Designer Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Designer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Designer daily rate in Northamptonshire 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 47 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -26 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 1.09% 3.40% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 3.79% -
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 -
East Midlands median daily rate £401 £400 £200
% change year-on-year +0.25% +100.00% -52.94%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 256 132 171
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 89.80% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 99 131
10th Percentile £318 £310 £310
25th Percentile £382 £356 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.75% -11.11% +15.76%
75th Percentile £518 £488 £519
90th Percentile £575 £575 £575
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £425 £410
% change year-on-year +5.88% +3.66% -7.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 19
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £13.75 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £14.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.86% -17.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile - £15.25 £30.09
90th Percentile - - £45.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £19.57 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -19.07% +36.48% +0.90%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Designer job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Northamptonshire

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Northamptonshire

Designer
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Northampton -22 3 £401 +0.25% 2
Designer
East Midlands

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

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 Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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