Designer Contracts in the North of England

Designer
England > North of England

The median Designer daily rate in the North of England is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 87 97
Rank change year-on-year -18 +10 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 74 134 175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.56% 2.42% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 2.53% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 94 139
10th Percentile £325 £332 £373
25th Percentile £363 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% -3.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £478 £564 £568
90th Percentile £538 £654 £634
England median daily rate £493 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -6.19% - +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £30.55
25th Percentile - - £30.66
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - +23.09% +6.78%
75th Percentile - - £34.33
90th Percentile - - £34.45
England median hourly rate £57.35 £44.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year +28.88% +2.30% +102.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,414 5,292 6,908
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.00% 95.44% 96.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,722 3,704 5,061
10th Percentile £263 £269 £205
25th Percentile £386 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £579 £600 £563
90th Percentile £670 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 438 162 272
10th Percentile £11.10 £14.03 £11.30
25th Percentile £13.00 £17.72 £14.44
Median hourly rate £22.50 £28.34 £19.48
Median % change year-on-year -20.61% +45.48% +10.46%
75th Percentile £47.50 £44.92 £33.96
90th Percentile £66.61 £65.68 £62.70
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Yorkshire -3 37 £429 -9.79% 17
North West -21 20 £375 -21.05% 43
North East +13 17 £538 -6.52% 8
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 North of England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 26 (35.14%) User Experience
2 25 (33.78%) Interaction Design
3 20 (27.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 18 (24.32%) Prototyping
4 18 (24.32%) UX Design
4 18 (24.32%) HTML
4 18 (24.32%) User Research
5 16 (21.62%) CSS
6 14 (18.92%) Photoshop
6 14 (18.92%) Adobe
6 14 (18.92%) Adobe Illustrator
7 12 (16.22%) Agile
8 10 (13.51%) Public Sector
8 10 (13.51%) Social Skills
8 10 (13.51%) JavaScript
8 10 (13.51%) Service Design
9 8 (10.81%) Mobile App
9 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (10.81%) Marketing
9 8 (10.81%) Product Ownership
10 7 (9.46%) Figma
10 7 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (9.46%) Dreamweaver
10 7 (9.46%) Mobile Application Development
10 7 (9.46%) Wireframes
10 7 (9.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (8.11%) Mentoring
11 6 (8.11%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 6 (8.11%) Degree
11 6 (8.11%) Animation

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (2.70%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (18.92%) Adobe Illustrator
1 14 (18.92%) Photoshop
2 7 (9.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (8.11%) Adobe After Effects
4 5 (6.76%) InVision
5 2 (2.70%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (1.35%) Chatbot
6 1 (1.35%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.46%) Figma
2 4 (5.41%) AWS
3 3 (4.05%) Apigee
4 2 (2.70%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.05%) 5G
1 3 (4.05%) SSL
1 3 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.05%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (2.70%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (9.46%) Dreamweaver
2 5 (6.76%) Axure RP
3 3 (4.05%) gulp
3 3 (4.05%) Jenkins
3 3 (4.05%) Maven
General
1 10 (13.51%) Public Sector
1 10 (13.51%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.81%) Marketing
3 4 (5.41%) Finance
4 3 (4.05%) Health Technology
5 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.70%) Multimedia
5 2 (2.70%) Retail
6 1 (1.35%) Legal
6 1 (1.35%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (24.32%) HTML
2 16 (21.62%) CSS
3 3 (4.05%) .NET
3 3 (4.05%) Node.js
3 3 (4.05%) OAuth
3 3 (4.05%) OpenID
3 3 (4.05%) RESTful
3 3 (4.05%) SAML
4 2 (2.70%) Ajax
4 2 (2.70%) CSS3
4 2 (2.70%) HTML5
4 2 (2.70%) LESS
4 2 (2.70%) Sass
5 1 (1.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Mobile App
1 8 (10.81%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.11%) Animation
3 2 (2.70%) Digital Media
3 2 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.70%) NHS
3 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.70%) Taxonomies
3 2 (2.70%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.35%) IoT
4 1 (1.35%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.05%) Android
1 3 (4.05%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (35.14%) User Experience
2 25 (33.78%) Interaction Design
3 20 (27.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 18 (24.32%) Prototyping
4 18 (24.32%) User Research
4 18 (24.32%) UX Design
5 12 (16.22%) Agile
6 10 (13.51%) Service Design
7 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (9.46%) Mobile Application Development
8 7 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (9.46%) Wireframes
9 6 (8.11%) Email Marketing
9 6 (8.11%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 6 (8.11%) Mentoring
9 6 (8.11%) Time Management
10 5 (6.76%) Coaching
10 5 (6.76%) Typography
11 4 (5.41%) Front End Development
11 4 (5.41%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.51%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.41%) Python
3 3 (4.05%) Java
4 1 (1.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (8.11%) Degree
1 6 (8.11%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.05%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.76%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.05%) QA
3 2 (2.70%) WCAG
4 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Ansible
2 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (18.92%) Adobe
2 6 (8.11%) dotdigital
3 3 (4.05%) Google
4 2 (2.70%) SAP
4 2 (2.70%) Virgin Media
4 2 (2.70%) Workday
5 1 (1.35%) Brio
5 1 (1.35%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft