Designer Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Designer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Designer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £268, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 44 50
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.57% 0.23% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.30% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £182 - -
25th Percentile £211 - £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 - £254
Median % change year-on-year - - -62.37%
75th Percentile £321 - £281
90th Percentile £347 - -
East of England median daily rate £388 £285 £290
% change year-on-year +35.96% -1.72% -51.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 293 331 411
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.48% 76.27% 78.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 132 215
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £375 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £442 £463
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -4.43% -2.63%
75th Percentile £614 £556 £539
90th Percentile £700 £624 £598
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 78 99
10th Percentile £14.30 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.92 £14.84 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £27.50 £20.56
90th Percentile £51.01 £53.75 £33.65
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £41.80
% change year-on-year -15.79% +13.64% +111.00%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Cambridgeshire

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in Cambridgeshire

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Designer
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Peterborough +3 1 £175 -
Cambridge - 1 £360 - 1
Designer
East of England

Designer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (50.00%) InDesign
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) UX Design
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
1 1 (50.00%) Facebook
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (50.00%) Typography
1 1 (50.00%) Framer.js
1 1 (50.00%) Canva
1 1 (50.00%) Instagram
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
1 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Atomic Design

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

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (50.00%) InDesign
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Canva
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Atomic Design
1 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (50.00%) Typography
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) UX Design
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Facebook
1 1 (50.00%) Instagram