Typography Contracts

Typography
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Typography skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Typography over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 642 779
Rank change year-on-year +100 +137 -148
Contract jobs citing Typography 42 55 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.096% 0.099% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.11% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 23 52
10th Percentile £213 £263 £268
25th Percentile £294 £281 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £528
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -29.01% +11.21%
75th Percentile £438 £450 £614
90th Percentile £475 £498 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £294 £360 £450
% change year-on-year -18.40% -20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £14.95 £61.33 -
25th Percentile £17.88 £61.44 £40.25
Median hourly rate £24.50 £62.25 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.64% +53.70% +8.72%
75th Percentile £31.88 £63.31 £40.75
90th Percentile £35.25 £63.58 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £62.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -77.60% +54.32% +8.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Typography falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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 12 June 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 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Typography in the UK

Typography
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 Typography within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +75 39 £325 -13.33% 29
London +65 25 £338 -10.00% 10
Work from Home +109 16 £325 -27.78% 14
UK excluding London +36 15 £294 -18.40% 20
North of England +21 5 £294 -30.88% 6
Yorkshire - 4 £294 - 1
Scotland +51 3 £325 - 3
South East +16 3 £200 -44.44% 5
Midlands - 3 £313 - 3
East Midlands - 2 £313 - 2
North West +15 1 - - 3
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £325 - 3

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 (2.38%) CMS
1 1 (2.38%) Drupal
Applications
1 21 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 19 (45.24%) Adobe Illustrator
3 16 (38.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 12 (28.57%) InDesign
5 7 (16.67%) InVision
6 5 (11.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (11.90%) Sketch
7 4 (9.52%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (4.76%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (4.76%) Adobe XD
9 1 (2.38%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (35.71%) Figma
2 2 (4.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (4.76%) Canva
3 1 (2.38%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Axure RP
General
1 17 (40.48%) Marketing
2 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
3 6 (14.29%) Retail
4 5 (11.90%) Health Technology
5 3 (7.14%) Advertising
5 3 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (4.76%) Finance
6 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Local Government
7 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (85.71%) Designer
2 12 (28.57%) UI Designer
3 9 (21.43%) UX Designer
4 8 (19.05%) UI/UX Designer
5 6 (14.29%) Senior
5 6 (14.29%) Senior Designer
6 4 (9.52%) Artworker
6 4 (9.52%) Lead
6 4 (9.52%) Lead Designer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior UI Designer
7 3 (7.14%) Digital Designer
7 3 (7.14%) Graphic Designer
7 3 (7.14%) Senior UI/UX Designer
7 3 (7.14%) Senior UX Designer
8 1 (2.38%) Art Director
8 1 (2.38%) Creative Director
8 1 (2.38%) Interaction Designer
8 1 (2.38%) Packaging Artworker
8 1 (2.38%) Web Architect
8 1 (2.38%) Web Information Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) CSS
1 4 (9.52%) HTML
2 1 (2.38%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Graphic Design
2 6 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 6 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (14.29%) Social Media
3 5 (11.90%) Animation
4 4 (9.52%) Product Ownership
5 3 (7.14%) Digital Media
6 2 (4.76%) Motion Graphics
6 2 (4.76%) Video Editing
7 1 (2.38%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (2.38%) Photography
7 1 (2.38%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) User Experience
2 17 (40.48%) UX Design
3 15 (35.71%) Prototyping
4 13 (30.95%) Iconography
5 12 (28.57%) User Research
6 11 (26.19%) Wireframes
7 10 (23.81%) Interaction Design
8 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (19.05%) Web Design
10 7 (16.67%) Marketing Strategy
10 7 (16.67%) Time Management
10 7 (16.67%) Usability Testing
11 6 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
12 5 (11.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
13 4 (9.52%) Creative Thinking
13 4 (9.52%) Mobile Application Development
13 4 (9.52%) Responsive Web Design
13 4 (9.52%) Storytelling
13 4 (9.52%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 11 (26.19%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.38%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.38%) WCAG
Vendors
1 26 (61.90%) Adobe
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.38%) Facebook
3 1 (2.38%) Instagram
3 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.38%) SAP
3 1 (2.38%) Sitecore
3 1 (2.38%) Twitter