Designer Contracts in Reading

Designer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Designer daily rate in Reading is £350, 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 49 67 74
Rank change year-on-year +18 +7 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 11 24 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.84% 2.01% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% 2.16% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 9
10th Percentile £325 £200 £215
25th Percentile - £219 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £600 £394
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +52.48% +16.59%
75th Percentile £459 £625 £488
90th Percentile £499 - £504
Berkshire median daily rate £350 £600 £400
% change year-on-year -41.67% +50.00% -30.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Reading

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Designer in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Designer in Reading

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Reading

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Designer in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Reading

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

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 Reading region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (54.55%) Billing
3 5 (45.45%) Network Design
3 5 (45.45%) Radio Access Network
3 5 (45.45%) 5G
4 4 (36.36%) TM Forum
4 4 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (36.36%) Business Strategy
4 4 (36.36%) Customer Experience
4 4 (36.36%) Customer Service
4 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
4 4 (36.36%) Microservices
4 4 (36.36%) Frameworx
4 4 (36.36%) REST
4 4 (36.36%) JSON
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
4 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
4 4 (36.36%) UML
4 4 (36.36%) CRM
4 4 (36.36%) Web Services
4 4 (36.36%) Salesforce
5 3 (27.27%) 3G
5 3 (27.27%) MPLS
5 3 (27.27%) 2G
5 3 (27.27%) Ethernet
5 3 (27.27%) Network Management
5 3 (27.27%) 4G
5 3 (27.27%) Degree
5 3 (27.27%) Network Architecture

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) 5G
1 5 (45.45%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (27.27%) 2G
2 3 (27.27%) 3G
2 3 (27.27%) 4G
2 3 (27.27%) Ethernet
2 3 (27.27%) MPLS
2 3 (27.27%) Network Security
3 2 (18.18%) Broadband
3 2 (18.18%) LTE
General
1 11 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (54.55%) Billing
3 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) JSON
1 4 (36.36%) REST
1 4 (36.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Frameworx
1 4 (36.36%) TM Forum
2 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Network Design
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Business Strategy
2 4 (36.36%) CRM
2 4 (36.36%) Customer Experience
2 4 (36.36%) Customer Service
2 4 (36.36%) Microservices
2 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (36.36%) UML
3 3 (27.27%) Data Mapping
3 3 (27.27%) Network Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Network Management
3 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Client Onboarding
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (18.18%) Data Integration
4 2 (18.18%) Edge Computing
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Salesforce
1 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
2 2 (18.18%) BT
2 2 (18.18%) Openreach
2 2 (18.18%) Virgin Media
14 Designer jobs in Berkshire