Head of Design Contracts in London

Head of Design
England > London

The median Head of Design daily rate in London is £600 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 387 475 586
Rank change year-on-year +88 +111 -106
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Design 3 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.017% 0.008% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.008% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £460 - £749
25th Percentile £513 £900 £770
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £1,000 £805
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +24.22% +12.98%
75th Percentile - £1,100 £840
90th Percentile - - £861
England median daily rate £600 £900 £805
% change year-on-year -33.33% +11.80% +23.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
England median hourly rate - - £45.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,359 24,202 36,895
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 95.18% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,819 17,639 27,124
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 276 418
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.74 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.60 £22.91
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +8.63%
75th Percentile £46.77 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.75 £82.38 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%

Head of Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Design in London

Head of Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Design in London.

Daily rate trend for Head of Design in London

Head of Design
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Design in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Design in London

Head of Design Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Head of Design 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 London region featuring Head of Design in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (66.67%) Sketch
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe
1 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility

Head of Design Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (66.67%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
1 2 (66.67%) User Research
1 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe
12 Head of Design jobs in England