Designer Contract Job Trends in Telford

Designer
Shropshire > Telford

The median Designer daily rate in Telford is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 21 9
Rank change year-on-year -27 -12 +75
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 12 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 3.77% 4.44% 6.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.20% 4.94% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 2
10th Percentile £400 - £355
25th Percentile £410 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.04%
75th Percentile £447 - £388
90th Percentile £453 - £395
Shropshire median daily rate £420 - £375
% change year-on-year - - -33.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 286 81 31
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.94% 90.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 64 21
10th Percentile £400 £309 £296
25th Percentile £430 £431 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £484 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% +21.00% -24.53%
75th Percentile £537 £522 £500
90th Percentile £552 £560 £538
Shropshire median daily rate £492 £477 £400
% change year-on-year +3.14% +19.25% -24.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £22.81 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 -
% change year-on-year +106.49% - -

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Designer job vacancy trend in Telford

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Telford

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Telford

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, 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 Telford region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) User Experience
2 8 (66.67%) Service Design
3 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Interaction Design
4 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) Use Case
4 4 (33.33%) User Research
4 4 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (25.00%) Accessibility
5 3 (25.00%) Adobe
5 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (25.00%) Figma
5 3 (25.00%) OneLogin
6 2 (16.67%) Adobe XD
6 2 (16.67%) Analytics
6 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
6 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 2 (16.67%) CSS
6 2 (16.67%) CSS3
6 2 (16.67%) Customer Journey Map
6 2 (16.67%) Degree
6 2 (16.67%) Git
6 2 (16.67%) HTML
6 2 (16.67%) HTML5
6 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
6 2 (16.67%) Journey Map
6 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 2 (16.67%) MuleSoft
6 2 (16.67%) React
6 2 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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 (16.67%) Adobe XD
1 2 (16.67%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Figma
2 1 (8.33%) Miro
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Git
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
1 2 (16.67%) CSS
1 2 (16.67%) CSS3
1 2 (16.67%) HTML
1 2 (16.67%) HTML5
1 2 (16.67%) React
1 2 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) User Experience
2 8 (66.67%) Service Design
3 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Interaction Design
4 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) Use Case
4 4 (33.33%) User Research
4 4 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (16.67%) Analytics
6 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 2 (16.67%) Customer Journey Map
6 2 (16.67%) Journey Map
6 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 2 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design
6 2 (16.67%) UX Design
6 2 (16.67%) Wireframes
7 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
7 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (8.33%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (16.67%) WCAG
3 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Adobe
1 3 (25.00%) OneLogin
2 2 (16.67%) MuleSoft
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft