Sketch Contract Job Trends in the North East

Sketch
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Sketch skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Sketch 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.20% - -
As % of the Applications category 5.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £320 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - -
75th Percentile £360 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -15.00% +14.29% -16.67%

All Software Application Skills
North East

Sketch falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 18 23 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 3.65% 6.91% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 8
10th Percentile - £150 £156
25th Percentile £170 £216 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £450 £193
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +133.77% -24.51%
75th Percentile £404 £509 £208
90th Percentile £450 £690 £227
England median daily rate £450 £409 £400
% change year-on-year +10.02% +2.25% -9.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 11
10th Percentile £21.75 - £11.00
25th Percentile £22.50 - £13.65
Median hourly rate £25.00 £46.18 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year -45.86% +230.09% -
75th Percentile £27.50 - £18.12
90th Percentile £28.25 - £20.77
England median hourly rate £19.91 £27.31 £20.71
% change year-on-year -27.10% +31.91% -43.27%

Sketch
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Sketch relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Sketch job vacancy trend in the North East

Sketch
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Sketch.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Sketch

Sketch
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sketch within the North East region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £340 - 1
Sketch
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Content Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design