Designer Contracts in Edinburgh

Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Designer daily rate in Edinburgh is £475 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 40 77 54
Rank change year-on-year +37 -23 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 34 25 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.91% 2.12% 3.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.12% 2.21% 4.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 15 46
10th Percentile £350 £341 £343
25th Percentile £413 £363 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year - -3.55% +15.88%
75th Percentile £575 £496 £600
90th Percentile - £563 £661
Scotland median daily rate £450 £478 £488
% change year-on-year -5.91% -1.90% +14.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 825 1,130 1,811
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 95.60% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 783 1,245
10th Percentile £179 £220 £230
25th Percentile £340 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £569
90th Percentile £650 £601 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £470
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 9 14
10th Percentile £15.45 £12.63 -
25th Percentile £16.37 £17.70 £17.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £17.72 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +153.95% -22.96% -60.00%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.26 £46.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £28.09 £52.64
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £18.50 £37.43
% change year-on-year +5.41% -50.57% +66.36%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Edinburgh

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Edinburgh

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Edinburgh

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Edinburgh

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

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 Edinburgh region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 18 (52.94%) Agile
1 18 (52.94%) Public Sector
2 15 (44.12%) Accessibility
2 15 (44.12%) User Experience
3 13 (38.24%) User Research
4 12 (35.29%) UX Design
5 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
6 10 (29.41%) Service Design
7 9 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (23.53%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (23.53%) Wireframes
8 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (23.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 8 (23.53%) Content Strategy
8 8 (23.53%) User Stories
9 7 (20.59%) CMS
9 7 (20.59%) Content Management
9 7 (20.59%) Product Ownership
10 6 (17.65%) Storyboarding
10 6 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (17.65%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 6 (17.65%) Figma
10 6 (17.65%) Information Architecture
11 5 (14.71%) Product Management
11 5 (14.71%) Publishing
11 5 (14.71%) Workshop Facilitation
11 5 (14.71%) Co-Creation
11 5 (14.71%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (14.71%) Metadata
12 4 (11.76%) Prototyping

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 7 (20.59%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Adobe Captivate
1 1 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (2.94%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (2.94%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) Figma
2 3 (8.82%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (5.88%) Canva
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) Metadata
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle APEX
General
1 18 (52.94%) Public Sector
2 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 9 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (23.53%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (14.71%) Publishing
7 2 (5.88%) Banking
7 2 (5.88%) Finance
8 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.94%) Legal
8 1 (2.94%) Multimedia
8 1 (2.94%) Retail Banking
8 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) COM+
1 1 (2.94%) Java EE
1 1 (2.94%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.88%) Graphic Design
2 2 (5.88%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (5.88%) Social Media
2 2 (5.88%) Video Editing
3 1 (2.94%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.94%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Android
1 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Agile
2 15 (44.12%) User Experience
3 13 (38.24%) User Research
4 12 (35.29%) UX Design
5 10 (29.41%) Service Design
6 8 (23.53%) Content Strategy
6 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (23.53%) User Stories
6 8 (23.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 8 (23.53%) Wireframes
7 7 (20.59%) Content Management
8 6 (17.65%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 6 (17.65%) Information Architecture
8 6 (17.65%) Storyboarding
9 5 (14.71%) Co-Creation
9 5 (14.71%) Product Management
9 5 (14.71%) Workshop Facilitation
10 4 (11.76%) Coaching
10 4 (11.76%) Prototyping
10 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) SQL
2 2 (5.88%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (44.12%) Accessibility
2 5 (14.71%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.94%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) Adobe
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (2.94%) Facebook
3 1 (2.94%) Instagram
3 1 (2.94%) Twitter