Designer Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Designer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Designer daily rate in Swindon is £310, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 3.31% 1.22% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.04% 1.27% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £305 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £375 £520
Median % change year-on-year -17.33% -27.88% +7.22%
75th Percentile £315 £388 -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £310 £425 £510
% change year-on-year -27.06% -16.67% +13.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 99 79 111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.82% 96.34% 93.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 59 64
10th Percentile £305 £241 £150
25th Percentile £375 £359 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £550 £601 £600
90th Percentile £594 £695 £745
Wiltshire median daily rate £563 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 10
10th Percentile £21.93 - £14.12
25th Percentile £40.79 - £14.36
Median hourly rate £48.50 - £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -73.81%
75th Percentile £51.00 - £27.00
90th Percentile £61.58 - £30.25
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +263.64% -74.81%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Designer job vacancy trend in Swindon

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Swindon

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Swindon

Designer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 27 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 Swindon region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (75.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 2 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) UX Design
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) 3D Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) 3ds Max
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe
3 1 (25.00%) Alias
3 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Iconography
3 1 (25.00%) InDesign
3 1 (25.00%) Industrial Design
3 1 (25.00%) Maya
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (25.00%) V-Ray

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (25.00%) 3ds Max
2 1 (25.00%) InDesign
2 1 (25.00%) Maya
2 1 (25.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) V-Ray
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (75.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) UX Design
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) 3D Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Iconography
3 1 (25.00%) Industrial Design
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe
1 1 (25.00%) Alias