Typography Contracts

Typography
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Typography skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Typography over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 632 779
Rank change year-on-year +97 +147 -191
Contract jobs citing Typography 41 52 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.096% 0.091% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.10% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 23 50
10th Percentile £210 £263 £263
25th Percentile £284 £281 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £536
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -30.00% +19.06%
75th Percentile £456 £450 £619
90th Percentile £489 £498 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £250 £343 £600
% change year-on-year -27.01% -42.92% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £14.95 - -
25th Percentile £17.88 - £40.25
Median hourly rate £24.50 - £40.50
75th Percentile £31.88 - £40.75
90th Percentile £35.25 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 - £40.50
% change year-on-year - - +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Typography is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

Typography
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Typography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Typography in the UK

Typography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Typography in the UK

Typography
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Typography over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Typography in the UK

Typography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Typography in the UK

Typography
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Typography over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Typography in the UK

Typography
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Typography within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +102 38 £325 -11.56% 18
London +86 26 £338 -10.00% 8
Work from Home +118 16 £325 -18.75% 8
UK excluding London +62 12 £250 -27.01% 10
North of England - 5 £294 - 4
Yorkshire - 4 £294 - 1
South East +15 3 £200 -44.44% 2
Scotland - 3 £325 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - - 3
North West - 1 - - 1

Typography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.44%) CMS
1 1 (2.44%) Drupal
1 1 (2.44%) Moodle
Applications
1 22 (53.66%) Photoshop
2 20 (48.78%) Adobe Illustrator
3 16 (39.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 12 (29.27%) InDesign
5 5 (12.20%) InVision
5 5 (12.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (9.76%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (7.32%) Sketch
8 2 (4.88%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (2.44%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (31.71%) Figma
2 3 (7.32%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (4.88%) Canva
4 1 (2.44%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Axure RP
General
1 17 (41.46%) Marketing
2 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Health Technology
3 5 (12.20%) Retail
4 4 (9.76%) Finance
5 3 (7.32%) Advertising
5 3 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (2.44%) Local Government
6 1 (2.44%) Police
6 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (85.37%) Designer
2 10 (24.39%) UI Designer
3 7 (17.07%) Senior
3 7 (17.07%) Senior Designer
3 7 (17.07%) UX Designer
4 6 (14.63%) UI/UX Designer
5 4 (9.76%) Artworker
5 4 (9.76%) Lead
5 4 (9.76%) Lead Designer
5 4 (9.76%) Senior UI Designer
6 3 (7.32%) Digital Designer
6 3 (7.32%) Graphic Designer
6 3 (7.32%) Senior UI/UX Designer
6 3 (7.32%) Senior UX Designer
7 1 (2.44%) Architect
7 1 (2.44%) Creative Director
7 1 (2.44%) Developer
7 1 (2.44%) e-Learning Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Web Architect
7 1 (2.44%) Web Information Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) CSS
1 5 (12.20%) HTML
2 1 (2.44%) Framer.js
2 1 (2.44%) HTML5
2 1 (2.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Graphic Design
2 6 (14.63%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (14.63%) Social Media
3 5 (12.20%) Animation
4 4 (9.76%) Digital Media
4 4 (9.76%) Mobile App
4 4 (9.76%) Product Ownership
5 2 (4.88%) Motion Graphics
5 2 (4.88%) Video Editing
6 1 (2.44%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (2.44%) e-Learning
6 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.44%) Photography
6 1 (2.44%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (39.02%) User Experience
2 15 (36.59%) Prototyping
2 15 (36.59%) UX Design
3 13 (31.71%) Iconography
4 10 (24.39%) User Research
5 9 (21.95%) Wireframes
6 8 (19.51%) Interaction Design
6 8 (19.51%) Web Design
7 7 (17.07%) Marketing Strategy
7 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (14.63%) Strategic Thinking
9 5 (12.20%) Time Management
9 5 (12.20%) Usability Testing
9 5 (12.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 5 (12.20%) Visualisation
10 4 (9.76%) Creative Thinking
10 4 (9.76%) Data Visualisation
10 4 (9.76%) Mobile Application Development
10 4 (9.76%) Project Management
10 4 (9.76%) Responsive Web Design
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.44%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.44%) WCAG
Vendors
1 25 (60.98%) Adobe
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.44%) Facebook
3 1 (2.44%) Instagram
3 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) Sitecore
3 1 (2.44%) Twitter