Senior Designer Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Designer
England > London

The median Senior Designer daily rate in London is £484, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 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
23 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 349 390
Rank change year-on-year +15 +41 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Designer 30 36 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.23% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.24% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 21 42
10th Percentile £413 £376 £375
25th Percentile £450 £460 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -12.05% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £534 £645 £650
90th Percentile £667 £675 £699
England median daily rate £485 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -11.82% - -

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 12,394 15,038 20,627
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 93.99% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,287 10,014 15,034
10th Percentile £331 £343 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £672 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 177 223
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.40 £18.20
25th Percentile £22.98 £23.80 £22.27
Median hourly rate £29.04 £35.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -17.04% -6.27% +18.54%
75th Percentile £50.00 £56.00 £62.13
90th Percentile £65.40 £75.00 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in London

Senior Designer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Designer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Designer job vacancies in London

Senior Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer in London over the 6 months to 23 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Designer in London

Senior Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Designer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Designer job vacancies in London

Senior Designer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Designer within the London region over the 6 months to 23 September 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
Central London -3 3 £465 +23.67% 26
Senior Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior Designer in the job title.

1 19 (63.33%) User Experience
2 16 (53.33%) UX Design
3 14 (46.67%) Figma
4 12 (40.00%) User Research
4 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
5 10 (33.33%) Agile
5 10 (33.33%) Prototyping
6 9 (30.00%) Accessibility
7 8 (26.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 8 (26.67%) Service Design
7 8 (26.67%) E-Commerce
8 7 (23.33%) Mentoring
8 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
9 6 (20.00%) UX Research
10 5 (16.67%) Inclusive Design
10 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (16.67%) Interaction Design
10 5 (16.67%) Mobile App
10 5 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (16.67%) Finance
10 5 (16.67%) Banking
11 4 (13.33%) Adobe
11 4 (13.33%) Responsive Web Design
11 4 (13.33%) Wireframes
11 4 (13.33%) Product Strategy
12 3 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
12 3 (10.00%) Product Thinking
12 3 (10.00%) Journey Map
12 3 (10.00%) Analytics
12 3 (10.00%) Legal

Senior 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 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Adobe XD
1 2 (6.67%) Sketch
2 1 (3.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 14 (46.67%) Figma
2 2 (6.67%) SaaS
3 1 (3.33%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
3 5 (16.67%) Banking
3 5 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Legal
5 2 (6.67%) Police
6 1 (3.33%) Marketing
6 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.33%) Graphic Design
3 1 (3.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Android
1 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) User Experience
2 16 (53.33%) UX Design
3 12 (40.00%) User Research
4 10 (33.33%) Agile
4 10 (33.33%) Prototyping
5 8 (26.67%) E-Commerce
5 8 (26.67%) Service Design
5 8 (26.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 7 (23.33%) Mentoring
7 6 (20.00%) UX Research
8 5 (16.67%) Inclusive Design
8 5 (16.67%) Interaction Design
8 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
9 4 (13.33%) Product Strategy
9 4 (13.33%) Responsive Web Design
9 4 (13.33%) Wireframes
10 3 (10.00%) Analytics
10 3 (10.00%) Copywriting
10 3 (10.00%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.33%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Adobe
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) Hotjar
3 1 (3.33%) Optimizely