Designer Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Designer
North West > Merseyside

The median Designer daily rate in Merseyside is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 31 33
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.54% 0.43% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.47% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -
75th Percentile £438 £525 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £438 £600 £516
% change year-on-year -27.08% +16.22% -1.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 178 214 211
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 93.04% 92.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 98 131
10th Percentile £129 £164 £200
25th Percentile £190 £202 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £569 £530
90th Percentile £687 £600 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 20 13
10th Percentile - £15.22 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £17.33 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.18 £19.16 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.77% -4.20% +16.79%
75th Percentile £17.44 £24.18 £29.00
90th Percentile £21.52 £41.40 £46.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £33.54
% change year-on-year -30.14% +7.33% +40.07%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Merseyside

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Merseyside

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Merseyside

Designer
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 30 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
Liverpool - 1 £425 - 1
Designer
North West

Designer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 30 September 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 Merseyside region featuring Designer in the job title.

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

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

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