th Percentile £380 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 - £565
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.34%
75th Percentile £426 - -
90th Percentile £463 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £405 - £650

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. 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 Knutsford with a recognized job title 125 105 138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.62% 97.22% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 97 111
10th Percentile £330 £356 £415
25th Percentile £358 £400 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £489 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.79% -11.09% +18.28%
75th Percentile £492 £582 £620
90th Percentile £537 £619 £680
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Knutsford

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Knutsford

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Knutsford over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Knutsford

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

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 Knutsford region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) COBOL
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
1 2 (40.00%) CICS
1 2 (40.00%) zOS
1 2 (40.00%) Easytrieve
1 2 (40.00%) JCL
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) VSAM
1 2 (40.00%) QA
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) API Integration
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) SDLC
1 2 (40.00%) Batch Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (20.00%) Content Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (20.00%) Figma
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) User Research
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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 2 (40.00%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Figma
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) BGP
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) MPLS
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) OSPF
1 1 (20.00%) VLAN
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Easytrieve
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (40.00%) VSAM
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) API Integration
1 2 (40.00%) Batch Processing
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) SDLC
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Content Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Contextual Inquiry
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Typography
2 1 (20.00%) User Research
2 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) COBOL
1 2 (40.00%) JCL
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCIE
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) JNCIE
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) F5
1 1 (20.00%) Fortinet