Designer Contracts in Yorkshire

Designer
England > Yorkshire

The median Designer daily rate in Yorkshire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 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 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 75 63
Rank change year-on-year -14 -12 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 18 30 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.43% 1.74% 2.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.93% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 45
10th Percentile £238 £294 £240
25th Percentile £371 £363 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% -10.53% -6.86%
75th Percentile £550 £481 £538
90th Percentile £588 £550 £570
England median daily rate £457 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -8.61% -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 1,183 1,555 2,087
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.09% 96.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 749 976 1,403
10th Percentile £262 £263 £223
25th Percentile £380 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £618
90th Percentile £613 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 67 33
10th Percentile £16.30 £11.30 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.23 £12.39 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.14 £17.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.51% -14.63% +9.63%
75th Percentile £23.00 £34.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £34.40 £53.75 £51.58
England median hourly rate £28.34 £40.00 £43.93
% change year-on-year -29.15% -8.95% +75.72%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Yorkshire

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Yorkshire

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Yorkshire

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer 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 2 July 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 +2 17 £400 -3.85% 77
South Yorkshire -1 2 £563 +32.35% 26
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 2 July 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 Yorkshire region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 8 (44.44%) User Experience
2 7 (38.89%) UX Design
2 7 (38.89%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) Figma
3 6 (33.33%) Finance
4 5 (27.78%) Wireframes
4 5 (27.78%) Prototyping
4 5 (27.78%) User Research
5 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 4 (22.22%) Customer Experience
5 4 (22.22%) Service Design
6 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 3 (16.67%) UX Research
6 3 (16.67%) Journey Map
6 3 (16.67%) Accessibility
7 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
7 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (11.11%) Interaction Design
7 2 (11.11%) Design Thinking
7 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (11.11%) People Management
7 2 (11.11%) User Stories
7 2 (11.11%) Mobile App
7 2 (11.11%) Adobe
7 2 (11.11%) Banking
7 2 (11.11%) Marketing
7 2 (11.11%) Degree
7 2 (11.11%) Time Management

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (5.56%) AutoCAD
1 1 (5.56%) Chatbot
1 1 (5.56%) InDesign
1 1 (5.56%) Photoshop
1 1 (5.56%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Figma
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.56%) GCP
2 1 (5.56%) Lucidchart
2 1 (5.56%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Marketing
5 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) LDAP
1 1 (5.56%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Mobile App
1 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.56%) IVR
2 1 (5.56%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Android
1 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) User Experience
2 7 (38.89%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) UX Design
3 5 (27.78%) Prototyping
3 5 (27.78%) User Research
3 5 (27.78%) Wireframes
4 4 (22.22%) Customer Experience
4 4 (22.22%) Service Design
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Journey Map
5 3 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (16.67%) UX Research
6 2 (11.11%) Design Thinking
6 2 (11.11%) Interaction Design
6 2 (11.11%) People Management
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Time Management
6 2 (11.11%) User Stories
7 1 (5.56%) Storytelling
7 1 (5.56%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) CISM
2 1 (5.56%) CISSP
2 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.56%) NIST
2 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Adobe
2 1 (5.56%) Avaya
2 1 (5.56%) Centrify
2 1 (5.56%) CyberArk
2 1 (5.56%) Genesys
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Thycotic
2 1 (5.56%) Virgin Media