Designer Contracts in England

Designer
UK > England

The median Designer daily rate in England is £498, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 133 116
Rank change year-on-year -49 -17 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 493 930 1,680
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.31% 1.98% 2.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 2.09% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 682 1,179
10th Percentile £307 £338 £363
25th Percentile £390 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% - +11.70%
75th Percentile £574 £625 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £495 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.71% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 16 23
10th Percentile £24.38 £25.35 £26.25
25th Percentile £45.00 £37.19 £28.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £44.50 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.88% +2.30% +102.33%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.06 £58.94
90th Percentile - £70.50 £66.80
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £47.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year +20.74% +9.20% +102.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in England

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in England

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in England

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in England

Designer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Designer in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Designer in England

Designer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London -66 254 £500 -9.09% 126
South East +61 111 £538 +7.50% 33
North of England -25 73 £425 -14.57% 72
Yorkshire -5 37 £429 -7.85% 17
Midlands +3 21 £400 -15.79% 32
North East +12 18 £538 -8.51% 6
North West -21 18 £375 -22.08% 49
South West -24 12 £425 -9.09% 17
East Midlands +12 11 £400 -9.86% 19
West Midlands -2 10 £450 -5.26% 13
East of England -6 4 £650 +122.22% 10
Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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 England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 192 (38.95%) User Experience
2 156 (31.64%) UX Design
3 112 (22.72%) Social Skills
4 100 (20.28%) Figma
5 88 (17.85%) Adobe
6 84 (17.04%) Agile
7 83 (16.84%) User Research
8 80 (16.23%) Service Design
9 79 (16.02%) Degree
10 64 (12.98%) Interaction Design
10 64 (12.98%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 63 (12.78%) Security Cleared
12 62 (12.58%) Prototyping
13 56 (11.36%) Marketing
13 56 (11.36%) Wireframes
13 56 (11.36%) Accessibility
14 55 (11.16%) Public Sector
15 54 (10.95%) Finance
16 53 (10.75%) Photoshop
17 48 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
18 47 (9.53%) HTML
18 47 (9.53%) Adobe Illustrator
19 43 (8.72%) Electronics
19 43 (8.72%) SC Cleared
20 40 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
21 38 (7.71%) CSS
21 38 (7.71%) FPGA
21 38 (7.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
22 35 (7.10%) Usability Testing
22 35 (7.10%) Microsoft

