Designer Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Designer
England > Yorkshire

The median Designer daily rate in Yorkshire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 91 79
Rank change year-on-year -12 -12 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 53 16 26
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.86% 1.14% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 1.22% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 9 12
10th Percentile £406 £223 £299
25th Percentile £428 £358 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £395 £429
Median % change year-on-year +20.25% -7.82% -7.85%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £469
90th Percentile £588 £588 £525
England median daily rate £473 £459 £486
% change year-on-year +2.96% -5.62% -7.38%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,628 1,307 1,468
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 93.49% 90.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,591 831 935
10th Percentile £318 £263 £275
25th Percentile £413 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £669 £618 £650
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 53 57
10th Percentile £16.62 £16.65 £12.20
25th Percentile £22.10 £18.35 £13.96
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +10.70% -
75th Percentile £34.77 £26.50 £33.75
90th Percentile £45.75 £81.25 £48.75
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.29 £42.50
% change year-on-year +66.91% -35.78% -3.53%

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 23 July 2026.

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 23 July 2026. 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 +2 47 £475 +20.25% 9
South Yorkshire -30 6 £535 +1.90% 1
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 2026, 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 31 (58.49%) Service Design
2 18 (33.96%) Agile
2 18 (33.96%) User Research
3 14 (26.42%) User Experience
4 13 (24.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 13 (24.53%) UX Design
5 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (18.87%) Accessibility
6 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (16.98%) Figma
7 9 (16.98%) Prototyping
7 9 (16.98%) WCAG
8 8 (15.09%) Workshop Facilitation
9 7 (13.21%) Analytics
9 7 (13.21%) Mentoring
9 7 (13.21%) Miro
9 7 (13.21%) Storytelling
10 6 (11.32%) AI
10 6 (11.32%) Journey Map
11 5 (9.43%) Inclusive Design
11 5 (9.43%) Interaction Design
11 5 (9.43%) Security Cleared
11 5 (9.43%) Use Case
12 4 (7.55%) Actionable Insight
12 4 (7.55%) Azure
12 4 (7.55%) Azure AI
12 4 (7.55%) Business Strategy
12 4 (7.55%) Copilot Studio
12 4 (7.55%) Data Quality
12 4 (7.55%) Design Patterns

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 1 (1.89%) CMS
1 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.89%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.89%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (1.89%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.98%) Figma
2 7 (13.21%) Miro
3 4 (7.55%) Azure
3 4 (7.55%) Azure AI
3 4 (7.55%) Copilot Studio
3 4 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
3 4 (7.55%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.89%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) DHCP
1 1 (1.89%) DNS
1 1 (1.89%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 22 (41.51%) Public Sector
2 13 (24.53%) Social Skills
3 11 (20.75%) Finance
4 5 (9.43%) Banking
5 2 (3.77%) Law
5 2 (3.77%) Social Science
6 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) NHS
2 2 (3.77%) AI Agents
2 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.89%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.89%) Hedge funds
3 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.89%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (58.49%) Service Design
2 18 (33.96%) Agile
2 18 (33.96%) User Research
3 14 (26.42%) User Experience
4 13 (24.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 13 (24.53%) UX Design
5 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (16.98%) Prototyping
8 8 (15.09%) Workshop Facilitation
9 7 (13.21%) Analytics
9 7 (13.21%) Mentoring
9 7 (13.21%) Storytelling
10 6 (11.32%) AI
10 6 (11.32%) Journey Map
11 5 (9.43%) Inclusive Design
11 5 (9.43%) Interaction Design
11 5 (9.43%) Use Case
12 4 (7.55%) Business Strategy
12 4 (7.55%) Prompt Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.77%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (9.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.55%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.77%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.89%) CISM
5 1 (1.89%) CISSP
5 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.89%) Degree
5 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.87%) Accessibility
2 9 (16.98%) WCAG
3 4 (7.55%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.89%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (7.55%) Foundry
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.89%) Adobe
2 1 (1.89%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (1.89%) Cisco
2 1 (1.89%) Infoblox
2 1 (1.89%) Juniper
2 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow