Designer Contracts in West London

Designer
London > West London

The median Designer daily rate in West London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 40 14
Rank change year-on-year +14 -26 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 2 4 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 0.97% 1.11% 10.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.18% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 49
10th Percentile £394 - £480
25th Percentile £422 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £60 £550
Median % change year-on-year +712.50% -89.09% +20.55%
75th Percentile £547 - -
90th Percentile £571 - -
London median daily rate £458 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -8.41% -9.09% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
London median hourly rate £35.50 £17.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year +108.82% -56.41% -22.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 194 340 550
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 94.71% 97.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 246 398
10th Percentile £200 £200 £300
25th Percentile £303 £270 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £466 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.21% -15.23% +10.00%
75th Percentile £475 £573 £638
90th Percentile £600 £644 £700
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 27 52
10th Percentile £19.93 £16.25 £25.13
25th Percentile £20.29 £17.50 £38.88
Median hourly rate £22.27 £30.16 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.16% -52.88% +197.67%
75th Percentile £31.64 £42.63 £75.00
90th Percentile £53.65 £58.50 £84.75
London median hourly rate £34.33 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +24.82% -21.43% -

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in West London

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in West London

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in West London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in West London

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in West London

Designer
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the West London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Hounslow +10 2 £488 +712.50%
Designer
London

Designer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 across the West London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia
1 1 (50.00%) CAD
1 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Fujitsu
1 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Revit
1 1 (50.00%) UX Design
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
1 1 (50.00%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (50.00%) User Research

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (50.00%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (50.00%) CAD
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) User Research
1 1 (50.00%) UX Design
1 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fujitsu
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia