Content Designer Contract Job Trends in England

Content Designer
UK > England

The median Content Designer daily rate in England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 425 498
Rank change year-on-year -60 +73 +86
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 67 53 57
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.22% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 38 35
10th Percentile £320 £325 £335
25th Percentile £362 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £457 £435
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% +5.06% -8.42%
75th Percentile £465 £528 £513
90th Percentile £539 £575 £542
UK median daily rate £413 £457 £425
% change year-on-year -9.74% +7.53% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £23.00 £33.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% - -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £33.00 -
% change year-on-year -30.30% - -

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 32,138 23,598 35,085
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.97% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,392 14,950 23,516
10th Percentile £305 £300 £272
25th Percentile £410 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £746
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,058 716 2,160
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.24 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.34 £36.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.04% +3.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.68 £75.38 £71.87
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% - -10.88%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -29 41 £407 -9.67% 15
North of England -62 20 £394 +1.61% 2
North East -7 9 £400 +6.67% 2
North West -31 7 £388 -3.13%
Yorkshire -58 4 £388 -18.42%
West Midlands -54 2 £375 -18.92% 1
Midlands -56 2 £375 -18.92% 1
South West -28 1 £415 -27.83% 1
South East - 1 £455 - 3
Content Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 February 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 30 (44.78%) Agile
2 19 (28.36%) Accessibility
2 19 (28.36%) User Research
3 17 (25.37%) Security Cleared
4 16 (23.88%) User Experience
5 15 (22.39%) SC Cleared
6 14 (20.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 12 (17.91%) Content Strategy
7 12 (17.91%) UX Design
8 9 (13.43%) CMS
9 8 (11.94%) Content Management
10 7 (10.45%) Prototyping
10 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (10.45%) User Stories
10 7 (10.45%) WCAG
11 6 (8.96%) Analytics
12 5 (7.46%) Figma
13 4 (5.97%) Service Design
14 3 (4.48%) Collaborative Working
14 3 (4.48%) Content Writing
14 3 (4.48%) Information Architecture
14 3 (4.48%) Minimum Viable Product
14 3 (4.48%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
14 3 (4.48%) Strategic Thinking
14 3 (4.48%) Usability Testing
15 2 (2.99%) AI
15 2 (2.99%) Continuous Improvement
15 2 (2.99%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 2 (2.99%) HTML
15 2 (2.99%) Information Governance

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 (13.43%) CMS
2 1 (1.49%) Confluence
2 1 (1.49%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.49%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.49%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.46%) Figma
2 2 (2.99%) Miro
2 2 (2.99%) SaaS
3 1 (1.49%) Canva
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) SMS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
General
1 33 (49.25%) Public Sector
2 8 (11.94%) Publishing
3 4 (5.97%) Finance
3 4 (5.97%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.99%) Banking
4 2 (2.99%) Legal
4 2 (2.99%) Local Government
5 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Marketing
5 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) HTML
2 1 (1.49%) CSS
2 1 (1.49%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.48%) NHS
1 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.99%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.49%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.49%) Handset
3 1 (1.49%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (44.78%) Agile
2 19 (28.36%) User Research
3 16 (23.88%) User Experience
4 14 (20.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 12 (17.91%) Content Strategy
5 12 (17.91%) UX Design
6 8 (11.94%) Content Management
7 7 (10.45%) Prototyping
7 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (10.45%) User Stories
8 6 (8.96%) Analytics
9 4 (5.97%) Service Design
10 3 (4.48%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (4.48%) Content Writing
10 3 (4.48%) Information Architecture
10 3 (4.48%) Minimum Viable Product
10 3 (4.48%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 3 (4.48%) Strategic Thinking
10 3 (4.48%) Usability Testing
11 2 (2.99%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 17 (25.37%) Security Cleared
2 15 (22.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (28.36%) Accessibility
2 7 (10.45%) WCAG
3 1 (1.49%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (1.49%) Adobe
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft