Art Director Contracts

Art Director
UK

As of 2 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Art Director daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 597 709
Rank change year-on-year +78 +112 -
Contract jobs requiring an Art Director 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.002% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £371
25th Percentile - £281 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £288 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -37.84% -
75th Percentile - £294 £528
90th Percentile - - £564
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £350

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

Art Director
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Art Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Art Director in the UK

Art Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Art Director.

Daily rate trend for Art Director in the UK

Art Director
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Art Director within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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
England +55 1 - - 1
London +42 1 - - 1

Art Director Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Art Director 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 featuring Art Director in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Motion Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling

Art Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe