Designer Contracts in the North of England

Designer
England > North of England

The median Designer daily rate in the North of England is £401, 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 112 114 97
Rank change year-on-year +2 -17 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 54 72 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.64% 1.51% 2.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 1.62% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 30 97
10th Percentile £313 £325 £362
25th Percentile £375 £363 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £488 £464 £575
90th Percentile £538 £528 £655
England median daily rate £457 £498 £525
% change year-on-year -8.14% -5.24% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £30.40 - £40.00
England median hourly rate £30.40 £57.35 £43.75
% change year-on-year -46.99% +31.09% +0.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Designer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Designer in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West +20 25 £404 +2.48% 51
Yorkshire -15 16 £400 -5.88% 16
North East +2 13 £438 -30.00% 11
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

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 North of England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 14 (25.93%) User Experience
2 13 (24.07%) Agile
3 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 12 (22.22%) Finance
4 11 (20.37%) Figma
5 10 (18.52%) User Research
5 10 (18.52%) UX Design
6 9 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (16.67%) Wireframes
7 8 (14.81%) Service Design
8 7 (12.96%) Prototyping
8 7 (12.96%) Interaction Design
9 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
9 6 (11.11%) Design Thinking
9 6 (11.11%) Degree
9 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
10 5 (9.26%) Adobe
10 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
10 5 (9.26%) Security Cleared
10 5 (9.26%) Azure
10 5 (9.26%) User Stories
10 5 (9.26%) Accessibility
10 5 (9.26%) Onboarding
11 4 (7.41%) Business Strategy
11 4 (7.41%) Conversational UI
11 4 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (7.41%) Decision-Making
11 4 (7.41%) Chatbot
11 4 (7.41%) Virgin Media
11 4 (7.41%) Mobile App

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (3.70%) CICS
1 2 (3.70%) CMS
2 1 (1.85%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Chatbot
2 3 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (5.56%) AutoCAD
2 3 (5.56%) SketchUp
3 1 (1.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.85%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.85%) InDesign
3 1 (1.85%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.85%) Siemens NX
3 1 (1.85%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) Figma
2 5 (9.26%) Azure
3 4 (7.41%) AWS
4 3 (5.56%) GCP
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.85%) GitHub
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) BGP
1 2 (3.70%) Firewall
1 2 (3.70%) MPLS
1 2 (3.70%) Network Security
1 2 (3.70%) OSPF
1 2 (3.70%) VLAN
1 2 (3.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) Easytrieve
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Balsamiq
1 1 (1.85%) Postman
General
1 12 (22.22%) Finance
1 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.41%) Legal
3 4 (7.41%) Marketing
4 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.56%) Retail
4 3 (5.56%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.70%) Banking
5 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.70%) Local Government
6 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (5.56%) REST
1 3 (5.56%) Web Services
2 2 (3.70%) CSS
2 2 (3.70%) HTML
3 1 (1.85%) .NET
3 1 (1.85%) Bootstrap
3 1 (1.85%) jQuery
3 1 (1.85%) LDAP
3 1 (1.85%) Middleware
3 1 (1.85%) OpenAPI
3 1 (1.85%) React Native
3 1 (1.85%) Swagger
3 1 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.41%) Mobile App
3 3 (5.56%) Social Media
4 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.70%) Mainframe
4 2 (3.70%) VSAM
5 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.85%) IVR
5 1 (1.85%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) User Experience
2 13 (24.07%) Agile
3 10 (18.52%) User Research
3 10 (18.52%) UX Design
4 9 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (16.67%) Wireframes
5 8 (14.81%) Service Design
6 7 (12.96%) Interaction Design
6 7 (12.96%) Prototyping
7 6 (11.11%) Design Thinking
8 5 (9.26%) User Stories
9 4 (7.41%) Business Strategy
9 4 (7.41%) Computer Science
9 4 (7.41%) Conversational UI
9 4 (7.41%) Decision-Making
10 3 (5.56%) Customer Service
10 3 (5.56%) Requirements Gathering
10 3 (5.56%) Roadmaps
10 3 (5.56%) Strategic Roadmap
10 3 (5.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) COBOL
1 2 (3.70%) JavaScript
1 2 (3.70%) JCL
2 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) Degree
2 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
2 5 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.70%) CCIE
4 2 (3.70%) CCNP
4 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.70%) JNCIE
4 2 (3.70%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.85%) CISM
5 1 (1.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.26%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.70%) NIST
2 2 (3.70%) QA
3 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.85%) GDPR
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) Adobe
3 4 (7.41%) Oracle
3 4 (7.41%) ServiceNow
3 4 (7.41%) Virgin Media
4 3 (5.56%) Cisco
5 2 (3.70%) F5
5 2 (3.70%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.85%) Avaya
6 1 (1.85%) Centrify
6 1 (1.85%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.85%) Genesys
6 1 (1.85%) Thycotic