Designer Contracts in the West Midlands

Designer
England > West Midlands

The median Designer daily rate in the West Midlands is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 107 84
Rank change year-on-year +10 -23 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 12 34 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.62% 1.41% 2.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 1.49% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 22 48
10th Percentile £366 £428 £360
25th Percentile £386 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £535 £503
Median % change year-on-year -25.23% +6.47% +11.67%
75th Percentile £484 £652 £586
90th Percentile £563 £655 £638
England median daily rate £494 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.95% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.00 - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
75th Percentile £15.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.35 £49.25 £43.50
% change year-on-year +16.45% +13.22% +42.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,762 2,284 3,481
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 94.69% 96.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,188 1,571 2,548
10th Percentile £259 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 69 85
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.10 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.25 £19.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.11% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £42.31 £27.13 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £54.50 £23.15
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

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 24 April 2024.

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 24 April 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
Warwickshire +6 4 £575 - 3
Birmingham -3 3 £388 -39.45% 7
Shropshire +36 2 £375 -18.92%
Coventry +6 2 £450 -10.00%
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) User Experience
3 4 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 4 (33.33%) Service Design
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (25.00%) Accessibility
4 3 (25.00%) User Research
4 3 (25.00%) Adobe
4 3 (25.00%) UX Design
4 3 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (16.67%) Public Cloud
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Azure
5 2 (16.67%) Minimum Viable Product
5 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 2 (16.67%) Wireframes
5 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (16.67%) Usability Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Content Management
5 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (16.67%) HTML
5 2 (16.67%) Photoshop
5 2 (16.67%) CSS
5 2 (16.67%) CMS
5 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 2 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator

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 2 (16.67%) CMS
2 1 (8.33%) Jadu
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (16.67%) Photoshop
3 1 (8.33%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (8.33%) InDesign
3 1 (8.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Intranet
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Multimedia
3 1 (8.33%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) CSS
1 2 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Media
2 1 (8.33%) Graphic Design
2 1 (8.33%) Handset
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) User Experience
3 4 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 4 (33.33%) Service Design
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (25.00%) User Research
4 3 (25.00%) UX Design
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Content Management
5 2 (16.67%) Design Patterns
5 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 2 (16.67%) Journey Map
5 2 (16.67%) Minimum Viable Product
5 2 (16.67%) Usability Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Wireframes
6 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (8.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Adobe
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow