Designer Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Designer
England > Yorkshire

The median Designer daily rate in Yorkshire is £531, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 67 95
Rank change year-on-year -44 +28 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 22 22 15
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.20% 1.85% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 2.02% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 8
10th Percentile £150 £444 £229
25th Percentile £281 £463 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £500 £444
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +12.68% -11.25%
75th Percentile £573 £556 £500
90th Percentile £594 £688 £512
England median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,677 1,090 1,728
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.79% 91.60% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,140 655 1,111
10th Percentile £248 £220 £263
25th Percentile £384 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £655 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 42 28
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £14.79
25th Percentile £18.61 £18.53 £17.14
Median hourly rate £27.50 £23.34 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +17.82% +9.53% +1.48%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £24.51
90th Percentile - £42.50 £35.60
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Designer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Yorkshire

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Yorkshire

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Yorkshire

Designer
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
West Yorkshire -14 17 £435 -13.00% 17
South Yorkshire -46 4 £575 - 10
North Yorkshire - 1 - - 4
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 10 (45.45%) Service Design
2 7 (31.82%) User Experience
2 7 (31.82%) UX Design
3 6 (27.27%) Agile
3 6 (27.27%) User Research
3 6 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 5 (22.73%) Accessibility
4 5 (22.73%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (22.73%) Journey Map
4 5 (22.73%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (18.18%) Customer Experience
6 3 (13.64%) Adobe
6 3 (13.64%) Backlog Refinement
6 3 (13.64%) Coaching
6 3 (13.64%) Confluence
6 3 (13.64%) Content Development
6 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.64%) Design Thinking
6 3 (13.64%) JIRA
6 3 (13.64%) Re-Platforming
6 3 (13.64%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (13.64%) Systems Thinking
7 2 (9.09%) CMS
7 2 (9.09%) Content Management
7 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (9.09%) Figma
7 2 (9.09%) Front End Development
7 2 (9.09%) SEO
7 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 3 (13.64%) Confluence
2 2 (9.09%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (4.55%) InDesign
1 1 (4.55%) InVision
1 1 (4.55%) Photoshop
1 1 (4.55%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Figma
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (4.55%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) SSH
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 7 (31.82%) Banking
2 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
4 4 (18.18%) Finance
5 3 (13.64%) Marketing
6 1 (4.55%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (4.55%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (4.55%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.55%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (4.55%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Service Design
2 7 (31.82%) User Experience
2 7 (31.82%) UX Design
3 6 (27.27%) Agile
3 6 (27.27%) User Research
3 6 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 5 (22.73%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (22.73%) Journey Map
4 5 (22.73%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (18.18%) Customer Experience
6 3 (13.64%) Backlog Refinement
6 3 (13.64%) Coaching
6 3 (13.64%) Content Development
6 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.64%) Design Thinking
6 3 (13.64%) Re-Platforming
6 3 (13.64%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (13.64%) Systems Thinking
7 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (9.09%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Adobe
2 1 (4.55%) Brio