Sketch Contracts

Sketch
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Sketch skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Sketch over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 514 548
Rank change year-on-year +44 +34 -13
Contract jobs citing Sketch 49 86 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Applications category 2.02% 2.49% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 65 103
10th Percentile £331 £350 £368
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -5.26% -8.65%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £588 £595 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £420
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Software Application Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,424 3,448 4,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.29% 7.91% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,446 1,743 2,896
10th Percentile £188 £163 £188
25th Percentile £261 £213 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.76%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £350 £391
% change year-on-year +7.14% -10.54% +4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 635 264
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.57 £13.94
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.00 £18.48
Median hourly rate £23.59 £17.80 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% -51.23% +69.77%
75th Percentile £43.75 £39.92 £53.45
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £16.06 £32.30
% change year-on-year +40.10% -50.28% +70.00%

Sketch
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Sketch in the UK

Sketch
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Sketch in the UK

Sketch
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sketch over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Sketch in the UK

Sketch
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Sketch in the UK

Sketch
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 Sketch within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +38 38 £495 -1.00% 56
London +19 33 £498 -4.10% 29
Work from Home +40 12 £495 -2.22% 32
UK excluding London +39 8 £400 - 30
Scotland +4 4 £400 - 3
South West - 3 £375 - 6
East of England - 1 £475 - 5

Sketch
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 4 (8.16%) nginx
2 1 (2.04%) CMS
Applications
1 29 (59.18%) Adobe XD
2 10 (20.41%) InVision
3 2 (4.08%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (4.08%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (2.04%) Fusion 360
4 1 (2.04%) Photoshop
4 1 (2.04%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (2.04%) Trello
4 1 (2.04%) UXPin
4 1 (2.04%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 45 (91.84%) Figma
2 6 (12.24%) AWS
3 4 (8.16%) SaaS
4 3 (6.12%) Azure
4 3 (6.12%) Miro
5 2 (4.08%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (2.04%) GCP
6 1 (2.04%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) WebEx
2 1 (2.04%) Intranet
2 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.04%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (36.73%) Axure RP
2 3 (6.12%) Balsamiq
3 2 (4.08%) Git
4 1 (2.04%) Cypress.io
4 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 25 (51.02%) Social Skills
2 18 (36.73%) Finance
3 12 (24.49%) Public Sector
4 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.16%) Banking
6 2 (4.08%) Local Government
7 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Electronics
7 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.04%) Marketing
7 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (83.67%) Designer
2 24 (48.98%) UX Designer
3 13 (26.53%) Interaction Designer
4 11 (22.45%) Senior
5 8 (16.33%) UI Designer
6 6 (12.24%) Developer
6 6 (12.24%) Service Designer
6 6 (12.24%) UI/UX Designer
7 5 (10.20%) Senior Designer
7 5 (10.20%) Senior UX Designer
7 5 (10.20%) UX Developer
8 4 (8.16%) Product Designer
9 3 (6.12%) Mobile Designer
9 3 (6.12%) Senior Developer
9 3 (6.12%) Senior UI Developer
9 3 (6.12%) Senior UI/UX Developer
9 3 (6.12%) Senior UX Developer
9 3 (6.12%) UI Developer
9 3 (6.12%) UI/UX Developer
10 2 (4.08%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (32.65%) CSS
1 16 (32.65%) HTML
2 11 (22.45%) React
3 4 (8.16%) AngularJS
3 4 (8.16%) RESTful
3 4 (8.16%) Vue
4 3 (6.12%) CSS3
4 3 (6.12%) HTML5
5 1 (2.04%) Bootstrap
5 1 (2.04%) Framer.js
5 1 (2.04%) Jest
5 1 (2.04%) Node.js
5 1 (2.04%) Redux
5 1 (2.04%) Sass
5 1 (2.04%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Product Ownership
2 4 (8.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (8.16%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (4.08%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Android
1 3 (6.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (87.76%) User Experience
2 42 (85.71%) UX Design
3 33 (67.35%) User Research
4 27 (55.10%) Prototyping
4 27 (55.10%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 27 (55.10%) Wireframes
5 26 (53.06%) Usability Testing
6 23 (46.94%) Agile
7 15 (30.61%) Service Design
8 14 (28.57%) Interaction Design
9 10 (20.41%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (18.37%) Front End Development
11 8 (16.33%) Visualisation
11 8 (16.33%) Workshop Facilitation
12 7 (14.29%) Analytics
12 7 (14.29%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 7 (14.29%) Product Management
12 7 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
13 6 (12.24%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) JavaScript
2 5 (10.20%) Python
3 2 (4.08%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) SC Cleared
1 10 (20.41%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) Degree
3 1 (2.04%) CSPO
3 1 (2.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (44.90%) Accessibility
2 7 (14.29%) WCAG
3 3 (6.12%) QA
System Software
1 5 (10.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (67.35%) Adobe
2 1 (2.04%) Google
2 1 (2.04%) Hotjar
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.04%) SAP