Creative Director Contracts

Creative Director
UK

The median Creative Director daily rate in the UK is £406 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 711 852
Rank change year-on-year +136 +141 -
Contract jobs requiring a Creative Director 7 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.002% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.002% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £304 - £385
25th Percentile £339 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 - £450
75th Percentile £477 - £606
90th Percentile £513 - £685
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Creative Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Director in the UK

Creative Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Creative Director in the UK

Creative Director
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Director over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Director in the UK

Creative Director
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Director within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +130 7 £406 - 2
Work from Home +126 4 - - 2
UK excluding London +60 4 - - 2
South East +16 4 - -
London - 3 £406 -

Creative Director Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Creative 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 Creative Director in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Adobe
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (71.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (71.43%) Storytelling
2 4 (57.14%) Accessibility
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (57.14%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (57.14%) Marketing
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Coaching
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Storyboarding
4 1 (14.29%) Sketch
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (14.29%) Graphic Design
4 1 (14.29%) Photography
4 1 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (14.29%) Social Media
4 1 (14.29%) Typography
4 1 (14.29%) Iconography

Creative 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:

Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
3 1 (14.29%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (57.14%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (14.29%) Graphic Design
1 1 (14.29%) Photography
1 1 (14.29%) Social Media
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Storytelling
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) Iconography
4 1 (14.29%) Storyboarding
4 1 (14.29%) Typography
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Adobe
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft