Junior Designer Contracts

Junior Designer
UK

The median Junior Designer daily rate in the UK is £155, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 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
13 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 567 655
Rank change year-on-year +21 +88 +197
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Designer 7 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.003% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.003% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.53%
75th Percentile £188 - -
90th Percentile £268 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £249 - £250
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £23.50 - -
75th Percentile £24.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 30,131 36,172 49,926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 92.88% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,062 23,290 34,460
10th Percentile £281 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,523 2,032 1,498
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.18 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.16 £20.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +2.38% +63.55%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.09 £45.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -44.24% +25.00% +69.21%

Junior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Designer in the UK

Junior Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Junior Designer in the UK

Junior Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior Designer over the 6 months to 13 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junior Designer in the UK

Junior Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior Designer in the UK

Junior Designer
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 Junior Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 August 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 +14 7 £155 - 11
London +26 5 £155 - 9
UK excluding London - 2 £249 - 4
Work from Home +29 1 £175 - 5
East of England - 1 £175 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £322 -
Midlands - 1 £322 -

Junior Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 August 2025, Junior 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 featuring Junior Designer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 6 (85.71%) Accessibility
2 5 (71.43%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (57.14%) UX Design
3 4 (57.14%) User Experience
4 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (42.86%) SEO
4 3 (42.86%) CMS
4 3 (42.86%) Content Management
4 3 (42.86%) Logistics
4 3 (42.86%) Drupal
4 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
5 2 (28.57%) Typography
5 2 (28.57%) Figma
5 2 (28.57%) Adobe
6 1 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Usability Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Marketing
6 1 (14.29%) Web Development
6 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (14.29%) InDesign
6 1 (14.29%) HTML
6 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
6 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
6 1 (14.29%) CSS
6 1 (14.29%) Contextual Inquiry
6 1 (14.29%) Interaction Design
6 1 (14.29%) Web Accessibility

Junior Designer 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) CMS
1 3 (42.86%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe XD
1 1 (14.29%) InDesign
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Figma
2 1 (14.29%) Canva
General
1 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 5 (71.43%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (57.14%) User Experience
3 4 (57.14%) UX Design
4 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (42.86%) Content Management
4 3 (42.86%) Logistics
4 3 (42.86%) SEO
5 2 (28.57%) Typography
6 1 (14.29%) Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) Contextual Inquiry
6 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Information Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) Interaction Design
6 1 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
6 1 (14.29%) Usability Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Web Accessibility
6 1 (14.29%) Web Development
6 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe
2 1 (14.29%) Facebook
2 1 (14.29%) Instagram