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 24 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £182 - -
25th Percentile £211 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 - -
75th Percentile £321 - -
90th Percentile £347 - -
East of England median daily rate £413 £488 £290
% change year-on-year -15.38% +68.10% -55.38%

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 313 304 406
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.99% 76.57% 79.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 126 199
10th Percentile £213 £249 £185
25th Percentile £368 £334 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £620 £562 £550
90th Percentile £700 £638 £613
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 45 109
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.43 -
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.92 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +29.20% +14.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £48.75 £20.56
90th Percentile £44.05 £63.75 £33.65
East of England median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £33.22
% change year-on-year -36.84% +42.99% +67.69%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Designer job vacancy trend 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 24 October 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 24 October 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
Cambridge - 1 £360 -
Peterborough - 1 £175 - 2
Designer
East of England

Designer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 24 October 2025, Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (50.00%) Atomic Design
1 1 (50.00%) Canva
1 1 (50.00%) Facebook
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
1 1 (50.00%) Framer.js
1 1 (50.00%) InDesign
1 1 (50.00%) Instagram
1 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (50.00%) Typography
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) UX Design

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

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