Content Designer Contracts in Edinburgh

Content Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Content Designer daily rate in Edinburgh is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
29 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 61 96
Rank change year-on-year +4 +35 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 8 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.30% 1.13% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.20% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £309 £271 £229
25th Percentile - £350 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £300
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +33.33% -18.64%
75th Percentile £516 £450 £341
90th Percentile £566 - £361
Scotland median daily rate £463 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +15.63% +6.67% -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 556 751 1,043
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.58% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 403 664
10th Percentile £271 £170 £225
25th Percentile £406 £306 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.45% -7.79% -
75th Percentile £530 £538 £538
90th Percentile £575 £625 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +1.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 35 13
10th Percentile - £13.55 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 £17.70
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +93.05% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £62.19 £20.05 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £53.00 £53.74
Scotland median hourly rate £19.99 £17.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +17.56% -4.06% -5.87%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Designer in Edinburgh

Content Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in Edinburgh

Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Designer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Designer in Edinburgh

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, Content Designer 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 across the Edinburgh region featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
1 5 (62.50%) User Research
1 5 (62.50%) Publishing
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Copywriting
2 3 (37.50%) UX Design
2 3 (37.50%) User Experience
2 3 (37.50%) Figma
3 2 (25.00%) Content Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) JIRA
4 1 (12.50%) Adobe
4 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (12.50%) Service Design
4 1 (12.50%) Content Writing
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (12.50%) Design Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
1 5 (62.50%) Publishing
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) User Research
2 3 (37.50%) Copywriting
2 3 (37.50%) User Experience
2 3 (37.50%) UX Design
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Content Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Content Writing
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Design Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Service Design
4 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe