Web Design Contracts

Web Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Web Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Web Design 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 523 572 582
Rank change year-on-year +49 +10 -92
Contract jobs citing Web Design 53 112 277
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.20% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.22% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 81 193
10th Percentile £300 £325 £377
25th Percentile £413 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% +10.53%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £625
90th Percentile - £850 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £475 £543
% change year-on-year -10.53% -12.52% +19.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £17.00 - -
75th Percentile £32.50 - -
90th Percentile £40.90 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Web Design 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%

Web Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Web Design in the UK

Web Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Web Design in the UK

Web Design
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Web Design in the UK

Web Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Web Design in the UK

Web Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Web Design in the UK

Web Design
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Design 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 +67 47 £550 -12.00% 82
London +89 26 £750 +15.38% 25
UK excluding London +20 19 £425 -10.53% 62
Work from Home +79 15 £550 -15.38% 48
North of England +8 8 £313 -54.55% 19
Yorkshire -1 6 £381 -45.54% 4
East of England +7 4 - - 6
Midlands +24 3 £375 -25.00% 13
East Midlands +13 3 £375 -25.00% 6
Scotland +32 2 £425 - 4
North West +16 2 £275 -21.43% 12
South East +6 2 £510 +23.64% 17

Web Design
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 6 (11.32%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.66%) CMS
3 2 (3.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (3.77%) WordPress
4 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (15.09%) Photoshop
2 7 (13.21%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (9.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (7.55%) InVision
5 3 (5.66%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.55%) Azure
2 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
2 4 (7.55%) SaaS
3 3 (5.66%) Figma
3 3 (5.66%) Google Analytics
4 2 (3.77%) AWS
4 2 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.77%) Power Automate
4 2 (3.77%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.32%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (32.08%) MongoDB
2 5 (9.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.55%) Power BI
4 1 (1.89%) Flink
4 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (30.19%) Mockito
2 4 (7.55%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.89%) Git
3 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.87%) Influencing Skills
2 10 (18.87%) Marketing
3 8 (15.09%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (11.32%) Legal
5 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.43%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (7.55%) Advertising
7 3 (5.66%) Health Technology
7 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.77%) Retail
9 1 (1.89%) Banking
9 1 (1.89%) Danish Language
9 1 (1.89%) Dutch Language
9 1 (1.89%) French Language
9 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (43.40%) Developer
2 16 (30.19%) Senior
3 15 (28.30%) Java Developer
4 13 (24.53%) Designer
5 12 (22.64%) Senior Developer
6 11 (20.75%) Senior Java Developer
7 8 (15.09%) UI Designer
8 5 (9.43%) Digital Developer
9 4 (7.55%) Intranet Specialist
9 4 (7.55%) Senior Designer
9 4 (7.55%) Senior UI Designer
9 4 (7.55%) UI/UX Designer
9 4 (7.55%) UX Designer
10 3 (5.66%) Analyst
10 3 (5.66%) Senior UI/UX Designer
10 3 (5.66%) Senior UX Designer
10 3 (5.66%) Software Developer
10 3 (5.66%) Web Designer
11 2 (3.77%) Project Manager
11 2 (3.77%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (32.08%) Kafka
2 16 (30.19%) ActiveMQ
2 16 (30.19%) JAX-RS
3 10 (18.87%) CSS
3 10 (18.87%) HTML
4 2 (3.77%) React
5 1 (1.89%) Apollo GraphQL
5 1 (1.89%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.89%) HTML5
5 1 (1.89%) Jest
5 1 (1.89%) jQuery
5 1 (1.89%) NestJS
5 1 (1.89%) Next.js
5 1 (1.89%) Node.js
5 1 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.89%) Redux
5 1 (1.89%) REST
5 1 (1.89%) Spring
5 1 (1.89%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Graphic Design
2 5 (9.43%) Mobile App
2 5 (9.43%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.55%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.66%) Animation
4 3 (5.66%) Digital Media
4 3 (5.66%) Social Media
5 2 (3.77%) Learning Management System
5 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.89%) FMCG
6 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.89%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (30.19%) Linux
1 16 (30.19%) Mac OS X
1 16 (30.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (49.06%) Responsive Web Design
2 24 (45.28%) Agile
3 20 (37.74%) Web Development
4 18 (33.96%) Test Automation
5 17 (32.08%) BDD
5 17 (32.08%) Continuous Deployment
5 17 (32.08%) Microservices
5 17 (32.08%) TDD
6 16 (30.19%) Analytics
7 15 (28.30%) Pair Programming
8 14 (26.42%) User Experience
9 12 (22.64%) Project Management
10 9 (16.98%) UX Design
11 8 (15.09%) Typography
12 7 (13.21%) Journey Map
12 7 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (13.21%) Prototyping
12 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (11.32%) Business Case
13 6 (11.32%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (33.96%) Java
2 7 (13.21%) SQL
3 5 (9.43%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.66%) Python
5 1 (1.89%) C#
5 1 (1.89%) Groovy
5 1 (1.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (16.98%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.32%) Degree
4 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.66%) QA
3 1 (1.89%) GxP
3 1 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Terraform
2 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 10 (18.87%) Adobe
3 6 (11.32%) Oracle
4 3 (5.66%) Google
5 2 (3.77%) Databricks
5 2 (3.77%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.89%) Mapbox
6 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow