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 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 469 496
Rank change year-on-year -5 +27 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 167 42 30
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.15% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.17% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 28 19
10th Percentile £358 £257 £335
25th Percentile £400 £350 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £418 £418
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% - -14.36%
75th Percentile £494 £450 £472
90th Percentile £538 £544 £560
UK median daily rate £425 £424 £425
% change year-on-year +0.29% -0.29% -12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 0
10th Percentile - £22.75 -
25th Percentile £49.75 £28.62 -
Median hourly rate £51.50 £36.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.10% - -
75th Percentile £53.25 £37.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £51.50 £36.50 -
% change year-on-year +41.10% - -

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 42,792 25,414 30,698
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 91.34% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,591 16,383 19,325
10th Percentile £325 £281 £305
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,397 1,362 1,531
10th Percentile £14.96 £13.75 £14.56
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -47.05% +6.15%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.99 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.95 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -2 100 £425 +1.80% 18
North of England -46 39 £488 +16.42% 5
North East -30 18 £525 +40.00%
South West -32 13 £425 -5.56% 2
North West -38 13 £400 -3.03% 1
West Midlands - 9 £428 -
Midlands - 9 £428 -
Yorkshire -41 8 £431 -14.60% 4
South East - 3 £415 - 2
Content Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 September 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 58 (34.73%) Accessibility
2 52 (31.14%) Agile
3 49 (29.34%) Security Cleared
4 45 (26.95%) SC Cleared
5 44 (26.35%) User Research
6 42 (25.15%) User Experience
7 37 (22.16%) UX Design
8 30 (17.96%) Content Strategy
9 25 (14.97%) WCAG
10 22 (13.17%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 19 (11.38%) Analytics
12 17 (10.18%) Service Design
13 15 (8.98%) Microsoft
13 15 (8.98%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (8.38%) Figma
15 13 (7.78%) AI
15 13 (7.78%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (7.78%) Inclusive Design
15 13 (7.78%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 12 (7.19%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 12 (7.19%) Microsoft Copilot
17 11 (6.59%) Interaction Design
18 10 (5.99%) CMS
18 10 (5.99%) Digital Enablement
19 9 (5.39%) Content Writing
19 9 (5.39%) Prototyping
20 8 (4.79%) Content Management
20 8 (4.79%) Human-Centred Design
21 7 (4.19%) Generative AI

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 (5.99%) CMS
2 3 (1.80%) Drupal
2 3 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.20%) LiveCycle
4 1 (0.60%) Confluence
4 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.60%) Sketch
1 1 (0.60%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 14 (8.38%) Figma
2 13 (7.78%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (7.19%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (1.80%) Miro
4 3 (1.80%) SaaS
5 1 (0.60%) Contentful
5 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.60%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.80%) Metadata
2 1 (0.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 49 (29.34%) Public Sector
2 15 (8.98%) Finance
3 13 (7.78%) Publishing
4 12 (7.19%) Legal
4 12 (7.19%) Social Skills
5 5 (2.99%) Banking
5 5 (2.99%) Local Government
5 5 (2.99%) Marketing
6 4 (2.40%) Retail
7 3 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.60%) Military
8 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.80%) HTML
2 1 (0.60%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.59%) NHS
2 4 (2.40%) Taxonomies
3 2 (1.20%) Blog
4 1 (0.60%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.60%) BYOD
4 1 (0.60%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (31.14%) Agile
2 44 (26.35%) User Research
3 42 (25.15%) User Experience
4 37 (22.16%) UX Design
5 30 (17.96%) Content Strategy
6 22 (13.17%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 19 (11.38%) Analytics
8 17 (10.18%) Service Design
9 15 (8.98%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (7.78%) AI
10 13 (7.78%) Inclusive Design
10 13 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (7.19%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 11 (6.59%) Interaction Design
13 10 (5.99%) Digital Enablement
14 9 (5.39%) Content Writing
14 9 (5.39%) Prototyping
15 8 (4.79%) Content Management
15 8 (4.79%) Human-Centred Design
16 7 (4.19%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 49 (29.34%) Security Cleared
2 45 (26.95%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.60%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (34.73%) Accessibility
2 25 (14.97%) WCAG
3 1 (0.60%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (8.98%) Microsoft