Lead Designer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Lead Designer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Lead Designer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Designer 16 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.59% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £629 - -
South East median daily rate £600 £596 £650
% change year-on-year +0.63% -8.27% +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,517 2,768 3,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 94.21% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,916 2,273
10th Percentile £207 £313 £188
25th Percentile £370 £406 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 77 101
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +157.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.90 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.40 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -13.40%

Lead Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Designer in the Thames Valley

Lead Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Designer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Lead Designer in the Thames Valley

Lead Designer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Designer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Berkshire - 16 £600 -
Lead Designer
South East

Lead Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Lead 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 Thames Valley region featuring Lead Designer in the job title.

1 13 (81.25%) Coaching
2 10 (62.50%) AngularJS
2 10 (62.50%) Node.js
2 10 (62.50%) Azure
3 9 (56.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 9 (56.25%) Azure Key Vault
4 8 (50.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 8 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
4 8 (50.00%) API Development
4 8 (50.00%) API Design
5 7 (43.75%) DevOps
6 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
6 6 (37.50%) Agile
7 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
7 5 (31.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (31.25%) PHP
7 5 (31.25%) HTML
7 5 (31.25%) CSS
7 5 (31.25%) Git
7 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
7 5 (31.25%) Security Testing
7 5 (31.25%) Unit Testing
7 5 (31.25%) Integration Testing
7 5 (31.25%) System Testing
7 5 (31.25%) Marketing
7 5 (31.25%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (31.25%) Data-Driven Testing
7 5 (31.25%) Storytelling
7 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills

Lead Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (31.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (25.00%) Adobe After Effects
2 4 (25.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 4 (25.00%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Azure
2 9 (56.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 9 (56.25%) Azure Key Vault
3 8 (50.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
3 8 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Functions
5 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Git
General
1 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (31.25%) Marketing
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (62.50%) AngularJS
1 10 (62.50%) Node.js
2 5 (31.25%) CSS
2 5 (31.25%) HTML
3 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Motion Graphics
2 3 (18.75%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Coaching
2 8 (50.00%) API Design
2 8 (50.00%) API Development
3 7 (43.75%) DevOps
4 6 (37.50%) Agile
4 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (31.25%) CI/CD
5 5 (31.25%) Data-Driven Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Integration Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Security Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Storytelling
5 5 (31.25%) Strategic Thinking
5 5 (31.25%) System Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
5 5 (31.25%) Unit Testing
6 4 (25.00%) Visual Effects
7 3 (18.75%) Product Backlog
8 1 (6.25%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 5 (31.25%) PHP
3 1 (6.25%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Adobe
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft