Content Designer Contract Job Trends in Central London

Content Designer
London > Central London

The median Content Designer daily rate in Central London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 123 136
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 7 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.34% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.15% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £363 - £479
25th Percentile £381 £425 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.06% -14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £475 £475 £549
90th Percentile £538 - £557
London median daily rate £413 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -9.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,944 1,976 2,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 92.73% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,332 1,236 1,801
10th Percentile £350 £358 £338
25th Percentile £436 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £551
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.45% -4.26%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £684
90th Percentile £775 £770 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 36
10th Percentile £19.24 £17.28 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.70 £20.99
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +6.55%
75th Percentile £41.94 - £38.50
90th Percentile £50.30 £55.80 £57.63
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.76%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Content Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Content Designer job vacancy trend in Central London

Content Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in Central London

Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Designer in Central London over the 6 months to 31 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Content Designer in Central London

Content Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in Central London

Content Designer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Designer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 January 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
City of London -3 7 £400 -11.06% 5
Content Designer
London

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, Content Designer 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 across the Central London region featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Accessibility
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) User Research
1 4 (57.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 3 (42.86%) Content Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Prototyping
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) CMS
3 2 (28.57%) Content Management
3 2 (28.57%) Information Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Situational Awareness
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Identification
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) User Stories
3 2 (28.57%) UX Design
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) WCAG

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
1 3 (42.86%) Publishing
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) NHS
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) User Research
1 4 (57.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 3 (42.86%) Content Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Prototyping
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Content Management
3 2 (28.57%) Information Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Situational Awareness
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Identification
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) User Stories
3 2 (28.57%) UX Design
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) WCAG