Designer Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Designer
England > Yorkshire

The median Designer daily rate in Yorkshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 71 68
Rank change year-on-year -38 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 39 17 38
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.60% 1.67% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 1.77% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 9 16
10th Percentile £399 £223 £322
25th Percentile £425 £358 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £429
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.65% -13.43%
75th Percentile £565 £538 £455
90th Percentile £685 £590 £538
England median daily rate £475 £459 £495
% change year-on-year +3.50% -7.29% -5.71%

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 2,242 963 1,536
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 94.32% 91.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,442 624 953
10th Percentile £313 £227 £228
25th Percentile £402 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% -1.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £634 £650
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 33 65
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.53 £11.23
25th Percentile £18.71 £17.08 £12.25
Median hourly rate £27.75 £21.24 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.65% +46.48% -34.09%
75th Percentile £57.25 £22.14 £23.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £85.61 £51.75
England median hourly rate £46.50 £31.70 £35.83
% change year-on-year +46.69% -11.53% -20.38%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -6 30 £494 +23.44% 2
South Yorkshire -39 8 £535 -10.83% 1
North Yorkshire - 1 £700 -
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 20 (51.28%) User Research
2 19 (48.72%) Agile
3 16 (41.03%) Service Design
4 13 (33.33%) Accessibility
4 13 (33.33%) Prototyping
5 11 (28.21%) User Experience
6 10 (25.64%) Design Patterns
6 10 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (25.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (23.08%) WCAG
7 9 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (20.51%) Analytics
9 7 (17.95%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (15.38%) Design Thinking
10 6 (15.38%) Inclusive Design
10 6 (15.38%) Usability Testing
10 6 (15.38%) UX Design
11 5 (12.82%) Figma
11 5 (12.82%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 5 (12.82%) Interaction Design
11 5 (12.82%) Journey Map
12 4 (10.26%) AI
12 4 (10.26%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
12 4 (10.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (10.26%) Storytelling
12 4 (10.26%) Wireframes
13 3 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations

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 (7.69%) Confluence
2 1 (2.56%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (2.56%) Adobe XD
1 1 (2.56%) CINEMA 4D
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) Figma
2 1 (2.56%) Azure
2 1 (2.56%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Network Security
2 1 (2.56%) DHCP
2 1 (2.56%) DNS
2 1 (2.56%) SSH
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 17 (43.59%) Public Sector
2 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Banking
5 1 (2.56%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (2.56%) Military
5 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) NHS
2 3 (7.69%) AI Agents
2 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.69%) Taxonomies
3 2 (5.13%) Hedge funds
3 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.56%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) User Research
2 19 (48.72%) Agile
3 16 (41.03%) Service Design
4 13 (33.33%) Prototyping
5 11 (28.21%) User Experience
6 10 (25.64%) Design Patterns
6 10 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (25.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (20.51%) Analytics
9 7 (17.95%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (15.38%) Design Thinking
10 6 (15.38%) Inclusive Design
10 6 (15.38%) Usability Testing
10 6 (15.38%) UX Design
11 5 (12.82%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 5 (12.82%) Interaction Design
11 5 (12.82%) Journey Map
12 4 (10.26%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (7.69%) CISM
1 3 (7.69%) CISSP
1 3 (7.69%) Degree
2 2 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.13%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 9 (23.08%) WCAG
3 3 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (5.13%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) BiZZdesign
2 2 (5.13%) Adobe
2 2 (5.13%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco
3 1 (2.56%) Infoblox
3 1 (2.56%) Juniper