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 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 487 468 488
Rank change year-on-year -19 +20 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 138 46 34
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.16% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.18% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 32 18
10th Percentile £358 £173 £362
25th Percentile £396 £341 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £456
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -9.59% -6.41%
75th Percentile £494 £450 £543
90th Percentile £530 £521 £562
UK median daily rate £437 £424 £448
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.41% -4.43%
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 42,550 25,588 30,150
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.07% 91.07% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,050 16,462 18,444
10th Percentile £325 £276 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.67%
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% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,697 1,430 1,300
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -6.70%
75th Percentile £67.98 £51.55 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £41.57
% change year-on-year +65.84% -39.49% -6.60%

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 9 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 9 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 -38 85 £454 +8.74% 29
North of England -43 32 £444 +5.97% 12
North West -42 14 £400 +10.27% 4
Yorkshire -27 11 £438 +0.57% 3
Midlands -36 8 £405 +8.00% 1
West Midlands -38 8 £405 +8.00% 1
South West -26 7 £425 -5.56% 2
North East -34 7 £525 +23.53% 5
South East - 2 £405 - 7
Content Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 (36.96%) Security Cleared
2 50 (36.23%) Accessibility
3 49 (35.51%) Agile
4 46 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 40 (28.99%) User Research
6 33 (23.91%) Content Strategy
6 33 (23.91%) User Experience
7 28 (20.29%) UX Design
8 24 (17.39%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 22 (15.94%) WCAG
10 19 (13.77%) Analytics
10 19 (13.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (10.87%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 15 (10.87%) Inclusive Design
12 14 (10.14%) Microsoft
12 14 (10.14%) Service Design
13 13 (9.42%) Interaction Design
13 13 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (8.70%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 11 (7.97%) AI
16 10 (7.25%) Content Management
16 10 (7.25%) Digital Enablement
17 9 (6.52%) Content Writing
17 9 (6.52%) Figma
17 9 (6.52%) Prototyping
18 7 (5.07%) CMS
18 7 (5.07%) Human-Centred Design
18 7 (5.07%) Information Architecture

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 7 (5.07%) CMS
2 2 (1.45%) Drupal
2 2 (1.45%) Headless CMS
2 2 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.72%) Confluence
3 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.72%) Sketch
1 1 (0.72%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (8.70%) Microsoft Copilot
3 9 (6.52%) Figma
4 3 (2.17%) Miro
5 2 (1.45%) SaaS
6 1 (0.72%) Contentful
6 1 (0.72%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.72%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.17%) Metadata
2 1 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 43 (31.16%) Public Sector
2 16 (11.59%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.42%) Finance
4 9 (6.52%) Legal
5 8 (5.80%) Publishing
6 6 (4.35%) Marketing
7 4 (2.90%) Local Government
8 2 (1.45%) Banking
8 2 (1.45%) Military
8 2 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.90%) NHS
1 4 (2.90%) Taxonomies
2 2 (1.45%) Blog
2 2 (1.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.72%) BYOD
3 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (35.51%) Agile
2 40 (28.99%) User Research
3 33 (23.91%) Content Strategy
3 33 (23.91%) User Experience
4 28 (20.29%) UX Design
5 24 (17.39%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 19 (13.77%) Analytics
6 19 (13.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (10.87%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 15 (10.87%) Inclusive Design
8 14 (10.14%) Service Design
9 13 (9.42%) Interaction Design
10 12 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (7.97%) AI
12 10 (7.25%) Content Management
12 10 (7.25%) Digital Enablement
13 9 (6.52%) Content Writing
13 9 (6.52%) Prototyping
14 7 (5.07%) Human-Centred Design
14 7 (5.07%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 51 (36.96%) Security Cleared
2 46 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (36.23%) Accessibility
2 22 (15.94%) WCAG
Vendors
1 14 (10.14%) Microsoft