Designer Contracts in the South East

Designer
England > South East

The median Designer daily rate in the South East is £495, 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 139 96 166
Rank change year-on-year -43 +70 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 20 114 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.66% 2.05% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 2.22% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 38 37
10th Percentile £324 £200 £372
25th Percentile £350 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £544 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% +8.75% -9.42%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £688
90th Percentile £643 £654 £805
England median daily rate £457 £498 £525
% change year-on-year -8.14% -5.24% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 40 0
Median hourly rate - £57.35 -
England median hourly rate £30.40 £57.35 £43.75
% change year-on-year -46.99% +31.09% +0.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 2,767 5,141 5,491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.50% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,084 3,829
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 481 240
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £18.04
25th Percentile £20.06 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the South East

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Designer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Designer in the South East

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Designer in the South East

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Designer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Designer in the South East

Designer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the South East 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
Thames Valley +12 15 £415 -20.95% 39
Berkshire +1 12 £350 -41.67% 14
Hampshire -18 4 £581 +5.68% 20
Buckinghamshire +15 2 £550 +205.56% 15
Oxfordshire +5 1 £850 +54.55% 14
East Sussex - 1 £313 - 12
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 13 (65.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (35.00%) Agile
2 7 (35.00%) Billing
3 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (25.00%) Frameworx
4 5 (25.00%) REST
4 5 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
4 5 (25.00%) ServiceNow
4 5 (25.00%) Microservices
4 5 (25.00%) Network Design
4 5 (25.00%) JSON
4 5 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 5 (25.00%) Web Services
4 5 (25.00%) UML
4 5 (25.00%) CRM
4 5 (25.00%) Salesforce
4 5 (25.00%) 5G
4 5 (25.00%) TM Forum
4 5 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 5 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (15.00%) Network Security
6 3 (15.00%) iSCSI
6 3 (15.00%) Data Mapping
6 3 (15.00%) Network Architecture
6 3 (15.00%) VLAN
6 3 (15.00%) vSphere

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) 5G
1 5 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (15.00%) 2G
2 3 (15.00%) 3G
2 3 (15.00%) 4G
2 3 (15.00%) DHCP
2 3 (15.00%) DNS
2 3 (15.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (15.00%) iSCSI
2 3 (15.00%) MPLS
2 3 (15.00%) Network Security
2 3 (15.00%) SAN
2 3 (15.00%) VLAN
3 2 (10.00%) Broadband
3 2 (10.00%) LTE
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Axure RP
General
1 13 (65.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (35.00%) Billing
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Electronics
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) JSON
1 5 (25.00%) REST
1 5 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Frameworx
1 5 (25.00%) TM Forum
2 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.00%) IoT
4 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Agile
2 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 5 (25.00%) CRM
3 5 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (25.00%) Microservices
3 5 (25.00%) Network Design
3 5 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 5 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (25.00%) UML
4 3 (15.00%) Data Mapping
4 3 (15.00%) Edge Computing
4 3 (15.00%) Network Architecture
4 3 (15.00%) Network Management
4 3 (15.00%) Process Improvement
4 3 (15.00%) RBAC
5 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Salesforce
1 5 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.00%) BT
2 2 (10.00%) Openreach
2 2 (10.00%) Virgin Media
3 1 (5.00%) SAP