Digital Designer Contracts in the North of England

Digital Designer
England > North of England

The median Digital Designer daily rate in the North of England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 July 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
22 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 175 208
Rank change year-on-year +5 +33 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Designer 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.052% 0.022% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.024% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -27.27%
England median daily rate £375 £338 £550
% change year-on-year +11.11% -38.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
England median hourly rate £47.24 £57.35 -
% change year-on-year -17.63% - -

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 3,546 4,142 5,212
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 92.37% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,300 2,560 3,559
10th Percentile £251 £263 £263
25th Percentile £370 £387 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -2.50% +2.25%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £645 £656 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 354 197
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.46 £15.15
25th Percentile £17.28 £15.00 £17.46
Median hourly rate £22.32 £25.15 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.27% +11.78% +8.28%
75th Percentile £46.65 £48.56 £43.39
90th Percentile £74.75 £69.93 £53.13
England median hourly rate £27.17 £42.50 £44.11
% change year-on-year -36.08% -3.65% +72.98%

Digital Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Designer in the North of England

Digital Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Designer in the North of England

Digital Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital Designer in the North of England

Digital 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 Digital Designer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 22 July 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 - 2 £450 - 8
Digital Designer
England

Digital Designer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 22 July 2025, Digital 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 Digital Designer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Content Curation
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Storyboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Learning Management System

Digital 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Content Curation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Storyboarding