Designer Contracts in the West Midlands

Designer
England > West Midlands

The median Designer daily rate in the West Midlands is £434, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 99 107
Rank change year-on-year +17 +8 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 15 12 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.12% 0.62% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 0.68% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 21
10th Percentile £200 £366 £263
25th Percentile £280 £386 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £400 £520
Median % change year-on-year +8.44% -23.08% +4.00%
75th Percentile £513 £484 £550
90th Percentile £603 £563 £655
England median daily rate £457 £498 £525
% change year-on-year -8.14% -5.24% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
England median hourly rate £30.40 £57.35 £43.75
% change year-on-year -46.99% +31.09% +0.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,221 1,776 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 91.22% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,198 1,556
10th Percentile £200 £259 £250
25th Percentile £369 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £702 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 134 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.01 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £15.02
Median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%
75th Percentile £28.18 £42.31 £26.82
90th Percentile £35.58 £55.88 £55.63
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the West Midlands

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in the West Midlands

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in the West Midlands

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in the West Midlands

Designer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Coventry +11 5 £463 +2.78% 1
Birmingham +18 4 £338 -12.90% 3
Warwickshire +2 3 £625 +8.70% 3
Shropshire -4 1 - - 3
Staffordshire - 1 £405 - 4
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 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 Midlands region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) User Experience
2 7 (46.67%) Games
3 6 (40.00%) Mobile Games
3 6 (40.00%) TypeScript
3 6 (40.00%) Virtual Reality
4 5 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
4 5 (33.33%) UX Design
5 4 (26.67%) Polish Language
5 4 (26.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (26.67%) Prototyping
5 4 (26.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 4 (26.67%) Generative AI
6 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (20.00%) Service Design
6 3 (20.00%) Animation
6 3 (20.00%) Adobe
7 2 (13.33%) Python
7 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
7 2 (13.33%) Photography
7 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (13.33%) Agile
7 2 (13.33%) Figma
7 2 (13.33%) User Research
7 2 (13.33%) Interaction Design
7 2 (13.33%) Motion Graphics
8 1 (6.67%) Digital Media
8 1 (6.67%) Analytics
8 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
8 1 (6.67%) Qualitative Research

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (6.67%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Figma
2 1 (6.67%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Axure RP
General
1 7 (46.67%) Games
2 4 (26.67%) Polish Language
3 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
2 4 (26.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Mobile Games
1 6 (40.00%) Virtual Reality
2 3 (20.00%) Animation
3 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (13.33%) Motion Graphics
3 2 (13.33%) Photography
4 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Media
4 1 (6.67%) Graphic Design
4 1 (6.67%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) User Experience
2 5 (33.33%) UX Design
3 4 (26.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (26.67%) Generative AI
3 4 (26.67%) Prototyping
4 3 (20.00%) Service Design
5 2 (13.33%) Agile
5 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (13.33%) Interaction Design
5 2 (13.33%) User Research
6 1 (6.67%) Analytics
6 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Modelling
6 1 (6.67%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (6.67%) ITIL
6 1 (6.67%) ITSM
6 1 (6.67%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (6.67%) Qualitative Research
6 1 (6.67%) Scrum
6 1 (6.67%) Service Management
6 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (13.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) VMware