Technical Designer Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Designer
England > London

The median Technical Designer daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 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
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 392 448
Rank change year-on-year +23 +56 +155
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Designer 4 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.030% 0.012% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.013% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £481 - -
25th Percentile £509 £813 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £825 £475
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +73.68% -
75th Percentile £575 £838 £488
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £825 £475
% change year-on-year -33.33% +73.68% -

All DemandTrendContract 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 12,511 15,207 21,402
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 94.06% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,420 10,477 15,674
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 192 230
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.88 £18.15
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.75 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% -6.67% +14.33%
75th Percentile £50.88 £55.00 £63.94
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.60% +68.69%

Technical Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Designer in London

Technical Designer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Technical Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Designer within the London region over the 6 months to 30 August 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 -1 1 £475 -42.42%
Technical Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 August 2025, Technical 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 Technical Designer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Swagger
2 1 (25.00%) Fintech
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Postman
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) OpenAPI
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint

Technical 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) Swagger
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (25.00%) Competitor Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Fintech
1 1 (25.00%) Microservices
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (25.00%) UML
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft