Lead Designer
UK
The median Lead Designer daily rate in the UK is £581 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 | 543 | 657 | 781 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +114 | +124 | -162 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Lead Designer | 36 | 43 | 79 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.083% | 0.072% | 0.089% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.089% | 0.076% | 0.093% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18 | 27 | 54 |
| 10th Percentile | £450 | £458 | £488 |
| 25th Percentile | £503 | £613 | £503 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £581 | £675 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.89% | +17.39% | +10.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £700 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £719 | £693 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £650 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +8.33% | +20.00% |
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 | 40,413 | 56,730 | 84,732 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,320 | 39,605 | 59,435 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £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 | £726 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,653 | 1,602 | 2,109 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.28 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.96 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.09% | +95.65% | +0.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.25 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.50 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.00 | £42.37 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.30% | +117.26% | +2.47% |
Lead Designer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Lead Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Lead Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Designer.
Lead Designer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Designer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
Lead Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead Designer.
Lead Designer
Top 6 Contract Locations
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 UK 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 |
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| England | +105 | 34 | £588 | -12.96% | 16 |
| UK excluding London | +75 | 17 | £600 | -7.69% | 7 |
| South East | +37 | 16 | £600 | +0.63% | 1 |
| London | +96 | 15 | £488 | -30.36% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +122 | 11 | £575 | - | 5 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | - | - |
Lead Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
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 featuring Lead Designer in the job title.
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Lead 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: