Designer Contracts in the Midlands

Designer
England > Midlands

The median Designer daily rate in the Midlands is £434, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 117 135
Rank change year-on-year +15 +18 -43
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 17 21 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.87% 0.77% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.84% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 21
10th Percentile £200 £376 £263
25th Percentile £315 £383 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.44% -15.79% -
75th Percentile £485 £434 £520
90th Percentile £593 £497 £550
England median daily rate £470 £495 £525
% change year-on-year -5.05% -5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £9.18 -
25th Percentile - £9.81 £40.75
Median hourly rate - £13.25 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year - -68.07% -
75th Percentile - £15.94 £42.25
90th Percentile - £16.13 -
England median hourly rate £38.95 £57.35 £41.50
% change year-on-year -32.08% +38.19% -1.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,765 2,498 3,180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 91.97% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,166 1,687 2,235
10th Percentile £200 £213 £220
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £685
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 215 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.83 £12.40
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.12
Median hourly rate £18.75 £19.13 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% -4.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.00 £29.00
90th Percentile £34.24 £52.56 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.20 £37.50 £44.06
% change year-on-year -19.47% -14.88% +91.54%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the Midlands

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in the Midlands

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in the Midlands

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in the Midlands

Designer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
West Midlands +20 14 £463 +15.63% 20
East Midlands +3 3 £322 -19.50% 5
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 Midlands region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 13 (76.47%) User Experience
2 7 (41.18%) Prototyping
2 7 (41.18%) UX Design
3 6 (35.29%) TypeScript
3 6 (35.29%) Mobile Games
3 6 (35.29%) Games
3 6 (35.29%) Virtual Reality
4 5 (29.41%) Figma
4 5 (29.41%) Adobe
5 4 (23.53%) Polish Language
5 4 (23.53%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 4 (23.53%) Unreal Engine
5 4 (23.53%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (23.53%) User Research
5 4 (23.53%) Interaction Design
5 4 (23.53%) Generative AI
6 3 (17.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 3 (17.65%) Content Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) Service Design
6 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
6 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
6 3 (17.65%) Wireframes
6 3 (17.65%) Animation
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Typography
6 3 (17.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (17.65%) Analytics
7 2 (11.76%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (11.76%) Information Architecture
7 2 (11.76%) Usability Testing

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (5.88%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (11.76%) Adobe XD
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Figma
2 1 (5.88%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Axure RP
General
1 6 (35.29%) Games
2 4 (23.53%) Polish Language
3 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 4 (23.53%) Unreal Engine
2 2 (11.76%) CSS
2 2 (11.76%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Mobile Games
1 6 (35.29%) Virtual Reality
2 3 (17.65%) Animation
3 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (11.76%) Motion Graphics
3 2 (11.76%) Photography
4 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Media
4 1 (5.88%) Graphic Design
4 1 (5.88%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) User Experience
2 7 (41.18%) Prototyping
2 7 (41.18%) UX Design
3 4 (23.53%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (23.53%) Generative AI
3 4 (23.53%) Interaction Design
3 4 (23.53%) User Research
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) Analytics
4 3 (17.65%) Content Strategy
4 3 (17.65%) Service Design
4 3 (17.65%) Typography
4 3 (17.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 3 (17.65%) Wireframes
5 2 (11.76%) A/B Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Contextual Inquiry
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
5 2 (11.76%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
5 2 (11.76%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) TypeScript
2 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.88%) VMware