Creative Designer Contracts in London

Creative Designer
England > London

The median Creative Designer daily rate in London is £333, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 390 486
Rank change year-on-year +41 +96 +108
Contract jobs requiring a Creative Designer 4 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.032% 0.006% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.006% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £239 - £304
25th Percentile £298 £275 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £300 £378
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% -20.53% +15.36%
75th Percentile £338 £325 £444
90th Percentile £339 - £470
England median daily rate £333 £250 £378
% change year-on-year +33.00% -33.77% +7.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Creative Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Designer in London

Creative Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Creative Designer in London

Creative Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Creative Designer in London

Creative Designer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 London region featuring Creative Designer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Social Media
2 2 (50.00%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) A/B Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (25.00%) Storyboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Advertising
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (25.00%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement

Creative Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (25.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (25.00%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
General
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Motion Graphics
1 2 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (25.00%) A/B Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe