Web Design Contract Job Trends

Web Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Web Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 516 562
Rank change year-on-year -13 +46 +68
Contract jobs citing Web Design 53 27 46
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.076% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.086% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 16 37
10th Percentile £353 £300 £260
25th Percentile £450 £309 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +53.57% -12.50% -30.43%
75th Percentile £650 £419 £525
90th Percentile £700 £531 £611
UK excluding London median daily rate £640 £338 £365
% change year-on-year +89.63% -7.53% -41.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £16.90
25th Percentile - - £16.98
Median hourly rate - - £17.34
75th Percentile - - £17.67
90th Percentile - - £17.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £17.34
% change year-on-year - - -73.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Web Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,247 31,236 40,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.88% 87.47% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,285 18,990 26,947
10th Percentile £300 £308 £310
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,084 1,559
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.25 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £18.94
Median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -23.53% +30.77%

Web Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Web Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Web Design job vacancy trend in the UK

Web Design
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Design

Web Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Design over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Web Design in the UK

Web Design
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Design

Web Design
Top 13 Contract Job 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 12 December 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 -12 47 £544 +55.36% 184
London +7 25 £518 +47.86% 41
UK excluding London -25 22 £640 +89.63% 194
North of England -27 17 £650 +57.58% 47
Yorkshire - 14 £650 - 17
Work from Home -9 12 £625 +78.57% 2
North East - 3 - - 7
South East -15 2 £630 +110.00% 54
North West -17 2 £550 +33.33% 24
South West -12 1 £400 +6.67% 12
West Midlands - 1 £450 - 25
East of England - 1 £475 - 27
Midlands - 1 £450 - 39

Web Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.89%) CMS
1 1 (1.89%) Moodle
1 1 (1.89%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.89%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.89%) InDesign
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.89%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.89%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.75%) Azure
2 6 (11.32%) Figma
3 5 (9.43%) AWS
4 2 (3.77%) Google Play
5 1 (1.89%) GCP
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (26.42%) MongoDB
2 11 (20.75%) NoSQL
3 2 (3.77%) MySQL
3 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.89%) GIS
4 1 (1.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (24.53%) Mockito
2 5 (9.43%) Git
3 2 (3.77%) GitLab
4 1 (1.89%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.89%) Vagrant
General
1 7 (13.21%) Finance
1 7 (13.21%) Public Sector
2 6 (11.32%) Marketing
2 6 (11.32%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.89%) Games
3 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (56.60%) Developer
2 16 (30.19%) Java Developer
2 16 (30.19%) Senior
3 14 (26.42%) Senior Developer
4 12 (22.64%) Senior Java Developer
5 8 (15.09%) Designer
6 4 (7.55%) Product Designer
7 3 (5.66%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared Java Developer
8 2 (3.77%) Android Developer
8 2 (3.77%) Consultant
8 2 (3.77%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 2 (3.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 2 (3.77%) Interaction Designer
8 2 (3.77%) Lead
8 2 (3.77%) React Developer
8 2 (3.77%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (3.77%) Software Engineer
8 2 (3.77%) Web Developer
9 1 (1.89%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (24.53%) ActiveMQ
1 13 (24.53%) JAX-RS
1 13 (24.53%) Kafka
2 10 (18.87%) CSS
2 10 (18.87%) HTML
3 8 (15.09%) React
4 5 (9.43%) Node.js
4 5 (9.43%) React Native
5 4 (7.55%) CSS3
5 4 (7.55%) HTML5
5 4 (7.55%) Web Services
6 3 (5.66%) .NET
7 2 (3.77%) Dagger
7 2 (3.77%) Jest
7 2 (3.77%) Redux
7 2 (3.77%) RESTful
7 2 (3.77%) Retrofit
7 2 (3.77%) SailPoint
7 2 (3.77%) Sequelize
7 2 (3.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Blog
1 5 (9.43%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.77%) e-Learning
2 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.89%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.89%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.89%) SCORM
3 1 (1.89%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (30.19%) Unix
2 15 (28.30%) Linux
2 15 (28.30%) Mac OS X
3 4 (7.55%) Android
4 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.89%) Windows
5 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (58.49%) Agile
2 28 (52.83%) TDD
3 27 (50.94%) Test Automation
4 23 (43.40%) Responsive Web Design
5 17 (32.08%) Continuous Deployment
6 16 (30.19%) BDD
6 16 (30.19%) Microservices
7 14 (26.42%) Pair Programming
7 14 (26.42%) Performance Optimisation
7 14 (26.42%) User Experience
7 14 (26.42%) Web Development
8 13 (24.53%) SOLID
9 12 (22.64%) CI/CD
10 11 (20.75%) Design Patterns
11 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (16.98%) UX Design
12 6 (11.32%) Wireframes
13 5 (9.43%) Digital Marketing
13 5 (9.43%) Software Engineering
13 5 (9.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 22 (41.51%) Java
2 8 (15.09%) JavaScript
3 6 (11.32%) TypeScript
4 3 (5.66%) Go
5 2 (3.77%) C#
5 2 (3.77%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.89%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.89%) PHP
6 1 (1.89%) Python
6 1 (1.89%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (7.55%) Degree
5 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.89%) PMO
2 1 (1.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (9.43%) Google
2 3 (5.66%) Adobe
2 3 (5.66%) Oracle
3 2 (3.77%) Mercator
3 2 (3.77%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.89%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow