Lead Designer Contracts in England

Lead Designer
UK > England

The median Lead Designer daily rate in England is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 598 731
Rank change year-on-year +82 +133 -126
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Designer 27 40 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.073% 0.084% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.089% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 38
10th Percentile £450 £540 £480
25th Percentile £475 £625 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £700 £533
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +31.46% -1.16%
75th Percentile £625 - £628
90th Percentile - £738 £650
UK median daily rate £563 £700 £550
% change year-on-year -19.64% +27.27% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Lead Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Designer in England

Lead Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Designer in England

Lead Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Designer in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Designer in England

Lead Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead Designer in England

Lead Designer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
London +71 13 £488 -30.36% 5
South East +20 12 £600 +9.09%
Lead Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Lead 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 England region featuring Lead Designer in the job title.

1 10 (37.04%) Marketing
2 9 (33.33%) Coaching
2 9 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 8 (29.63%) User Experience
3 8 (29.63%) UX Design
4 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
5 6 (22.22%) Figma
5 6 (22.22%) Azure
5 6 (22.22%) Node.js
5 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (22.22%) AngularJS
5 6 (22.22%) Agile
6 5 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (18.52%) User Research
6 5 (18.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 5 (18.52%) Azure Key Vault
6 5 (18.52%) Strategic Thinking
6 5 (18.52%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (18.52%) Prototyping
7 4 (14.81%) Visual Effects
7 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
7 4 (14.81%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (14.81%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 4 (14.81%) CINEMA 4D
7 4 (14.81%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (14.81%) Adobe
7 4 (14.81%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (14.81%) DevOps
7 4 (14.81%) API Development
7 4 (14.81%) API Design

Lead Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (14.81%) Adobe After Effects
2 4 (14.81%) Adobe Premiere
2 4 (14.81%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (7.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (7.41%) Adobe XD
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (7.41%) Sketch
4 1 (3.70%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Azure
1 6 (22.22%) Figma
2 5 (18.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 5 (18.52%) Azure Key Vault
3 4 (14.81%) Azure Cognitive Search
3 4 (14.81%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Functions
5 1 (3.70%) Miro
5 1 (3.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.70%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Git
General
1 10 (37.04%) Marketing
2 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Finance
5 1 (3.70%) Games
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) AngularJS
1 6 (22.22%) Node.js
2 2 (7.41%) CSS
2 2 (7.41%) HTML
3 1 (3.70%) React
3 1 (3.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (3.70%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Motion Graphics
2 3 (11.11%) Animation
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Over-the-Top Content
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Coaching
1 9 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 8 (29.63%) User Experience
2 8 (29.63%) UX Design
3 6 (22.22%) Agile
3 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (18.52%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (18.52%) Prototyping
4 5 (18.52%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (18.52%) User Research
5 4 (14.81%) API Design
5 4 (14.81%) API Development
5 4 (14.81%) DevOps
5 4 (14.81%) Iconography
5 4 (14.81%) Marketing Strategy
5 4 (14.81%) Service Design
5 4 (14.81%) Typography
5 4 (14.81%) Visual Effects
6 3 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (7.41%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.41%) PHP
3 1 (3.70%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Adobe
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) Virgin Media