Content Designer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Content Designer
Central London > City of London

The median Content Designer daily rate in the City of 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 120 117 130
Rank change year-on-year -3 +13 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 7 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.37% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.17% 0.22%
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% +13.51%
75th Percentile £475 £475 £549
90th Percentile £538 - £557
Central London median daily rate £400 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -11.06% -14.29% +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,770 1,743 2,311
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 93.01% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 1,059 1,662
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £431 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.45% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 22
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.18 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.37 £20.00 £19.18
Median hourly rate £37.25 £27.25 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.70% +13.54% -5.88%
75th Percentile £43.86 £58.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £52.96 £112.00 £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
% change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +6.55%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of 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 the City of London.

Content Designer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Content Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in the City of London

Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Content Designer in the City of London

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 City of 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 the City of 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