Designer Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Designer
England > Yorkshire

The median Designer daily rate in Yorkshire is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 85 93
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 22 20 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.42% 1.33% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 1.48% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 18
10th Percentile £150 £413 £244
25th Percentile £319 £434 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £578 £553 £540
90th Percentile £588 £688 £582
England median daily rate £473 £488 £518
% change year-on-year -3.08% -5.80% -1.43%

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 1,434 1,352 1,984
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 89.89% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 930 822 1,297
10th Percentile £230 £276 £253
25th Percentile £371 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £610
90th Percentile £625 £650 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 58 37
10th Percentile £17.27 £14.97 £12.17
25th Percentile £18.10 £16.72 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.14 £22.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £44.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

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
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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -3 20 £415 -19.02% 10
South Yorkshire -14 3 £575 +35.29% 1
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 (36.36%) Agile
1 8 (36.36%) UX Design
1 8 (36.36%) User Experience
1 8 (36.36%) Figma
2 7 (31.82%) Accessibility
2 7 (31.82%) User Research
2 7 (31.82%) Customer Experience
3 6 (27.27%) Service Design
3 6 (27.27%) Banking
3 6 (27.27%) Finance
4 5 (22.73%) Marketing
4 5 (22.73%) Journey Map
4 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
5 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 4 (18.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 4 (18.18%) Prototyping
6 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.64%) Coaching
6 3 (13.64%) JIRA
6 3 (13.64%) Confluence
6 3 (13.64%) Adobe
6 3 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (13.64%) Systems Thinking
6 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (13.64%) Content Development
6 3 (13.64%) Wireframes
6 3 (13.64%) UX Research
7 2 (9.09%) Interaction Design
7 2 (9.09%) Sprint Planning
7 2 (9.09%) Backlog Refinement

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 3 (13.64%) Confluence
2 2 (9.09%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (9.09%) InDesign
1 2 (9.09%) Photoshop
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (4.55%) Chatbot
2 1 (4.55%) InVision
2 1 (4.55%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Figma
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (4.55%) Canva
2 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.55%) Lucidchart
2 1 (4.55%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) SSH
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 6 (27.27%) Banking
1 6 (27.27%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Marketing
2 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Mobile App
1 2 (9.09%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.55%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Android
1 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Agile
1 8 (36.36%) User Experience
1 8 (36.36%) UX Design
2 7 (31.82%) Customer Experience
2 7 (31.82%) User Research
3 6 (27.27%) Service Design
4 5 (22.73%) Journey Map
5 4 (18.18%) Prototyping
5 4 (18.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 3 (13.64%) Coaching
6 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (13.64%) Content Development
6 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.64%) Systems Thinking
6 3 (13.64%) UX Research
6 3 (13.64%) Wireframes
6 3 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (9.09%) People Management
7 2 (9.09%) Re-Platforming
7 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Adobe
2 1 (4.55%) Brio
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Virgin Media