Creative Director Contract Job Trends

Creative Director
UK

The median Creative Director daily rate in the UK is £719, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 - 595
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Creative Director 2 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% - 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £708 - £304
25th Percentile £711 - £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £719 - £406
75th Percentile £723 - £477
90th Percentile £724 - £513
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 38,836 27,659 41,539
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 92.95% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,338 17,830 27,237
10th Percentile £310 £294 £270
25th Percentile £409 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,391 872 2,505
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.81 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £34.95 £33.75 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year +3.54% +3.24% -20.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £71.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £32.90
% change year-on-year +3.08% -1.20% -17.30%

Creative Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Creative Director job vacancy trend in the UK

Creative Director
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Creative Director
Top 2 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 Director within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
London - 2 £719 - 2
England - 2 £719 - 2

Creative Director Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, Creative Director 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 Director in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Creative Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) Thought Leadership

Creative Director 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Advertising
1 2 (100.00%) Public Speaking
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) Thought Leadership