Visual Designer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Visual Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Visual Designer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 September 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
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 362 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Visual Designer 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.017% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.018% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £540 £295 -
25th Percentile £563 £306 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% - -
75th Percentile - £456 -
90th Percentile - £505 -
UK median daily rate £538 £531 £494
% change year-on-year +1.18% +7.59% -7.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,862 16,482 20,359
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.81% 92.34% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,505 9,644 13,656
10th Percentile £213 £225 £225
25th Percentile £363 £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £532
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.22% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,244 1,486 1,161
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.28 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +12.50% +81.82%
75th Percentile £53.75 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Visual Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Visual Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Designer in the UK excluding London

Visual Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Visual Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Visual Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Visual Designer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
South West - 3 £600 -
Visual Designer
UK

Visual Designer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 September 2025, Visual 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 UK excluding London region featuring Visual Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 3 (100.00%) Infographics
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Figma
1 3 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Content Writing
3 1 (33.33%) Interaction Design
3 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
3 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development

Visual Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (66.67%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Infographics
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
2 1 (33.33%) Content Writing
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Interaction Design
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft