Balsamiq Contracts

Balsamiq
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Balsamiq skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Balsamiq over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 581 668
Rank change year-on-year +52 +87 +176
Contract jobs citing Balsamiq 10 9 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.021% 0.030%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.22% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 12
10th Percentile £303 £472 £413
25th Percentile £313 £486 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £520 £488
Median % change year-on-year -11.06% +6.67% +8.33%
75th Percentile £550 £551 £588
90th Percentile - £564 £648
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £565 £475
% change year-on-year -29.20% +18.95% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £47.50
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Development Application Skills
UK

Balsamiq falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,567 5,362 7,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.58% 12.33% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,063 3,565 5,520
10th Percentile £331 £355 £363
25th Percentile £408 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £650
90th Percentile £693 £725 £757
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 248 232
10th Percentile £20.98 £30.28 £46.19
25th Percentile £47.36 £46.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £59.50 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +18.72%
75th Percentile £72.81 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £86.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +11.82%

Balsamiq
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Balsamiq as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Balsamiq in the UK

Balsamiq
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Balsamiq.

Daily rate trend for Balsamiq in the UK

Balsamiq
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Balsamiq over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Balsamiq in the UK

Balsamiq
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Balsamiq.

Hourly rate trend for Balsamiq in the UK

Balsamiq
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Balsamiq within the UK over the 6 months to 3 July 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
England +57 5 £325 -37.50% 22
London +48 4 £325 -31.58% 13
UK excluding London +30 2 £400 -29.20% 9
Work from Home +29 2 £431 -9.21% 11
North of England - 1 £400 -
North West - 1 £400 -
Scotland - 1 - -

Balsamiq
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) Drupal
1 1 (10.00%) Joomla!
1 1 (10.00%) Umbraco
1 1 (10.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) InVision
1 7 (70.00%) Sketch
2 4 (40.00%) UXPin
3 3 (30.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (30.00%) OmniGraffle
3 3 (30.00%) Photoshop
4 1 (10.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Designer
2 4 (40.00%) Interaction Designer
2 4 (40.00%) UX Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Content Designer
3 1 (10.00%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Framer.js
2 2 (20.00%) CSS
2 2 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (40.00%) Graphic Design
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) User Experience
2 8 (80.00%) UX Design
3 7 (70.00%) Wireframes
4 6 (60.00%) Agile
4 6 (60.00%) User Research
5 5 (50.00%) Information Architecture
5 5 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 4 (40.00%) Interaction Design
6 4 (40.00%) Storyboarding
6 4 (40.00%) Task Model
7 2 (20.00%) CRM
7 2 (20.00%) Usability Testing
8 1 (10.00%) Content Strategy
8 1 (10.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 1 (10.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
8 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
8 1 (10.00%) Psychology
8 1 (10.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe