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 27 April 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 437 486
Rank change year-on-year -12 +49 +54
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 138 42 59
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.17% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 35 38
10th Percentile £320 £183 £325
25th Percentile £390 £347 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £494 £486 £450
90th Percentile £538 £583 £529
UK median daily rate £425 £420 £425
% change year-on-year +1.31% -1.29% -12.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% - -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £23.50 -
% change year-on-year -2.13% - -

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 36,975 22,673 34,473
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.66% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,139 15,121 22,890
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -3.10% -1.71% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,509 899 2,421
10th Percentile £15.78 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.56 £31.76 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year +43.44% -11.68% -19.25%
75th Percentile £67.47 £64.50 £60.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £29.25 £35.96
% change year-on-year +47.01% -18.66% -20.09%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -17 74 £425 +1.61% 13
North of England -33 42 £419 +11.67% 5
North East +5 27 £525 +40.00% 5
South West -22 11 £425 +11.48% 2
West Midlands -51 8 £415 -10.27%
Midlands -52 8 £415 -10.27%
Yorkshire -57 8 £419 +4.69%
North West -36 7 £400 -
South East - 1 £425 - 3
Content Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 50 (36.23%) Agile
2 47 (34.06%) Accessibility
3 41 (29.71%) User Experience
4 39 (28.26%) User Research
5 36 (26.09%) UX Design
6 24 (17.39%) Content Strategy
7 20 (14.49%) Security Cleared
7 20 (14.49%) WCAG
8 18 (13.04%) SC Cleared
9 17 (12.32%) Figma
10 16 (11.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 15 (10.87%) Analytics
12 13 (9.42%) CMS
13 11 (7.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (7.25%) AI
14 10 (7.25%) Content Management
14 10 (7.25%) Service Design
15 9 (6.52%) Generative AI
15 9 (6.52%) Prototyping
16 8 (5.80%) User Stories
17 7 (5.07%) Content Writing
18 6 (4.35%) HTML
18 6 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 5 (3.62%) Human-Centred Design
19 5 (3.62%) Mentoring
19 5 (3.62%) Strategic Thinking
20 4 (2.90%) Collaborative Working
20 4 (2.90%) Digital Banking
20 4 (2.90%) Interaction Design
21 3 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance

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 (9.42%) CMS
2 2 (1.45%) Drupal
2 2 (1.45%) LiveCycle
2 2 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.72%) Confluence
3 1 (0.72%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Sketch
2 1 (0.72%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.32%) Figma
2 3 (2.17%) Miro
3 2 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.45%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 3 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 50 (36.23%) Public Sector
2 17 (12.32%) Publishing
3 13 (9.42%) Finance
4 11 (7.97%) Legal
5 6 (4.35%) Banking
6 4 (2.90%) Local Government
6 4 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.90%) Retail
7 3 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.17%) Social Skills
8 2 (1.45%) Marketing
9 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.35%) HTML
2 3 (2.17%) Semantic HTML
3 1 (0.72%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.07%) NHS
2 2 (1.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.72%) AI Agents
3 1 (0.72%) BYOD
3 1 (0.72%) Handset
3 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.72%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.23%) Agile
2 41 (29.71%) User Experience
3 39 (28.26%) User Research
4 36 (26.09%) UX Design
5 24 (17.39%) Content Strategy
6 16 (11.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 15 (10.87%) Analytics
8 11 (7.97%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (7.25%) AI
9 10 (7.25%) Content Management
9 10 (7.25%) Service Design
10 9 (6.52%) Generative AI
10 9 (6.52%) Prototyping
11 8 (5.80%) User Stories
12 7 (5.07%) Content Writing
13 6 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 5 (3.62%) Human-Centred Design
14 5 (3.62%) Mentoring
14 5 (3.62%) Strategic Thinking
15 4 (2.90%) Collaborative Working
Qualifications
1 20 (14.49%) Security Cleared
2 18 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (34.06%) Accessibility
2 20 (14.49%) WCAG
3 2 (1.45%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft