Creative Designer Contracts in England

Creative Designer
UK > England

The median Creative Designer daily rate in England is £270, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 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
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 544 625
Rank change year-on-year +53 +81 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Creative Designer 3 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.024% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.026% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £214 £208 £331
25th Percentile £235 £219 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £250 £438
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -42.86% +32.08%
75th Percentile £305 £294 £492
90th Percentile £326 £313 £501
UK median daily rate £270 £250 £438
% change year-on-year +8.00% -42.86% +32.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 23,802 34,689 44,733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 92.93% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,558 22,690 31,723
10th Percentile £293 £300 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,110 2,587 1,360
10th Percentile £13.99 £12.87 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.90 £16.80 £19.50
Median hourly rate £28.34 £40.00 £43.93
Median % change year-on-year -29.15% -8.95% +75.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.52 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.33% -12.79% +68.63%

Creative Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Designer in England

Creative Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Designer in England.

Daily rate trend for Creative Designer in England

Creative Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Designer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Creative Designer in England

Creative Designer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
London +39 2 £270 -10.00% 13
North of England - 1 - - 4
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Creative Designer
UK

Creative Designer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 July 2025, Creative 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 England region featuring Creative Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Photoshop
2 2 (66.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (33.33%) InDesign
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (33.33%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (33.33%) Advertising
3 1 (33.33%) A/B Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 1 (33.33%) Storyboarding
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Social Media

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

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (66.67%) Photoshop
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (33.33%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (33.33%) InDesign
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) A/B Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 1 (33.33%) Storyboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe