Designer Contracts in Central London

Designer
London > Central London

The median Designer daily rate in Central London is £455 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 110 89
Rank change year-on-year +1 -21 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 28 65 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.17% 1.75% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 1.84% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 50 87
10th Percentile £322 £324 £417
25th Percentile £411 £427 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £518 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% -10.00% +24.32%
75th Percentile £577 £671 £629
90th Percentile £631 £703 £684
London median daily rate £498 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -9.55% +1.85% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £40.15
25th Percentile - £16.61 £41.50
Median hourly rate - £17.25 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year - -60.34% +4.82%
75th Percentile - £17.89 £47.50
90th Percentile - - £52.45
London median hourly rate £17.00 £39.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -56.41% -10.34% +17.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,286 3,527 4,236
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 95.09% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,606 2,407 3,210
10th Percentile £340 £325 £354
25th Percentile £438 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £724 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 49
10th Percentile £20.07 £15.50 £15.38
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.41 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.70% -13.58% +125.31%
75th Percentile £28.98 £61.25 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.88 £87.64 £64.35
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.69%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Central London

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Central London

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Central London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Central London

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Central London

Designer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
City of London +13 28 £455 -12.08% 5
Designer
London

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Central London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 14 (50.00%) User Experience
2 13 (46.43%) UX Design
3 12 (42.86%) Figma
4 8 (28.57%) Marketing
5 7 (25.00%) Finance
5 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 6 (21.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 6 (21.43%) Service Design
6 6 (21.43%) Prototyping
7 5 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (17.86%) Typography
7 5 (17.86%) User Research
7 5 (17.86%) Agile
7 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
7 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
8 4 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
8 4 (14.29%) Storytelling
8 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
8 4 (14.29%) Iconography
9 3 (10.71%) Accessibility
9 3 (10.71%) Wireframes
9 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.71%) Time Management
9 3 (10.71%) Interaction Design
9 3 (10.71%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (10.71%) Graphic Design
9 3 (10.71%) Adobe
10 2 (7.14%) B2C
10 2 (7.14%) Project Management

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (3.57%) CMS
1 1 (3.57%) Headless CMS
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Adobe After Effects
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.14%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (7.14%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (7.14%) Adobe XD
2 2 (7.14%) Photoshop
2 2 (7.14%) Sketch
3 1 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (3.57%) InVision
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (42.86%) Figma
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Azure API Management
2 1 (3.57%) Azure Functions
2 1 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.57%) Miro
2 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (3.57%) Looker
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 8 (28.57%) Marketing
2 7 (25.00%) Finance
2 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.14%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Advertising
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.57%) Games
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) CSS
1 1 (3.57%) CSS3
1 1 (3.57%) HTML
1 1 (3.57%) OAuth
1 1 (3.57%) OAuth2
1 1 (3.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Graphic Design
2 2 (7.14%) Animation
2 2 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.57%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (3.57%) Educational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.57%) Social Media
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (3.57%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) User Experience
2 13 (46.43%) UX Design
3 6 (21.43%) Prototyping
3 6 (21.43%) Service Design
3 6 (21.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 5 (17.86%) Agile
4 5 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (17.86%) Typography
4 5 (17.86%) User Research
5 4 (14.29%) Iconography
5 4 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
5 4 (14.29%) Storytelling
6 3 (10.71%) Interaction Design
6 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (10.71%) Time Management
6 3 (10.71%) Wireframes
7 2 (7.14%) Data Visualisation
7 2 (7.14%) Information Architecture
7 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (7.14%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Adobe
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) MicroStrategy