Content Designer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Content Designer
North West > Manchester

The median Content Designer daily rate in Manchester is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 - 97
Rank change year-on-year - - +47
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 6 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.59% - 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% - 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £231 - £446
25th Percentile £303 - £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £481
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.07%
75th Percentile £442 - £515
90th Percentile £450 - £531
North West median daily rate £363 - £481
% change year-on-year - - +9.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 938 1,106 1,544
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.13% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 640 1,134
10th Percentile £300 £319 £285
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £656 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 36 66
10th Percentile £13.27 £15.92 £14.88
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.81 £16.68
Median hourly rate £22.32 £33.75 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.88% +75.32% -3.75%
75th Percentile £31.40 £62.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £61.13 £73.00 £68.13
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.77
% change year-on-year -28.16% +10.17% +37.50%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

Content Designer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Content Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in Manchester

Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Designer in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Designer in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Manchester region featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (33.33%) User Research
2 2 (33.33%) Personalization
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
2 2 (33.33%) Interaction Design
2 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (33.33%) Content Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Sketch
2 2 (33.33%) Figma
2 2 (33.33%) Content Management
2 2 (33.33%) Hopewiser
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Publishing
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) UX Design
2 2 (33.33%) CMS
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (16.67%) QA
3 1 (16.67%) Usability Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) Content Writing

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (33.33%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Figma
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Publishing
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Content Management
2 2 (33.33%) Content Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Interaction Design
2 2 (33.33%) Personalization
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
2 2 (33.33%) User Research
2 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (33.33%) UX Design
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Content Writing
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Hopewiser
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft