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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 497 540 544
Rank change year-on-year +43 +4 -89
Contract jobs citing Sketch 76 161 324
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.28% 0.37%
As % of the Applications category 2.28% 3.80% 5.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 100 227
10th Percentile £363 £362 £363
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% -8.65% +15.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £575
90th Percentile £588 £660 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £420 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% -6.67% +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 3,330 4,233 6,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.83% 7.41% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,681 2,755 4,312
10th Percentile £163 £188 £163
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £431
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.45% +7.81%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 626 262 431
10th Percentile £11.50 £14.26 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.06 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.11 £32.40 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.19% +50.70% +16.72%
75th Percentile £38.43 £52.50 £46.19
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £27.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -41.60% +41.03% +8.33%

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 15 May 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

Sketch
Top 12 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 15 May 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 +16 53 £500 - 46
London +47 43 £525 -4.55% 30
Work from Home +77 22 £500 +5.26% 20
UK excluding London +22 22 £400 -4.76% 17
Scotland +40 11 £400 -4.76% 2
Midlands +29 3 £418 -12.00% 5
South East +17 3 £375 -11.76% 2
Yorkshire +13 3 - - 3
North of England +7 3 - - 8
East Midlands +16 2 £418 +10.73% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £563 -
West Midlands +15 1 £400 -15.79% 4

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.63%) Confluence
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 33 (43.42%) Adobe XD
2 23 (30.26%) InVision
3 8 (10.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 7 (9.21%) Photoshop
5 5 (6.58%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (3.95%) Zeplin
7 1 (1.32%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (1.32%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (1.32%) InDesign
7 1 (1.32%) Marvel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (90.79%) Figma
2 13 (17.11%) Azure
3 4 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.26%) SaaS
4 2 (2.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (2.63%) AWS
5 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.32%) BigCommerce
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.32%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.63%) Internet
2 1 (1.32%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.16%) MongoDB
2 4 (5.26%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (5.26%) Power BI
3 1 (1.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (13.16%) Axure RP
2 4 (5.26%) JIRA
3 1 (1.32%) Balsamiq
3 1 (1.32%) Maven
General
1 39 (51.32%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.74%) Finance
3 10 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.53%) Banking
4 8 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 7 (9.21%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (7.89%) Automotive
7 3 (3.95%) Games
8 2 (2.63%) Advertising
8 2 (2.63%) Health Technology
8 2 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.63%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.63%) Retail
9 1 (1.32%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.32%) Legal
9 1 (1.32%) Marketing
9 1 (1.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 57 (75.00%) Designer
2 42 (55.26%) UX Designer
3 13 (17.11%) UI Designer
4 12 (15.79%) UI/UX Designer
5 7 (9.21%) Interaction Designer
6 6 (7.89%) Developer
7 4 (5.26%) Lead
7 4 (5.26%) Senior
7 4 (5.26%) Senior Designer
7 4 (5.26%) Service Designer
8 3 (3.95%) Design Engineer
8 3 (3.95%) Games Designer
8 3 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.63%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 2 (2.63%) JavaScript Developer
9 2 (2.63%) Lead Designer
9 2 (2.63%) Senior UI Designer
9 2 (2.63%) Senior UX Designer
9 2 (2.63%) UI Engineer
9 2 (2.63%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (21.05%) React
2 13 (17.11%) HTML
3 11 (14.47%) CSS
4 4 (5.26%) CSS3
5 2 (2.63%) .NET
5 2 (2.63%) Framer.js
5 2 (2.63%) Node.js
5 2 (2.63%) PySpark
5 2 (2.63%) Redux
6 1 (1.32%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.32%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.32%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (1.32%) jQuery
6 1 (1.32%) Sass
6 1 (1.32%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.74%) Product Ownership
2 10 (13.16%) Mobile App
3 4 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.95%) Animation
4 3 (3.95%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (3.95%) Graphic Design
4 3 (3.95%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (2.63%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (2.63%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.47%) Android
1 11 (14.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (80.26%) User Experience
2 54 (71.05%) UX Design
3 42 (55.26%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 34 (44.74%) Wireframes
5 27 (35.53%) Agile
6 26 (34.21%) Prototyping
7 23 (30.26%) User Research
8 19 (25.00%) Visualisation
9 18 (23.68%) Usability Testing
10 17 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (21.05%) User Stories
12 11 (14.47%) UX Research
13 9 (11.84%) Journey Map
13 9 (11.84%) Workshop Facilitation
14 8 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
14 8 (10.53%) Design Thinking
14 8 (10.53%) Interaction Design
15 7 (9.21%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 7 (9.21%) Service Design
15 7 (9.21%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.79%) Python
2 9 (11.84%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.63%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.32%) Bash
4 1 (1.32%) C#
4 1 (1.32%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (17.11%) Degree
2 6 (7.89%) Master's Degree
2 6 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.32%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (31.58%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.58%) WCAG
Vendors
1 40 (52.63%) Adobe
2 4 (5.26%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.32%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.32%) SAP
3 1 (1.32%) Sitecore