Content Designer Contracts in London

Content Designer
England > London

The median Content Designer daily rate in London is £418, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 353 426
Rank change year-on-year +23 +73 +90
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 23 38 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.23% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 29 59
10th Percentile £155 £325 £346
25th Percentile £327 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £425 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -12.82% +14.71%
75th Percentile £471 £450 £500
90th Percentile £504 £538 £568
England median daily rate £406 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -4.41% -10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - £36.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 - £37.50
75th Percentile £24.25 - £38.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.50 - £37.50
% change year-on-year - - +10.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Content Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Content Designer in London

Content Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Designer in London.

Daily rate trend for Content Designer in London

Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Designer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Designer in London

Content Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Designer in London.

Hourly rate trend for Content Designer in London

Content Designer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +5 7 £155 -69.00%
Content Designer
England

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Content Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 13 (56.52%) User Experience
2 10 (43.48%) Public Sector
3 8 (34.78%) Accessibility
4 7 (30.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 7 (30.43%) Agile
4 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
4 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
4 7 (30.43%) UX Design
5 6 (26.09%) CMS
6 5 (21.74%) Content Management
6 5 (21.74%) SEO
6 5 (21.74%) User Research
6 5 (21.74%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (21.74%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (17.39%) Content Strategy
7 4 (17.39%) Drupal
8 3 (13.04%) Logistics
8 3 (13.04%) Figma
8 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (8.70%) OpenAPI
9 2 (8.70%) Postman
9 2 (8.70%) Content Development
9 2 (8.70%) Swagger
9 2 (8.70%) Service Design
9 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
9 2 (8.70%) Coaching
9 2 (8.70%) OAuth2
9 2 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
9 2 (8.70%) Intranet
9 2 (8.70%) Migration

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) CMS
2 4 (17.39%) Drupal
3 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Adobe XD
1 1 (4.35%) Photoshop
1 1 (4.35%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Git
1 2 (8.70%) Postman
General
1 10 (43.48%) Public Sector
2 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.70%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Local Government
4 1 (4.35%) Publishing
4 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) HTML
1 2 (8.70%) JSON
1 2 (8.70%) OAuth
1 2 (8.70%) OAuth2
1 2 (8.70%) OpenAPI
1 2 (8.70%) RESTful
1 2 (8.70%) Swagger
1 2 (8.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Graphic Design
1 2 (8.70%) Taxonomies
2 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) User Experience
2 7 (30.43%) Agile
2 7 (30.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 7 (30.43%) UX Design
3 5 (21.74%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (21.74%) Content Management
3 5 (21.74%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (21.74%) SEO
3 5 (21.74%) User Research
4 4 (17.39%) Content Strategy
5 3 (13.04%) Logistics
6 2 (8.70%) API Management
6 2 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (8.70%) Coaching
6 2 (8.70%) Content Development
6 2 (8.70%) Data Migration
6 2 (8.70%) Information Architecture
6 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
6 2 (8.70%) Migration
6 2 (8.70%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (34.78%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.35%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe
2 1 (4.35%) Virgin Media