Designer Contracts in Sheffield

Designer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Designer daily rate in Sheffield is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 54 49
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.61% 0.26% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.30% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £295
25th Percentile - £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -10.53% -8.65%
75th Percentile - £438 £520
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £600 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +41.18% -10.53% +0.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 294 334 432
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.63% 88.13% 98.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 208 297
10th Percentile £215 £375 £370
25th Percentile £375 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £486 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -15.43% +15.00%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £688
90th Percentile £638 £650 £743
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
10th Percentile - £10.90 £13.60
25th Percentile £18.10 £11.33 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.35 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +10.00% +19.40%
75th Percentile £18.50 £23.75 £22.75
90th Percentile £18.51 - £33.10
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.35 £13.60 £20.00
% change year-on-year +34.99% -32.03% +9.17%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Sheffield

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Sheffield

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 Sheffield region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Thycotic
2 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Centrify
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Password Management
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Centrify
1 1 (50.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Thycotic