Sketch Contracts

Sketch
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Sketch skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Sketch over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 505 523 549
Rank change year-on-year +18 +26 -104
Contract jobs citing Sketch 70 160 307
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.29% 0.35%
As % of the Applications category 2.18% 3.85% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 106 211
10th Percentile £363 £350 £360
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £555 £586 £573
90th Percentile £588 £653 £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £65.50
25th Percentile - - £66.25
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £72.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Software Application Skills
UK

Sketch is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,215 4,152 6,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.47% 7.41% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,653 2,721 4,306
10th Percentile £165 £185 £161
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £440
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -3.41% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £390 £375
% change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% +10.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 633 253 409
10th Percentile £11.54 £14.27 £11.24
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.23 £30.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.90% +39.53% +21.13%
75th Percentile £37.50 £52.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £26.48 £19.00
% change year-on-year -39.35% +39.37% +8.39%

Sketch
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Sketch in the UK

Sketch
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Sketch in the UK

Sketch
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sketch over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sketch in the UK

Sketch
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Sketch in the UK

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Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sketch within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 -4 49 £500 -2.44% 37
London +31 34 £525 -4.55% 18
UK excluding London +11 27 £400 -5.88% 18
Work from Home +66 21 £500 +2.56% 17
Scotland +33 11 £400 -4.76% 1
Midlands +21 4 £409 -13.89% 3
South East +7 4 £375 -6.25% 3
East Midlands +14 3 £418 -18.83% 1
Yorkshire +10 3 - - 6
East of England +7 3 £413 -
North of England +6 3 - - 11
Northern Ireland - 2 £563 -
West Midlands +10 1 £400 -15.79% 2

Sketch
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:

Applications
1 29 (41.43%) Adobe XD
2 21 (30.00%) InVision
3 7 (10.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (10.00%) Photoshop
4 5 (7.14%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.43%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.43%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (1.43%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (1.43%) UXPin
5 1 (1.43%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 62 (88.57%) Figma
2 11 (15.71%) Azure
3 4 (5.71%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.71%) SaaS
4 2 (2.86%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (2.86%) AWS
4 2 (2.86%) Miro
5 1 (1.43%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.29%) Wireless
2 2 (2.86%) Internet
3 1 (1.43%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.29%) MongoDB
2 4 (5.71%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (5.71%) Power BI
3 1 (1.43%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (8.57%) Axure RP
2 3 (4.29%) JIRA
3 1 (1.43%) Balsamiq
General
1 33 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.57%) Finance
3 10 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.00%) Banking
4 7 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (7.14%) Automotive
5 5 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.29%) Games
6 3 (4.29%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.86%) Advertising
7 2 (2.86%) Health Technology
7 2 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.43%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.43%) Legal
8 1 (1.43%) Marketing
8 1 (1.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (70.00%) Designer
2 37 (52.86%) UX Designer
3 15 (21.43%) UI Designer
4 13 (18.57%) UI/UX Designer
5 10 (14.29%) Developer
6 6 (8.57%) Interaction Designer
6 6 (8.57%) UX Developer
7 4 (5.71%) Lead
7 4 (5.71%) Senior
7 4 (5.71%) Senior Designer
8 3 (4.29%) Games Designer
8 3 (4.29%) React Developer
8 3 (4.29%) UI Developer
8 3 (4.29%) UI/UX Developer
9 2 (2.86%) Design Engineer
9 2 (2.86%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 2 (2.86%) JavaScript Developer
9 2 (2.86%) Lead Designer
9 2 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.86%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (24.29%) HTML
1 17 (24.29%) React
2 13 (18.57%) CSS
3 5 (7.14%) CSS3
4 3 (4.29%) Framer.js
4 3 (4.29%) PySpark
4 3 (4.29%) Redux
5 2 (2.86%) Node.js
6 1 (1.43%) .NET
6 1 (1.43%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.43%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.43%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (1.43%) HTML5
6 1 (1.43%) jQuery
6 1 (1.43%) Sass
6 1 (1.43%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 11 (15.71%) Mobile App
3 4 (5.71%) Graphic Design
3 4 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.29%) Animation
4 3 (4.29%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (4.29%) Biopharmaceutical
4 3 (4.29%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.29%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.71%) Android
1 11 (15.71%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (84.29%) User Experience
2 52 (74.29%) UX Design
3 34 (48.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 33 (47.14%) Wireframes
5 24 (34.29%) Prototyping
6 18 (25.71%) Agile
6 18 (25.71%) User Research
7 17 (24.29%) Visualisation
8 16 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (21.43%) User Stories
10 14 (20.00%) Usability Testing
11 10 (14.29%) UX Research
12 8 (11.43%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 7 (10.00%) Interaction Design
13 7 (10.00%) Web Development
14 6 (8.57%) Analytics
14 6 (8.57%) Journey Map
15 5 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
15 5 (7.14%) Design Thinking
15 5 (7.14%) Human-Centred Design
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.86%) Python
2 11 (15.71%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.29%) Java
4 2 (2.86%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.43%) Bash
5 1 (1.43%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (18.57%) Degree
2 6 (8.57%) Master's Degree
2 6 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.43%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (27.14%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.86%) WCAG
Vendors
1 34 (48.57%) Adobe
2 4 (5.71%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (1.43%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.43%) SAP
3 1 (1.43%) Sitecore