Content Designer Contract Job Trends in England

Content Designer
UK > England

The median Content Designer daily rate in England is £424, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 490 474 532
Rank change year-on-year -16 +58 +111
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 47 42 50
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 27 32
10th Percentile £307 £325 £356
25th Percentile £358 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £475 £456
Median % change year-on-year -10.79% +4.11% -8.75%
75th Percentile £507 £556 £525
90th Percentile £569 £588 £549
UK median daily rate £423 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -6.11% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £34.63 - -
25th Percentile £34.87 £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 28,020 28,803 36,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.97% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,973 17,652 25,097
10th Percentile £282 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -1.87% -2.73%
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 1,685 1,059 1,413
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.22 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.32 £39.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.08% -13.33% +38.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

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 29 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 29 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 +28 27 £435 -3.33% 5
North of England -39 13 £430 -1.71% 1
North West -23 5 £313 +68.96%
Yorkshire -31 4 £435 -8.42%
North East - 4 £525 - 1
South West +1 3 £450 -21.74% 1
West Midlands - 2 £375 -
Midlands - 2 £375 -
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 29 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 18 (38.30%) User Experience
2 15 (31.91%) Agile
3 14 (29.79%) Accessibility
4 13 (27.66%) SC Cleared
4 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
4 13 (27.66%) User Research
5 12 (25.53%) UX Design
6 11 (23.40%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 10 (21.28%) CMS
7 10 (21.28%) Content Strategy
7 10 (21.28%) Figma
8 8 (17.02%) Content Management
9 7 (14.89%) Content Writing
10 6 (12.77%) Analytics
11 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (8.51%) Service Design
12 4 (8.51%) Usability Testing
12 4 (8.51%) WCAG
13 3 (6.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 3 (6.38%) Interaction Design
13 3 (6.38%) User Stories
14 2 (4.26%) AI
14 2 (4.26%) Canva
14 2 (4.26%) Collaborative Working
14 2 (4.26%) Continuous Improvement
14 2 (4.26%) Customer Experience
14 2 (4.26%) Hopewiser
14 2 (4.26%) JIRA
14 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
14 2 (4.26%) Migration

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 10 (21.28%) CMS
2 1 (2.13%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Sketch
2 1 (2.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.13%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.13%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 10 (21.28%) Figma
2 2 (4.26%) Canva
2 2 (4.26%) SaaS
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.13%) Miro
3 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) SMS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 18 (38.30%) Public Sector
2 7 (14.89%) Finance
2 7 (14.89%) Publishing
2 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Marketing
4 2 (4.26%) Advertising
4 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Legal
5 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Banking
5 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.13%) Local Government
5 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) HTML
1 1 (2.13%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.26%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.13%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.13%) NHS
4 1 (2.13%) Social Media
4 1 (2.13%) Taxonomies
4 1 (2.13%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (38.30%) User Experience
2 15 (31.91%) Agile
3 13 (27.66%) User Research
4 12 (25.53%) UX Design
5 11 (23.40%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 10 (21.28%) Content Strategy
7 8 (17.02%) Content Management
8 7 (14.89%) Content Writing
9 6 (12.77%) Analytics
10 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (8.51%) Service Design
11 4 (8.51%) Usability Testing
12 3 (6.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 3 (6.38%) Interaction Design
12 3 (6.38%) User Stories
13 2 (4.26%) Collaborative Working
13 2 (4.26%) Customer Experience
13 2 (4.26%) Problem-Solving
13 2 (4.26%) Systems Thinking
13 2 (4.26%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) SC Cleared
1 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (29.79%) Accessibility
2 4 (8.51%) WCAG
3 2 (4.26%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) Hopewiser
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) Adobe
2 1 (2.13%) Brio
2 1 (2.13%) Virgin Media