Content Designer
UK

The median Content Designer salary in the UK is £57,965 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 832 956 1155
Rank change year-on-year +124 +199 -280
Permanent jobs requiring a Content Designer 56 39 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.038% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.042% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 49 14 22
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,245 £36,873
25th Percentile £55,188 £35,074 £38,215
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.93% +5.26% -15.56%
75th Percentile £60,741 £60,000 £58,027
90th Percentile - £70,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +54.57% -21.05% -26.92%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Designer in the UK

Content Designer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Content Designer.

Salary trend for Content Designer in the UK

Content Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Content Designer over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Content Designer in the UK

Content Designer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Content Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +115 54 £57,965 +36.39% 9
Work from Home +103 48 £57,965 +15.93% 4
UK excluding London +20 47 £57,965 +54.57% 5
North of England +67 36 £57,965 +8.34% 2
North West +17 15 £57,965 -
Yorkshire +90 13 £57,965 +8.34% 1
London +131 9 £46,855 +26.46% 4
North East +3 8 £57,965 - 1
Midlands - 5 £57,965 -
West Midlands - 5 £57,965 -
South East +18 2 £36,085 +16.40%
South West -24 2 £45,000 +20.00% 3
Scotland -62 2 - -

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Content Designer 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 permanent job ads featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 42 (75.00%) Agile
2 38 (67.86%) Mentoring
2 38 (67.86%) Coaching
2 38 (67.86%) Product Ownership
3 37 (66.07%) Community of Practice
3 37 (66.07%) User Stories
4 36 (64.29%) Content Strategy
5 34 (60.71%) Journey Map
6 11 (19.64%) User Research
7 6 (10.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 4 (7.14%) Co-Creation
8 4 (7.14%) Accessibility
8 4 (7.14%) Design Patterns
8 4 (7.14%) Workflow
8 4 (7.14%) Banking
8 4 (7.14%) Manufacturing
9 3 (5.36%) Legal
10 2 (3.57%) Analytics
10 2 (3.57%) Finance
10 2 (3.57%) Social Media
10 2 (3.57%) CMS
10 2 (3.57%) Advertising
10 2 (3.57%) NHS
10 2 (3.57%) Project Management
10 2 (3.57%) Content Management
10 2 (3.57%) Marketing
10 2 (3.57%) Degree
10 2 (3.57%) Graphic Design
10 2 (3.57%) Animation
10 2 (3.57%) Usability Testing

Content Designer 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.57%) CMS
1 2 (3.57%) Sitecore CMS
1 2 (3.57%) Umbraco
General
1 4 (7.14%) Banking
1 4 (7.14%) Manufacturing
2 3 (5.36%) Legal
3 2 (3.57%) Advertising
3 2 (3.57%) Finance
3 2 (3.57%) Marketing
3 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.79%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 38 (67.86%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.57%) Animation
2 2 (3.57%) Digital Signage
2 2 (3.57%) Graphic Design
2 2 (3.57%) NHS
2 2 (3.57%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (75.00%) Agile
2 38 (67.86%) Coaching
2 38 (67.86%) Mentoring
3 37 (66.07%) Community of Practice
3 37 (66.07%) User Stories
4 36 (64.29%) Content Strategy
5 34 (60.71%) Journey Map
6 11 (19.64%) User Research
7 6 (10.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 4 (7.14%) Co-Creation
8 4 (7.14%) Design Patterns
8 4 (7.14%) Workflow
9 2 (3.57%) Actionable Insight
9 2 (3.57%) Analytics
9 2 (3.57%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (3.57%) Content Management
9 2 (3.57%) Content Writing
9 2 (3.57%) Customer-Centricity
9 2 (3.57%) Project Management
9 2 (3.57%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (3.57%) Degree
2 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.79%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.79%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (3.57%) Sitecore