Content Designer Contract Job Trends in England

Content Designer
UK > England

The median Content Designer daily rate in England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 465 500
Rank change year-on-year -33 +35 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 137 47 33
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.29% 0.17% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.18% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 32 18
10th Percentile £358 £173 £362
25th Percentile £400 £341 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £456
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -9.59% -8.75%
75th Percentile £494 £450 £543
90th Percentile £530 £521 £562
UK median daily rate £438 £425 £448
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.13% -5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £22.75 -
25th Percentile £49.75 £28.62 £31.50
Median hourly rate £51.50 £36.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.10% +10.61% -
75th Percentile £53.25 £37.75 £34.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £51.50 £36.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +41.10% +10.61% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 42,832 25,432 29,773
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 91.11% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,187 16,375 18,173
10th Percentile £325 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.23%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,752 1,439 1,252
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.80 £15.10
25th Percentile £20.29 £17.31 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -6.89%
75th Percentile £67.99 £50.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £41.27
% change year-on-year +65.84% -39.05% -8.30%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Content Designer job vacancy trend in England

Content Designer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Designer in England over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Content Designer in England

Content Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in England

Content Designer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 13 October 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 -26 86 £464 +11.02% 28
North of England -38 31 £438 +4.48% 11
North West -41 14 £400 +10.27% 5
Yorkshire -27 11 £438 +0.57% 3
Midlands -37 8 £405 +8.00% 1
West Midlands -43 8 £405 +8.00% 1
South West -29 6 £425 -5.56% 1
North East -36 6 £525 +23.53% 3
South East - 2 £405 - 6
Content Designer
UK

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 October 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 England region featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 51 (37.23%) Security Cleared
2 50 (36.50%) Accessibility
2 50 (36.50%) Agile
3 46 (33.58%) SC Cleared
4 42 (30.66%) User Research
5 34 (24.82%) Content Strategy
6 32 (23.36%) User Experience
7 27 (19.71%) UX Design
8 24 (17.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 23 (16.79%) WCAG
10 20 (14.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (13.87%) Analytics
12 16 (11.68%) Inclusive Design
13 15 (10.95%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 15 (10.95%) Service Design
14 14 (10.22%) Interaction Design
14 14 (10.22%) Microsoft
15 13 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
16 12 (8.76%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (8.76%) Content Management
16 12 (8.76%) Microsoft Copilot
16 12 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 11 (8.03%) AI
17 11 (8.03%) Figma
18 10 (7.30%) Digital Enablement
18 10 (7.30%) Prototyping
19 9 (6.57%) CMS
19 9 (6.57%) Content Writing
20 8 (5.84%) Information Architecture
21 7 (5.11%) Human-Centred Design

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 9 (6.57%) CMS
2 2 (1.46%) Drupal
2 2 (1.46%) Headless CMS
2 2 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.73%) Confluence
3 1 (0.73%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.73%) Sketch
1 1 (0.73%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (8.76%) Microsoft Copilot
3 11 (8.03%) Figma
4 3 (2.19%) Miro
5 2 (1.46%) SaaS
6 1 (0.73%) Canva
6 1 (0.73%) Contentful
6 1 (0.73%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.73%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.73%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.19%) Metadata
2 1 (0.73%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.46%) JIRA
General
1 44 (32.12%) Public Sector
2 17 (12.41%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.49%) Finance
4 10 (7.30%) Legal
5 8 (5.84%) Publishing
6 7 (5.11%) Marketing
7 4 (2.92%) Local Government
8 2 (1.46%) Banking
8 2 (1.46%) Military
8 2 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.73%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.92%) NHS
1 4 (2.92%) Taxonomies
2 2 (1.46%) Blog
2 2 (1.46%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.73%) BYOD
3 1 (0.73%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.73%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.73%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.73%) macOS
1 1 (0.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.50%) Agile
2 42 (30.66%) User Research
3 34 (24.82%) Content Strategy
4 32 (23.36%) User Experience
5 27 (19.71%) UX Design
6 24 (17.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 20 (14.60%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (13.87%) Analytics
9 16 (11.68%) Inclusive Design
10 15 (10.95%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 15 (10.95%) Service Design
11 14 (10.22%) Interaction Design
12 12 (8.76%) Content Management
12 12 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 11 (8.03%) AI
14 10 (7.30%) Digital Enablement
14 10 (7.30%) Prototyping
15 9 (6.57%) Content Writing
16 8 (5.84%) Information Architecture
17 7 (5.11%) Human-Centred Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 51 (37.23%) Security Cleared
2 46 (33.58%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.73%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (36.50%) Accessibility
2 23 (16.79%) WCAG
Vendors
1 14 (10.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.46%) Brio