Designer Contracts in Manchester

Designer
North West > Manchester

The median Designer daily rate in Manchester is £400, 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 66 76 73
Rank change year-on-year +10 -3 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 13 20 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.40% 1.32% 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 1.37% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 31
10th Percentile £203 £325 £300
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £425 £436 £594
90th Percentile £448 £443 £650
North West median daily rate £404 £394 £475
% change year-on-year +2.48% -17.11% -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
North West median hourly rate £30.40 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - +23.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Manchester

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Manchester

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Manchester

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Manchester

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

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 Manchester region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) User Experience
1 5 (38.46%) UX Design
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) ServiceNow
2 4 (30.77%) Accessibility
3 3 (23.08%) Figma
3 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
3 3 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
3 3 (23.08%) Chatbot
3 3 (23.08%) Content Marketing
3 3 (23.08%) Conversational UI
3 3 (23.08%) Product Marketing
3 3 (23.08%) Marketing
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Insight
3 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
3 3 (23.08%) Asset Management
3 3 (23.08%) Social Media
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Legal
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 2 (15.38%) Content Management
4 2 (15.38%) CMS
4 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) User Research
5 1 (7.69%) Content Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Data Strategy

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (15.38%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Chatbot
2 1 (7.69%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Balsamiq
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
1 3 (23.08%) Legal
1 3 (23.08%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) CSS
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
1 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
1 3 (23.08%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) User Experience
1 5 (38.46%) UX Design
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Asset Management
3 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
3 3 (23.08%) Content Marketing
3 3 (23.08%) Conversational UI
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Insight
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
3 3 (23.08%) Product Marketing
3 3 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) Content Management
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) User Research
5 1 (7.69%) Prototyping
5 1 (7.69%) Psychology
5 1 (7.69%) Service Design
5 1 (7.69%) Usability Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft