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 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 486 524
Rank change year-on-year -10 +38 +111
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 44 35 53
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 19 35
10th Percentile £300 £356 £412
25th Percentile £361 £411 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £473 £550 £526
90th Percentile £575 £560 £566
UK median daily rate £425 £469 £450
% change year-on-year -9.33% +4.17% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £34.79 - -
25th Percentile £35.25 £31.50 -
Median hourly rate £36.50 £33.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.61% - -
75th Percentile £37.75 £34.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £33.00 -
% change year-on-year +10.61% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,142 28,971 37,444
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 93.00% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,434 17,700 25,988
10th Percentile £281 £300 £299
25th Percentile £404 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,605 1,092 1,424
10th Percentile £14.07 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +50.70%
75th Percentile £51.65 £66.15 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +53.98%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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 +20 27 £435 -8.42% 1
North of England -29 11 £419 -11.84% 6
North West - 5 £313 - 5
Yorkshire -35 4 £435 -8.42%
South West -2 3 £450 -21.74% 1
North East -9 2 £488 - 1
Midlands - 2 £375 -
West Midlands - 2 £375 -
South East - 1 £455 -
Content Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, 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 15 (34.09%) Agile
1 15 (34.09%) User Experience
2 13 (29.55%) User Research
3 12 (27.27%) Accessibility
3 12 (27.27%) UX Design
4 11 (25.00%) Figma
4 11 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 11 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 11 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 8 (18.18%) CMS
5 8 (18.18%) Content Strategy
6 7 (15.91%) Content Management
7 6 (13.64%) Content Writing
8 4 (9.09%) Analytics
8 4 (9.09%) Service Design
8 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (9.09%) Systems Thinking
9 3 (6.82%) Interaction Design
9 3 (6.82%) Usability Testing
9 3 (6.82%) User Stories
9 3 (6.82%) WCAG
10 2 (4.55%) AI
10 2 (4.55%) Canva
10 2 (4.55%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (4.55%) Customer Experience
10 2 (4.55%) Hopewiser
10 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
10 2 (4.55%) Personalization
10 2 (4.55%) Sketch

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 8 (18.18%) CMS
2 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Sketch
2 1 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.27%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) Figma
2 2 (4.55%) Canva
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) SMS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 12 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 7 (15.91%) Finance
2 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.64%) Publishing
4 5 (11.36%) Marketing
5 2 (4.55%) Advertising
5 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Legal
6 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.27%) Local Government
6 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) HTML
1 1 (2.27%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 4 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.27%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.27%) Social Media
3 1 (2.27%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Agile
1 15 (34.09%) User Experience
2 13 (29.55%) User Research
3 12 (27.27%) UX Design
4 11 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 8 (18.18%) Content Strategy
6 7 (15.91%) Content Management
7 6 (13.64%) Content Writing
8 4 (9.09%) Analytics
8 4 (9.09%) Service Design
8 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (9.09%) Systems Thinking
9 3 (6.82%) Interaction Design
9 3 (6.82%) Usability Testing
9 3 (6.82%) User Stories
10 2 (4.55%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (4.55%) Customer Experience
10 2 (4.55%) Personalization
10 2 (4.55%) Validation
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.27%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.82%) WCAG
3 1 (2.27%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (4.55%) Hopewiser
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.27%) Adobe
2 1 (2.27%) Brio
2 1 (2.27%) Virgin Media