Designer Contracts in Birmingham

Designer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Designer daily rate in Birmingham is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 66 65
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 5 8 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.70% 1.00% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.06% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 19
10th Percentile £340 £334 £310
25th Percentile £391 £394 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -21.88% +20.00%
75th Percentile £700 £502 £655
90th Percentile £805 £526 -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £481 £548
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.10% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £32.21 £41.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.39% -2.35% +8.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 680 755 1,228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 94.26% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 520 819
10th Percentile £200 £257 £210
25th Percentile £352 £375 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £588
90th Percentile £738 £688 £655
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 14
10th Percentile £17.33 £14.60 £12.55
25th Percentile £21.63 £15.75 £15.01
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.02 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.07% +47.47% +24.59%
75th Percentile £51.25 £67.50 £20.94
90th Percentile £56.45 - £37.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.71 £22.20 £17.72
% change year-on-year +6.83% +25.25% +12.83%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Birmingham

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in Birmingham

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Birmingham

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in Birmingham

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 15 November 2024, Designer 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 Birmingham region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) User Research
1 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (20.00%) Design Sprint
2 1 (20.00%) User Journey Map
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) UX Design
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk
2 1 (20.00%) ArcSight

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) User Research
1 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (20.00%) Co-Creation
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Design Sprint
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (20.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) User Journey Map
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (20.00%) IBM
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk
1 1 (20.00%) Workday