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 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 457 508
Rank change year-on-year +23 +51 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 183 39 45
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.16% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 30 27
10th Percentile £336 £207 £325
25th Percentile £390 £375 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £410
Median % change year-on-year +0.12% +3.54% -13.68%
75th Percentile £494 £473 £438
90th Percentile £538 £571 £525
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £425
% change year-on-year - - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £25.68 £22.75 -
25th Percentile £29.69 £28.62 -
Median hourly rate £37.25 £36.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% - -
75th Percentile £45.69 £37.75 -
90th Percentile £50.23 - -
UK median hourly rate £37.25 £36.50 -
% change year-on-year +2.05% - -

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 40,541 23,799 34,693
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.15% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,820 15,556 22,692
10th Percentile £325 £293 £300
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,915 1,109 2,587
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.00 £12.87
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.98 £16.80
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -28.75% -8.95%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.80 £75.00 £74.52
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year +60.75% -28.67% -12.79%

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 2 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Content Designer in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Content Designer 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 2 July 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 +12 106 £425 -2.86% 25
North of England -38 50 £419 +4.69% 3
North East -9 26 £525 +40.00% 1
North West -41 14 £388 -3.13% 1
South West -21 13 £425 -5.56% 1
Yorkshire -38 10 £419 -11.84% 1
Midlands -41 9 £405 -12.43%
West Midlands -50 9 £405 -12.43%
South East - 2 £425 - 2
Content Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 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 59 (32.24%) Accessibility
2 56 (30.60%) Agile
3 51 (27.87%) User Experience
4 49 (26.78%) User Research
5 45 (24.59%) UX Design
6 33 (18.03%) Content Strategy
7 32 (17.49%) Security Cleared
8 29 (15.85%) SC Cleared
9 27 (14.75%) WCAG
10 20 (10.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 19 (10.38%) Analytics
12 18 (9.84%) Figma
13 16 (8.74%) AI
13 16 (8.74%) Service Design
14 15 (8.20%) Microsoft
15 13 (7.10%) CMS
15 13 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (7.10%) Prototyping
16 12 (6.56%) Microsoft Copilot
16 12 (6.56%) Stakeholder Management
17 11 (6.01%) Human-Centred Design
18 10 (5.46%) Digital Enablement
18 10 (5.46%) Generative AI
18 10 (5.46%) Inclusive Design
18 10 (5.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 8 (4.37%) BPSS Clearance
19 8 (4.37%) Content Management
19 8 (4.37%) Content Writing
19 8 (4.37%) Digital Transformation Programme
20 7 (3.83%) Interaction Design

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 13 (7.10%) CMS
2 3 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.09%) Drupal
3 2 (1.09%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.09%) LiveCycle
4 1 (0.55%) Confluence
4 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Sketch
2 1 (0.55%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.84%) Figma
2 13 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.56%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (1.09%) Miro
4 2 (1.09%) SaaS
5 1 (0.55%) Contentful
5 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.09%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.64%) Metadata
2 1 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 53 (28.96%) Public Sector
2 16 (8.74%) Finance
2 16 (8.74%) Publishing
3 13 (7.10%) Legal
4 8 (4.37%) Banking
5 5 (2.73%) Local Government
5 5 (2.73%) Social Skills
6 4 (2.19%) Marketing
6 4 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.19%) Retail
7 3 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.55%) Military
8 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.28%) HTML
2 3 (1.64%) Semantic HTML
3 1 (0.55%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.83%) NHS
2 5 (2.73%) Taxonomies
3 1 (0.55%) AI Agents
3 1 (0.55%) Blog
3 1 (0.55%) BYOD
3 1 (0.55%) Handset
3 1 (0.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.55%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (30.60%) Agile
2 51 (27.87%) User Experience
3 49 (26.78%) User Research
4 45 (24.59%) UX Design
5 33 (18.03%) Content Strategy
6 20 (10.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 19 (10.38%) Analytics
8 16 (8.74%) AI
8 16 (8.74%) Service Design
9 13 (7.10%) Prototyping
10 12 (6.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (6.01%) Human-Centred Design
12 10 (5.46%) Digital Enablement
12 10 (5.46%) Generative AI
12 10 (5.46%) Inclusive Design
12 10 (5.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (4.37%) Content Management
13 8 (4.37%) Content Writing
13 8 (4.37%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 7 (3.83%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 32 (17.49%) Security Cleared
2 29 (15.85%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (32.24%) Accessibility
2 27 (14.75%) WCAG
3 1 (0.55%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (8.20%) Microsoft