Content Designer Contract Job Trends in England

Content Designer
UK > England

The median Content Designer daily rate in England is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 465 500 517
Rank change year-on-year +35 +17 +139
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 47 33 63
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 18 43
10th Percentile £173 £362 £412
25th Percentile £341 £406 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £456 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.59% -8.75% +1.01%
75th Percentile £450 £543 £525
90th Percentile £521 £562 £548
UK median daily rate £425 £448 £475
% change year-on-year -5.13% -5.68% -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £22.75 - -
25th Percentile £28.62 £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 25,424 29,760 38,335
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.09% 93.08% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,368 18,163 26,721
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £542
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -3.14% -1.45%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,439 1,251 1,400
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.31 £21.25 £19.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +68.69%
75th Percentile £50.75 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.81%

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 13 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Content Designer in England over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

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 13 October 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 +38 32 £418 -12.11% 4
North of England -25 11 £419 -4.29% 5
North West - 6 £363 - 5
Yorkshire -27 4 £435 -0.57%
South West +13 3 £450 -21.74% 2
West Midlands - 2 £375 - 1
Midlands - 2 £375 - 1
North East -5 1 £425 -
Content Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 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 16 (34.04%) Accessibility
3 15 (31.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 15 (31.91%) UX Design
4 13 (27.66%) Agile
4 13 (27.66%) Public Sector
5 11 (23.40%) Figma
6 10 (21.28%) User Research
7 9 (19.15%) CMS
8 8 (17.02%) Content Management
8 8 (17.02%) SC Cleared
8 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
8 8 (17.02%) Content Strategy
9 7 (14.89%) Finance
10 6 (12.77%) Social Skills
11 5 (10.64%) Requirements Gathering
11 5 (10.64%) Content Writing
11 5 (10.64%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (10.64%) Publishing
11 5 (10.64%) Marketing
12 4 (8.51%) SEO
12 4 (8.51%) Systems Thinking
12 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
12 4 (8.51%) Onboarding
13 3 (6.38%) Interaction Design
13 3 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (6.38%) Analytics
13 3 (6.38%) Service Design
13 3 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
13 3 (6.38%) Drupal

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 9 (19.15%) CMS
2 3 (6.38%) Drupal
3 1 (2.13%) Confluence
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
2 1 (2.13%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 11 (23.40%) Figma
2 2 (4.26%) Canva
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 13 (27.66%) Public Sector
2 7 (14.89%) Finance
3 6 (12.77%) Social Skills
4 5 (10.64%) Marketing
4 5 (10.64%) Publishing
5 3 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.26%) Advertising
6 2 (4.26%) Legal
7 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Banking
7 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Local Government
7 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) HTML
1 1 (2.13%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Onboarding
1 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.26%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.13%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.13%) Social Media
3 1 (2.13%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (38.30%) User Experience
2 15 (31.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 15 (31.91%) UX Design
3 13 (27.66%) Agile
4 10 (21.28%) User Research
5 8 (17.02%) Content Management
5 8 (17.02%) Content Strategy
6 5 (10.64%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (10.64%) Content Writing
6 5 (10.64%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (8.51%) SEO
7 4 (8.51%) Systems Thinking
8 3 (6.38%) Analytics
8 3 (6.38%) Interaction Design
8 3 (6.38%) Logistics
8 3 (6.38%) Service Design
8 3 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (4.26%) Customer Experience
9 2 (4.26%) Storytelling
9 2 (4.26%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) SC Cleared
1 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (34.04%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.26%) WCAG
3 1 (2.13%) 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