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 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 502 534
Rank change year-on-year +23 +32 +40
Contract jobs citing Sketch 49 79 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.18% 0.28%
As % of the Applications category 1.95% 2.43% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 58 102
10th Percentile £311 £363 £350
25th Percentile £357 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% -4.25% -0.99%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £579
90th Percentile £575 £588 £654
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £406 £425
% change year-on-year -1.54% -4.41% -5.56%
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 2,519 3,252 4,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.50% 7.44% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,462 1,668 2,669
10th Percentile £190 £165 £185
25th Percentile £263 £220 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -4.54%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £375 £388
% change year-on-year +3.44% -3.32% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 642 248
10th Percentile £14.27 £11.68 £14.33
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £24.66 £16.66 £27.38
Median % change year-on-year +48.06% -39.16% +27.33%
75th Percentile £43.75 £37.31 £49.00
90th Percentile £63.40 £57.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.22 £16.06 £25.00
% change year-on-year +50.81% -35.76% +29.18%

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 14 June 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 8 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 14 June 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 +41 37 £424 -15.20% 140
London +41 31 £423 -19.43% 86
Work from Home +33 13 £415 -17.00% 60
UK excluding London +31 9 £400 -1.54% 68
Scotland -2 4 £400 - 1
South West - 3 £375 - 6
South East +45 1 - - 30
East of England +24 1 £475 +15.15% 3

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 2 (4.08%) Apache
2 1 (2.04%) CMS
2 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (46.94%) Adobe XD
2 9 (18.37%) InVision
3 4 (8.16%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (8.16%) OmniGraffle
4 3 (6.12%) Chatbot
4 3 (6.12%) Photoshop
4 3 (6.12%) UXPin
5 1 (2.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (2.04%) Trello
5 1 (2.04%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 37 (75.51%) Figma
2 3 (6.12%) Azure
2 3 (6.12%) ChatGPT
2 3 (6.12%) GCP
2 3 (6.12%) IBM Watson
3 2 (4.08%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (4.08%) AWS
3 2 (4.08%) Cloud Run
4 1 (2.04%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.04%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) WebEx
2 1 (2.04%) Intranet
2 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (4.08%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.04%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (42.86%) Axure RP
2 7 (14.29%) Balsamiq
3 2 (4.08%) Git
3 2 (4.08%) JIRA
4 1 (2.04%) Cypress.io
General
1 24 (48.98%) Social Skills
2 18 (36.73%) Finance
3 10 (20.41%) Public Sector
4 6 (12.24%) Banking
5 4 (8.16%) Retail
6 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Electronics
7 1 (2.04%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.04%) Marketing
7 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (85.71%) Designer
2 25 (51.02%) UX Designer
3 7 (14.29%) Interaction Designer
3 7 (14.29%) Senior
3 7 (14.29%) UI Designer
4 5 (10.20%) UI/UX Designer
5 4 (8.16%) Senior Designer
5 4 (8.16%) Senior UX Designer
5 4 (8.16%) Service Designer
6 3 (6.12%) Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Mobile Designer
6 3 (6.12%) Product Designer
7 2 (4.08%) Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) Digital UX Designer
7 2 (4.08%) Lead
7 2 (4.08%) Mobile UX Designer
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Product Designer
7 2 (4.08%) Senior User Experience Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) UX Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (26.53%) CSS
1 13 (26.53%) HTML
2 7 (14.29%) 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%) Framer.js
4 3 (6.12%) HTML5
5 2 (4.08%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (4.08%) FHIR
5 2 (4.08%) Kafka
5 2 (4.08%) React Native
6 1 (2.04%) Bootstrap
6 1 (2.04%) Jest
6 1 (2.04%) Node.js
6 1 (2.04%) Redux
6 1 (2.04%) Sass
6 1 (2.04%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (26.53%) Product Ownership
2 6 (12.24%) Mobile App
3 4 (8.16%) Graphic Design
4 3 (6.12%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (4.08%) NHS
6 1 (2.04%) Digital Media
6 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.04%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.37%) Android
1 9 (18.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (93.88%) User Experience
1 46 (93.88%) UX Design
2 32 (65.31%) Wireframes
3 25 (51.02%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 23 (46.94%) Agile
5 22 (44.90%) User Research
6 15 (30.61%) Usability Testing
7 14 (28.57%) Prototyping
8 10 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (20.41%) Service Design
8 10 (20.41%) Workshop Facilitation
9 8 (16.33%) Interaction Design
10 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (12.24%) Analytics
11 6 (12.24%) Artificial Intelligence
11 6 (12.24%) User Stories
12 5 (10.20%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 5 (10.20%) Inclusive Design
12 5 (10.20%) Information Architecture
13 4 (8.16%) Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.53%) JavaScript
2 5 (10.20%) Python
3 2 (4.08%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.41%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) Degree
4 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.04%) CSPO
5 1 (2.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (51.02%) Accessibility
2 6 (12.24%) WCAG
3 3 (6.12%) QA
4 2 (4.08%) Section 508
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (57.14%) Adobe
2 3 (6.12%) Genesys
2 3 (6.12%) Google
2 3 (6.12%) IBM
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.08%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.04%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (2.04%) Hotjar
4 1 (2.04%) Pega
4 1 (2.04%) SAP