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 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 91 82
Rank change year-on-year -6 -9 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 58 21 20
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.02% 1.39% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 1.49% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 13 8
10th Percentile £406 £150 £375
25th Percentile £425 £225 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £395 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.25% -16.84% -5.00%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £531
90th Percentile £588 £588 £591
England median daily rate £475 £470 £485
% change year-on-year +1.06% -3.09% -4.01%

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 2,659 1,414 1,362
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 93.33% 89.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,609 908 859
10th Percentile £318 £260 £288
25th Percentile £411 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £580
90th Percentile £659 £618 £655
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 56 56
10th Percentile £16.62 £17.29 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.18 £18.46 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £20.87
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +6.09% +4.35%
75th Percentile £35.00 £38.97 £38.75
90th Percentile £40.18 £81.25 £48.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +7.40%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 +7 54 £475 +26.67% 16
South Yorkshire -25 4 £500 -13.04% 3
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 August 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 (53.45%) Service Design
2 19 (32.76%) User Research
3 18 (31.03%) User Experience
3 18 (31.03%) UX Design
4 16 (27.59%) Agile
5 15 (25.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (20.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 11 (18.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (17.24%) Workshop Facilitation
9 9 (15.52%) Accessibility
9 9 (15.52%) Figma
9 9 (15.52%) Prototyping
10 8 (13.79%) WCAG
11 7 (12.07%) Mentoring
11 7 (12.07%) Storytelling
12 6 (10.34%) AI
12 6 (10.34%) Analytics
12 6 (10.34%) Interaction Design
12 6 (10.34%) Miro
13 5 (8.62%) Journey Map
13 5 (8.62%) Security Cleared
14 4 (6.90%) Azure
14 4 (6.90%) Azure AI
14 4 (6.90%) Business Strategy
14 4 (6.90%) Copilot Studio
14 4 (6.90%) Data Quality
14 4 (6.90%) Design Patterns
14 4 (6.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 4 (6.90%) Foundry
14 4 (6.90%) Human-in-the-Loop

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 (1.72%) CMS
1 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.72%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.72%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (1.72%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) Figma
2 6 (10.34%) Miro
3 4 (6.90%) Azure
3 4 (6.90%) Azure AI
3 4 (6.90%) Copilot Studio
3 4 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.90%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.72%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) DHCP
1 1 (1.72%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 23 (39.66%) Public Sector
2 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
3 10 (17.24%) Finance
4 7 (12.07%) Banking
5 2 (3.45%) Law
5 2 (3.45%) Social Science
6 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) NHS
2 2 (3.45%) AI Agents
2 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.72%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.72%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.72%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (53.45%) Service Design
2 19 (32.76%) User Research
3 18 (31.03%) User Experience
3 18 (31.03%) UX Design
4 16 (27.59%) Agile
5 15 (25.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (20.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 11 (18.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (17.24%) Workshop Facilitation
9 9 (15.52%) Prototyping
10 7 (12.07%) Mentoring
10 7 (12.07%) Storytelling
11 6 (10.34%) AI
11 6 (10.34%) Analytics
11 6 (10.34%) Interaction Design
12 5 (8.62%) Journey Map
13 4 (6.90%) Business Strategy
13 4 (6.90%) Human-in-the-Loop
13 4 (6.90%) Prompt Engineering
13 4 (6.90%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (8.62%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.90%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.72%) CISM
5 1 (1.72%) CISSP
5 1 (1.72%) Degree
5 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.52%) Accessibility
2 8 (13.79%) WCAG
3 4 (6.90%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
Vendors
1 4 (6.90%) Foundry
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.72%) Adobe
2 1 (1.72%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (1.72%) Cisco
2 1 (1.72%) Infoblox
2 1 (1.72%) Juniper