Creative Designer Contract Job Trends in England

Creative Designer
UK > England

The median Creative Designer daily rate in England is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 560 473 529
Rank change year-on-year -87 +56 +160
Contract jobs requiring a Creative Designer 4 5 14
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.011% 0.020% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.022% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile - £284 -
25th Percentile £325 £308 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £330 £46
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +617.39% -86.90%
75th Percentile £375 £338 -
90th Percentile - £339 -
UK median daily rate £350 £330 £46
% change year-on-year +6.06% +617.39% -86.90%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 32,730 23,243 35,186
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 92.89% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,732 14,914 23,562
10th Percentile £306 £300 £270
25th Percentile £411 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,123 731 2,215
10th Percentile £15.19 £16.25 £13.15
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year - +2.94% -17.10%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £34.08
% change year-on-year -2.35% +0.66% -15.85%

Creative Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Creative Designer job vacancy trend in England

Creative Designer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Creative Designer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Creative Designer job vacancies in England

Creative Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Creative Designer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Creative Designer job vacancies 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 3 March 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
Midlands - 2 £350 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £350 - 1
London -44 1 - -
Creative Designer
UK

Creative Designer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 March 2026, Creative 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 England region featuring Creative Designer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Adobe
2 2 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (50.00%) Figma
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (50.00%) Typography
3 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Copywriting
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) InDesign
3 1 (25.00%) Infographics
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation

Creative Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (25.00%) InDesign
2 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Social Media
2 1 (25.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Typography
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Copywriting
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Infographics
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft