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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 457 512
Rank change year-on-year +38 +55 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 181 40 44
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.17% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 31 26
10th Percentile £331 £213 £325
25th Percentile £390 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £424 £418
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% +1.56% -13.25%
75th Percentile £492 £472 £438
90th Percentile £538 £569 £525
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £425
% change year-on-year - - -11.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Median hourly rate £23.00 £36.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.99% - -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £36.50 -
% change year-on-year -36.99% - -

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 39,906 22,978 35,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.28% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,562 15,111 22,827
10th Percentile £325 £294 £290
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,811 1,028 2,703
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.93 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.56 £29.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.09% -26.58% -12.22%
75th Percentile £67.84 £58.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.37
UK median hourly rate £44.94 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +63.40% -26.67% -16.67%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +8 104 £425 - 8
North of England -39 51 £413 +3.13% 1
North East -14 26 £525 +40.00%
North West -33 16 £400 -
South West -16 13 £425 -5.56%
Midlands -50 9 £405 -12.43%
West Midlands -51 9 £405 -12.43%
Yorkshire -54 9 £425 -10.53% 1
South East - 2 £425 - 1
Content Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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 57 (31.49%) Accessibility
2 55 (30.39%) Agile
3 48 (26.52%) User Experience
3 48 (26.52%) User Research
4 42 (23.20%) UX Design
5 32 (17.68%) Security Cleared
6 31 (17.13%) Content Strategy
7 30 (16.57%) SC Cleared
8 26 (14.36%) WCAG
9 19 (10.50%) Analytics
10 18 (9.94%) Figma
11 16 (8.84%) AI
11 16 (8.84%) Service Design
11 16 (8.84%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 15 (8.29%) Microsoft
13 13 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (7.18%) Prototyping
13 13 (7.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (6.63%) CMS
14 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (6.08%) Human-Centred Design
16 10 (5.52%) Digital Enablement
16 10 (5.52%) Generative AI
16 10 (5.52%) Inclusive Design
16 10 (5.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 8 (4.42%) Content Management
17 8 (4.42%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 7 (3.87%) Content Writing
18 7 (3.87%) Interaction Design
19 6 (3.31%) HTML

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 12 (6.63%) CMS
2 3 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.10%) Drupal
3 2 (1.10%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.10%) LiveCycle
4 1 (0.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Sketch
2 1 (0.55%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.94%) Figma
2 13 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (1.10%) Miro
4 2 (1.10%) SaaS
5 1 (0.55%) Contentful
5 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.10%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.66%) Metadata
2 1 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.10%) JIRA
General
1 56 (30.94%) Public Sector
2 15 (8.29%) Publishing
3 14 (7.73%) Finance
4 12 (6.63%) Legal
5 8 (4.42%) Banking
6 6 (3.31%) Social Skills
7 5 (2.76%) Local Government
8 4 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.21%) Retail
9 3 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.66%) Marketing
10 1 (0.55%) Military
10 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.31%) HTML
2 3 (1.66%) Semantic HTML
3 1 (0.55%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.31%) NHS
2 5 (2.76%) Taxonomies
3 1 (0.55%) AI Agents
3 1 (0.55%) BYOD
3 1 (0.55%) Handset
3 1 (0.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (30.39%) Agile
2 48 (26.52%) User Experience
2 48 (26.52%) User Research
3 42 (23.20%) UX Design
4 31 (17.13%) Content Strategy
5 19 (10.50%) Analytics
6 16 (8.84%) AI
6 16 (8.84%) Service Design
6 16 (8.84%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 13 (7.18%) Prototyping
7 13 (7.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (6.08%) Human-Centred Design
9 10 (5.52%) Digital Enablement
9 10 (5.52%) Generative AI
9 10 (5.52%) Inclusive Design
9 10 (5.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (4.42%) Content Management
10 8 (4.42%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 7 (3.87%) Content Writing
11 7 (3.87%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 32 (17.68%) Security Cleared
2 30 (16.57%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (31.49%) Accessibility
2 26 (14.36%) WCAG
3 1 (0.55%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (8.29%) Microsoft