Designer Contracts in Scotland

Designer
UK > Scotland

The median Designer daily rate in Scotland is £469, 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 79 70 104
Rank change year-on-year -9 +34 -51
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 38 60 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.34% 2.71% 2.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 2.86% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 42 44
10th Percentile £312 £360 £388
25th Percentile £381 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £465 £478
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% -2.77% -1.39%
75th Percentile £555 £570 £606
90th Percentile £601 £606 £680
UK median daily rate £459 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -3.38% -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.00
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
75th Percentile - - £63.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.40 £57.35 £46.25
% change year-on-year -46.99% +24.00% +6.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,529 2,099 2,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 94.68% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,281 1,953
10th Percentile £263 £205 £238
25th Percentile £370 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 114 44
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £16.91
Median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £42.58 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Scotland

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Scotland

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Scotland

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Scotland

Designer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh -12 19 £525 +7.69% 5
Glasgow -2 15 £443 +10.63% 5
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £463 -
Designer
UK

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

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 Scotland region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 15 (39.47%) User Experience
2 14 (36.84%) Finance
2 14 (36.84%) Agile
2 14 (36.84%) UX Design
3 13 (34.21%) Figma
4 12 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 12 (31.58%) User Research
5 11 (28.95%) Service Design
5 11 (28.95%) Azure
6 10 (26.32%) Public Sector
6 10 (26.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 7 (18.42%) SaaS
7 7 (18.42%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (18.42%) Prototyping
8 6 (15.79%) Microservices
8 6 (15.79%) JIRA
8 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (13.16%) Python
9 5 (13.16%) Banking
9 5 (13.16%) Usability Testing
9 5 (13.16%) Wireframes
9 5 (13.16%) Design Thinking
9 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (13.16%) Product Ownership
10 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
10 4 (10.53%) Sketch
10 4 (10.53%) Journey Map
10 4 (10.53%) Accessibility
10 4 (10.53%) Linux
10 4 (10.53%) VMware

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.26%) Confluence
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Sketch
2 2 (5.26%) Adobe XD
2 2 (5.26%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 13 (34.21%) Figma
2 11 (28.95%) Azure
3 7 (18.42%) SaaS
4 2 (5.26%) AWS
5 1 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.63%) GCP
5 1 (2.63%) GitHub
5 1 (2.63%) PaaS
5 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.89%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.26%) DHCP
2 2 (5.26%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.26%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.63%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.63%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) Postman
General
1 14 (36.84%) Finance
2 12 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 10 (26.32%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.16%) Banking
5 3 (7.89%) Publishing
6 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) React
2 2 (5.26%) Node.js
3 1 (2.63%) CSS
3 1 (2.63%) HTML
3 1 (2.63%) Middleware
3 1 (2.63%) OpenAPI
3 1 (2.63%) RESTful
3 1 (2.63%) Vue
3 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.89%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.53%) Linux
2 3 (7.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (7.89%) Windows
2 3 (7.89%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.26%) Android
3 2 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (39.47%) User Experience
2 14 (36.84%) Agile
2 14 (36.84%) UX Design
3 12 (31.58%) User Research
4 11 (28.95%) Service Design
5 10 (26.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 7 (18.42%) Prototyping
6 7 (18.42%) Workshop Facilitation
7 6 (15.79%) Microservices
7 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (13.16%) Design Thinking
8 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (13.16%) Usability Testing
8 5 (13.16%) Wireframes
9 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
9 4 (10.53%) Journey Map
10 3 (7.89%) Business Strategy
10 3 (7.89%) Regulatory Compliance
10 3 (7.89%) Roadmaps
10 3 (7.89%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) Python
2 2 (5.26%) SQL
3 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) Accessibility
2 3 (7.89%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (7.89%) NIST
3 1 (2.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) VMware
2 3 (7.89%) Adobe
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.89%) Oracle
2 3 (7.89%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.63%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.63%) Databricks