Designer Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Designer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Designer daily rate in Northampton is £401, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 18 -
Rank change year-on-year -22 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 1.29% 4.39% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 5.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £395 £347 -
25th Percentile £397 £356 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.25% - -
75th Percentile £402 - -
90th Percentile £402 £415 -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £401 £400 -
% change year-on-year +0.25% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 214 100 104
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 87.72% 99.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 80 83
10th Percentile £311 £305 £355
25th Percentile £363 £356 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £391 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.38% -13.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £513
90th Percentile £573 £541 £567
Northamptonshire median daily rate £447 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +11.75% -11.11% +15.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.75 -
Median hourly rate - £14.50 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -27.39%
75th Percentile - £15.25 £19.59
90th Percentile - - £38.11
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £25.50 £14.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +75.86% -17.14% -6.67%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Designer job vacancy trend in Northampton

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Northampton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Northampton

Designer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 5 March 2026, Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northampton region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
1 3 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 3 (100.00%) SOQL
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Visualforce
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
1 3 (100.00%) Visualforce
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 3 (100.00%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
Designer jobs