Web Designer Contracts

Web Designer
UK

The median Web Designer daily rate in the UK is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 677 843
Rank change year-on-year +98 +166 -167
Contract jobs requiring a Web Designer 7 21 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.036% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.038% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 13
10th Percentile - £258 £213
25th Percentile £175 £388 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £450 £338
Median % change year-on-year -55.56% +33.33% -6.90%
75th Percentile £225 £488 £438
90th Percentile - £533 £528
UK excluding London median daily rate - £425 £288
% change year-on-year - +47.83% +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - £67.50
Median hourly rate £17.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile £18.50 - £72.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 39,893 55,060 83,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,957 38,445 58,715
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,534 2,047
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%

Web Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Web Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Web Designer in the UK

Web Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Web Designer in the UK

Web Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Web Designer in the UK

Web Designer
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 Web Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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
England +98 6 £200 -57.89% 13
Work from Home +109 4 £200 -57.89% 10
London +92 3 £200 -60.00% 5
UK excluding London +51 3 - - 9
North of England +25 2 - - 4
Yorkshire +22 2 - -
Midlands +26 1 - -
West Midlands +13 1 - -

Web Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Web 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 Web Designer in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Social Media
1 3 (42.86%) Web Design
1 3 (42.86%) Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) Figma
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
2 2 (28.57%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
2 2 (28.57%) Wireframes
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (28.57%) HTML5
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Google
2 2 (28.57%) Web Development
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) CSS3
2 2 (28.57%) Sass
2 2 (28.57%) LESS
2 2 (28.57%) Ajax
2 2 (28.57%) Google Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) WordPress
3 1 (14.29%) UX Design
3 1 (14.29%) Web Accessibility
3 1 (14.29%) Jadu
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (14.29%) CMS
3 1 (14.29%) Intranet
3 1 (14.29%) Graphic Design

Web 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) WordPress
2 1 (14.29%) CMS
2 1 (14.29%) Jadu
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Figma
2 2 (28.57%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Intranet
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Danish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Ajax
1 2 (28.57%) CSS
1 2 (28.57%) CSS3
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) HTML5
1 2 (28.57%) LESS
1 2 (28.57%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Social Media
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (14.29%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) Web Design
2 2 (28.57%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
2 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
2 2 (28.57%) Web Development
2 2 (28.57%) Wireframes
3 1 (14.29%) Content Management
3 1 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) UX Design
3 1 (14.29%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Google