Digital Designer Contracts in London

Digital Designer
England > London

The median Digital Designer daily rate in London is £330, 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 342 382 435
Rank change year-on-year +40 +53 +136
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Designer 11 9 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.088% 0.050% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.054% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 51
10th Percentile £260 £373 £413
25th Percentile £303 £406 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -30.53% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £450 £488 £600
90th Percentile - - £650
England median daily rate £313 £350 £550
% change year-on-year -10.71% -36.36% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Digital Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Designer in London

Digital Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Designer in London

Digital Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Digital Designer in London

Digital Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Designer in London

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

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

1 7 (63.64%) Figma
2 6 (54.55%) User Experience
3 3 (27.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (27.27%) UX Design
3 3 (27.27%) Usability Testing
3 3 (27.27%) CSS
3 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
3 3 (27.27%) B2C
3 3 (27.27%) Adobe
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) HTML
3 3 (27.27%) Animation
3 3 (27.27%) Photography
3 3 (27.27%) Prototyping
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Interaction Design
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Marketing
4 2 (18.18%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (9.09%) Digital Media
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (9.09%) Typography
5 1 (9.09%) Degree
5 1 (9.09%) Graphic Design
5 1 (9.09%) Time Management
5 1 (9.09%) Rapid Prototyping
5 1 (9.09%) Marketing Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (9.09%) Content Management
5 1 (9.09%) JavaScript

Digital Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (9.09%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (9.09%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Figma
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) CSS
1 3 (27.27%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Animation
1 3 (27.27%) Photography
2 2 (18.18%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Media
3 1 (9.09%) Graphic Design
3 1 (9.09%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) User Experience
2 3 (27.27%) B2C
2 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
2 3 (27.27%) Prototyping
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Usability Testing
2 3 (27.27%) UX Design
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Interaction Design
4 1 (9.09%) Content Management
4 1 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Rapid Prototyping
4 1 (9.09%) Storytelling
4 1 (9.09%) Time Management
4 1 (9.09%) Typography
4 1 (9.09%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Adobe
2 1 (9.09%) YouTube