Web Design Contracts

Web Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Web Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Web Design over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 561 639 612
Rank change year-on-year +78 -27 -194
Contract jobs citing Web Design 45 176 266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.100% 0.23% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.25% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 118 198
10th Percentile £260 £343 £311
25th Percentile £313 £420 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +14.29% +9.72%
75th Percentile £525 £700 £574
90th Percentile £611 £719 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £365 £638 £520
% change year-on-year -42.75% +22.60% +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 7
10th Percentile £16.90 - £62.95
25th Percentile £16.98 £61.25 £67.53
Median hourly rate £17.34 £65.00 £67.80
Median % change year-on-year -73.32% -4.13% -
75th Percentile £17.67 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £17.77 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.34 £65.00 £67.80
% change year-on-year -73.32% -4.13% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Web Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,878 70,129 81,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.53% 90.19% 90.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,689 48,551 56,740
10th Percentile £310 £340 £319
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +5.77% +9.47%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £620
90th Percentile £745 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,538 1,701 2,012
10th Percentile £14.36 £13.41 £11.91
25th Percentile £19.06 £17.38 £13.50
Median hourly rate £43.63 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.64% +62.79% -15.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.00 £62.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.95 £31.21 £18.00
% change year-on-year +40.82% +73.39% -20.00%

Web Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Web Design in the UK

Web Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Web Design in the UK

Web Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Design over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Daily rate histogram for Web Design in the UK

Web Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Web Design in the UK

Web Design
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Design within the UK over the 6 months to 2 December 2023. 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 +57 29 £325 -48.00% 50
Work from Home +100 17 £400 -28.57% 25
London +111 15 £325 -42.48% 18
UK excluding London +27 15 £365 -42.75% 39
North of England +24 7 £325 -53.57% 14
North West +34 4 £325 -53.57% 6
South East +16 3 £418 -24.09% 7
Yorkshire +13 3 £213 -69.64% 6
West Midlands +59 2 - - 4
Midlands +53 2 - - 7
South West +29 2 £600 +20.00% 2
Scotland +27 1 £475 -13.64% 3

Web Design
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 10 (22.22%) CMS
2 3 (6.67%) WordPress
3 2 (4.44%) WebSphere
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (2.22%) Confluence
4 1 (2.22%) Drupal
4 1 (2.22%) Ethereum
4 1 (2.22%) Headless CMS
4 1 (2.22%) Joomla!
4 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (8.89%) Photoshop
2 2 (4.44%) Adobe XD
3 1 (2.22%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (2.22%) FileZilla
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Magento
1 1 (2.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.89%) Google Analytics
2 3 (6.67%) Azure
2 3 (6.67%) Figma
3 2 (4.44%) GitHub
4 1 (2.22%) AWS
4 1 (2.22%) Canva
4 1 (2.22%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) SSH
1 1 (2.22%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) MySQL
2 1 (2.22%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.22%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) JIRA
2 2 (4.44%) Git
3 1 (2.22%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.22%) GitLab
3 1 (2.22%) Grunt
3 1 (2.22%) gulp
3 1 (2.22%) JBuilder
3 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.22%) Mocha
General
1 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.33%) Marketing
4 3 (6.67%) Finance
5 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (2.22%) Games
6 1 (2.22%) Local Government
6 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (46.67%) Developer
2 15 (33.33%) Designer
3 12 (26.67%) Interaction Designer
4 5 (11.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 4 (8.89%) Web Developer
6 2 (4.44%) Architect
6 2 (4.44%) Full Stack Developer
6 2 (4.44%) Social Media Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.44%) UI Developer
7 1 (2.22%) Backend Developer
7 1 (2.22%) Digital Project Manager
7 1 (2.22%) Full Stack Web Developer
7 1 (2.22%) Node.js Developer
7 1 (2.22%) PHP Laravel Developer
7 1 (2.22%) React Developer
7 1 (2.22%) Shopify Developer
7 1 (2.22%) UI Designer
7 1 (2.22%) UI/UX Designer
7 1 (2.22%) WebOps Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (64.44%) CSS
1 29 (64.44%) HTML
2 6 (13.33%) React
3 5 (11.11%) REST
4 4 (8.89%) HTML5
4 4 (8.89%) JSON
5 3 (6.67%) J2EE
5 3 (6.67%) JSP
5 3 (6.67%) RESTful
5 3 (6.67%) Servlets
5 3 (6.67%) WebSockets
6 2 (4.44%) .NET
6 2 (4.44%) AngularJS
6 2 (4.44%) CSS3
6 2 (4.44%) Flash
6 2 (4.44%) JSF
6 2 (4.44%) Node.js
6 2 (4.44%) Redux
6 2 (4.44%) Sass
6 2 (4.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.44%) Blockchain
2 2 (4.44%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (4.44%) Social Media
3 1 (2.22%) Blog
3 1 (2.22%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.22%) FMCG
3 1 (2.22%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.22%) Mobile Games
3 1 (2.22%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.67%) Linux
2 2 (4.44%) Android
2 2 (4.44%) Apple iOS
2 2 (4.44%) Mac OS X
2 2 (4.44%) Unix
3 1 (2.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (46.67%) Agile
2 18 (40.00%) User Experience
3 15 (33.33%) Front End Development
4 13 (28.89%) Interaction Design
4 13 (28.89%) UX Design
5 12 (26.67%) Service Design
6 11 (24.44%) Web Development
7 10 (22.22%) Prototyping
8 9 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
9 8 (17.78%) Journey Map
9 8 (17.78%) Responsive Web Design
9 8 (17.78%) User Journey Map
9 8 (17.78%) User Research
10 6 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (11.11%) Analytics
11 5 (11.11%) Computer Science
11 5 (11.11%) Content Management
12 4 (8.89%) Business Analysis
12 4 (8.89%) Project Management
12 4 (8.89%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 16 (35.56%) JavaScript
2 7 (15.56%) Java
3 6 (13.33%) PHP
4 3 (6.67%) Python
5 2 (4.44%) C#
5 2 (4.44%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.22%) Apex Code
6 1 (2.22%) Go
6 1 (2.22%) Solidity
6 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) Degree
1 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.89%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (8.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.44%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.44%) HND
5 1 (2.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (37.78%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Adobe
2 5 (11.11%) Google
3 4 (8.89%) Mercator
4 2 (4.44%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.22%) Facebook
5 1 (2.22%) Instagram
5 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.22%) TikTok