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (2.03%) CMS
2 7 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.81%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.61%) Confluence
5 2 (0.41%) WordPress
6 1 (0.20%) Appian
6 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.20%) Jadu
Applications
1 53 (10.75%) Photoshop
2 47 (9.53%) Adobe Illustrator
3 38 (7.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 32 (6.49%) Sketch
5 22 (4.46%) Adobe After Effects
6 21 (4.26%) Adobe XD
7 19 (3.85%) InVision
8 17 (3.45%) InDesign
9 15 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
10 13 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 10 (2.03%) Adobe Premiere
12 8 (1.62%) Adobe Captivate
13 7 (1.42%) CINEMA 4D
14 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
15 3 (0.61%) Chatbot
16 2 (0.41%) OmniGraffle
16 2 (0.41%) UXPin
17 1 (0.20%) Autodesk Inventor
17 1 (0.20%) Final Cut Pro
17 1 (0.20%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) SmartPlant
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 100 (20.28%) Figma
2 16 (3.25%) Azure
3 14 (2.84%) Miro
4 13 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 5 (1.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 5 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.01%) Azure Key Vault
6 5 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (1.01%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.81%) AWS
7 4 (0.81%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 3 (0.61%) Apigee
9 2 (0.41%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.41%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.41%) SaaS
9 2 (0.41%) Serverless
10 1 (0.20%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.20%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.20%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.69%) Ethernet
2 10 (2.03%) 5G
3 7 (1.42%) Wireless
4 6 (1.22%) 4G
4 6 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.81%) 2G
5 4 (0.81%) 3G
5 4 (0.81%) MVNO
5 4 (0.81%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.61%) SSL
7 2 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.41%) Firewall
7 2 (0.41%) Intranet
7 2 (0.41%) Network Security
7 2 (0.41%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.41%) VPN
8 1 (0.20%) IOS XR
8 1 (0.20%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.22%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.01%) Power BI
3 3 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
3 3 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.41%) Big Data
5 1 (0.20%) Looker
5 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (2.84%) Axure RP
2 7 (1.42%) Dreamweaver
2 7 (1.42%) Git
3 6 (1.22%) JIRA
4 3 (0.61%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.61%) gulp
4 3 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.61%) Maven
5 2 (0.41%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.20%) Postman
General
1 112 (22.72%) Social Skills
2 56 (11.36%) Marketing
3 55 (11.16%) Public Sector
4 54 (10.95%) Finance
5 43 (8.72%) Electronics
6 18 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.84%) Banking
7 14 (2.84%) Games
8 13 (2.64%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.43%) Multimedia
10 11 (2.23%) Advertising
11 10 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.03%) Retail
12 9 (1.83%) Legal
13 8 (1.62%) Front Office
13 8 (1.62%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.62%) Publishing
14 6 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (9.53%) HTML
2 38 (7.71%) CSS
3 13 (2.64%) React
4 10 (2.03%) Node.js
5 9 (1.83%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.22%) CSS3
7 5 (1.01%) RESTful
7 5 (1.01%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 4 (0.81%) HTML5
8 4 (0.81%) OAuth
9 3 (0.61%) .NET
9 3 (0.61%) Framer.js
9 3 (0.61%) OpenID
9 3 (0.61%) SAML
9 3 (0.61%) Unreal Engine
10 2 (0.41%) Ajax
10 2 (0.41%) JSON
10 2 (0.41%) Middleware
10 2 (0.41%) Sass
10 2 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.71%) FPGA
2 33 (6.69%) CPLD
2 33 (6.69%) VHDL
3 31 (6.29%) Mobile App
4 19 (3.85%) Graphic Design
4 19 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.45%) Animation
6 12 (2.43%) Social Media
7 11 (2.23%) Digital Media
7 11 (2.23%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.42%) e-Learning
10 6 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.22%) Motion Graphics
10 6 (1.22%) Photography
11 5 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.01%) Podcast
11 5 (1.01%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.81%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.42%) Android
2 6 (1.22%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.01%) Windows
4 4 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.61%) Linux
6 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (38.95%) User Experience
2 156 (31.64%) UX Design
3 84 (17.04%) Agile
4 83 (16.84%) User Research
5 80 (16.23%) Service Design
6 64 (12.98%) Interaction Design
6 64 (12.98%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 62 (12.58%) Prototyping
8 56 (11.36%) Wireframes
9 48 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 35 (7.10%) Usability Testing
12 33 (6.69%) Schematic Capture
12 33 (6.69%) Typography
13 30 (6.09%) Workshop Facilitation
14 27 (5.48%) Design Thinking
15 26 (5.27%) Collaborative Working
16 25 (5.07%) Strategic Thinking
17 20 (4.06%) Coaching
17 20 (4.06%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.09%) JavaScript
2 9 (1.83%) Java
2 9 (1.83%) Python
3 3 (0.61%) SQL
4 2 (0.41%) PHP
5 1 (0.20%) C
5 1 (0.20%) C++
5 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 79 (16.02%) Degree
2 63 (12.78%) Security Cleared
3 43 (8.72%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (1.62%) JNCIS
6 7 (1.42%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.22%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.81%) MCITP
8 4 (0.81%) MCTS
8 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.61%) CCNP
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.61%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.41%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (11.36%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.62%) WCAG
3 6 (1.22%) SLA
4 5 (1.01%) QA
5 2 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.20%) GDPR
6 1 (0.20%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (1.22%) Active Directory
1 6 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.81%) Ansible
Vendors
1 88 (17.85%) Adobe
2 35 (7.10%) Microsoft
3 33 (6.69%) EMC
4 9 (1.83%) Juniper
5 7 (1.42%) Google
5 7 (1.42%) SAP
5 7 (1.42%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.22%) Cisco
6 6 (1.22%) dotdigital
6 6 (1.22%) Virgin Media
6 6 (1.22%) VMware
7 5 (1.01%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.01%) Xilinx
8 4 (0.81%) Empirix
8 4 (0.81%) Ericsson
8 4 (0.81%) NetScout
9 3 (0.61%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.61%) Workday
10 2 (0.41%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.41%) MicroStrategy