Designer Contracts in the North West

Designer
England > North West

The median Designer daily rate in the North West is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 98 91
Rank change year-on-year -19 -7 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 21 58 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.78% 1.87% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 1.97% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 37 72
10th Percentile £325 £328 £332
25th Percentile £363 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -0.99% +12.22%
75th Percentile £463 £638 £546
90th Percentile £525 £675 £629
England median daily rate £495 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.71% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £30.55
25th Percentile - - £30.66
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - +23.09% +6.78%
75th Percentile - - £34.33
90th Percentile - - £34.45
England median hourly rate £57.35 £41.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year +38.19% -1.19% +95.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,533 2,948 3,886
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 94.91% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,645 2,094 2,832
10th Percentile £275 £300 £213
25th Percentile £388 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £569
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 128 176
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.72 £11.56
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.88% +32.84% +36.63%
75th Percentile £46.91 £49.61 £50.01
90th Percentile £69.14 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the North West

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in the North West

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in the North West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in the North West

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in the North West

Designer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
Manchester -1 19 £375 -16.67% 29
Merseyside +18 2 £500 +14.29% 5
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, 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 West region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 9 (42.86%) Prototyping
1 9 (42.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 8 (38.10%) User Research
2 8 (38.10%) User Experience
3 7 (33.33%) Interaction Design
4 6 (28.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 6 (28.57%) UX Design
5 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
5 5 (23.81%) Service Design
6 4 (19.05%) Design Patterns
6 4 (19.05%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
6 4 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (19.05%) CSS
6 4 (19.05%) Business Analysis
6 4 (19.05%) HTML
7 3 (14.29%) Product Ownership
7 3 (14.29%) Figma
7 3 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (9.52%) Health Technology
8 2 (9.52%) Product Roadmap
8 2 (9.52%) Workday
8 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
8 2 (9.52%) Product Strategy
8 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (9.52%) UX Research
8 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
8 2 (9.52%) Critical Thinking
8 2 (9.52%) Virtual Team
8 2 (9.52%) Systems Thinking

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Figma
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Big Data
General
1 2 (9.52%) Finance
1 2 (9.52%) Health Technology
1 2 (9.52%) Marketing
1 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.76%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) CSS
1 4 (19.05%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (9.52%) Taxonomies
2 2 (9.52%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Prototyping
1 9 (42.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 8 (38.10%) User Experience
2 8 (38.10%) User Research
3 7 (33.33%) Interaction Design
4 6 (28.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 6 (28.57%) UX Design
5 5 (23.81%) Service Design
6 4 (19.05%) Business Analysis
6 4 (19.05%) Design Patterns
6 4 (19.05%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
6 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (9.52%) Front End Development
8 2 (9.52%) Psychology
8 2 (9.52%) Qualitative Research
8 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
8 2 (9.52%) Software Engineering
8 2 (9.52%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.76%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Workday