Graphic Design Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Graphic Design
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.25% - 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.80% - 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.00 - £15.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £15.25
75th Percentile £32.00 - £15.38
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £30.00 - £15.25

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

Graphic Design falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 125 96 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 31.65% 34.78% 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 62 73
10th Percentile £165 £201 £178
25th Percentile £245 £379 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -7.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £536 £545 £560
90th Percentile £675 £635 £630
East of England median daily rate £470 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -9.62% +9.47% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 19
10th Percentile £16.23 £17.24 £25.00
25th Percentile £19.34 £18.22 £35.51
Median hourly rate £31.47 £23.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.80% -58.18% +39.93%
75th Percentile £34.62 £60.00 £63.13
90th Percentile £46.00 £61.00 £66.25
East of England median hourly rate £25.99 £66.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -60.62% +20.00% -12.70%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Graphic Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Graphic Design job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Graphic Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Graphic Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Graphic Design

Graphic Design
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 Graphic Design within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2026. 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 - 1 - -
Graphic Design
East of England

Graphic Design
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 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Graphic Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Graphic Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe