Head of Design Contracts

Head of Design
UK

The median Head of Design daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 692 832
Rank change year-on-year +112 +140 -139
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Design 3 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.007% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.007% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £460 £670 £736
25th Percentile £513 £738 £738
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £900 £807
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +11.52% +15.29%
75th Percentile - £1,025 £894
90th Percentile - £1,070 £928
UK excluding London median daily rate - £775 £900
% change year-on-year - -13.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,665 55,057 84,118
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,784 38,442 59,095
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,534 2,069
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.26 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +3.98%

Head of Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of Design in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Design in the UK

Head of Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Design.

Daily rate trend for Head of Design in the UK

Head of Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Design over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Design in the UK

Head of Design
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Design within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 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
England +103 3 £600 -33.33% 7
London +89 3 £600 -40.00% 3
Work from Home - 2 £600 - 3

Head of Design Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Head of Design 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 featuring Head of Design in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (66.67%) Sketch
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe
1 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility

Head of Design Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (66.67%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
1 2 (66.67%) User Research
1 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe