Creative Artworker Contract Job Trends

Creative Artworker
UK

As of 17 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Creative Artworker daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 550 602
Rank change year-on-year -35 +52 +198
Contract jobs requiring a Creative Artworker 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.006% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.006% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £256 -
25th Percentile - £264 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £283 £215
Median % change year-on-year - +31.40% -43.05%
75th Percentile - £304 £223
90th Percentile - £315 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £250 £215
% change year-on-year - +16.28% -43.05%

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 33,474 31,919 40,968
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 92.77% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,192 19,646 27,547
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £720 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,966 1,020 1,459
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.59 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £72.53 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Creative Artworker
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Creative Artworker job vacancy trend in the UK

Creative Artworker
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Creative Artworker job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Creative Artworker job vacancies in the UK

Creative Artworker
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Creative Artworker job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Creative Artworker job vacancies in the UK

Creative Artworker
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Artworker within the UK over the 6 months to 17 December 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 -38 2 - -
Work from Home -1 1 - -
UK excluding London -55 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Creative Artworker Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Creative Artworker 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 featuring Creative Artworker in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) InDesign
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Photoshop

Creative Artworker Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (50.00%) InDesign
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft