Designer Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Designer
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Designer daily rate in Liverpool is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 0.51% - 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median daily rate £425 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 186 177 139
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 93.65% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 88 62
10th Percentile £134 £143 £201
25th Percentile £163 £163 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £419 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +4.69% -15.79%
75th Percentile £508 £541 £530
90th Percentile £650 £615 £636
Merseyside median daily rate £300 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 15
10th Percentile £12.80 £14.09 £12.70
25th Percentile - £16.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.18 £18.07 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.97% -4.92% +88.31%
75th Percentile £51.02 £23.00 £25.25
90th Percentile - £24.18 £42.00
Merseyside median hourly rate £20.04 £18.07 £18.75
% change year-on-year +10.93% -3.65% +14.68%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool.

Designer job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Liverpool.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Liverpool

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Liverpool.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Liverpool

Designer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Liverpool region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design