Content Designer Contracts in the North of England

Content Designer
England > North of England

The median Content Designer daily rate in the North of England is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 August 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
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 154 174
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 12 11 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.30% 0.27% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.29% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 18
10th Percentile - - £330
25th Percentile £375 £375 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £469
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -9.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £450 £481 £513
90th Percentile £588 £508 £552
England median daily rate £425 £405 £488
% change year-on-year +4.94% -16.92% -1.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,659 3,801 5,010
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 92.23% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,359 2,345 3,389
10th Percentile £254 £270 £263
25th Percentile £370 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £638 £670 £675
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.52% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 278 204
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.44 £15.39
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.65
Median hourly rate £22.32 £30.00 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +11.73% +34.25%
75th Percentile £47.12 £51.90 £45.88
90th Percentile £76.25 £70.00 £57.17
England median hourly rate £25.66 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -42.98% +5.88% +66.67%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Designer in the North of England

Content Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Designer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Content Designer in the North of England

Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Designer in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Designer in the North of England

Content Designer
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 August 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
North East -5 4 £375 -
North West -8 4 £431 - 4
Yorkshire -11 4 £575 +35.29% 3
Content Designer
England

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 8 August 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 North of England region featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Agile
1 6 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (33.33%) Figma
2 4 (33.33%) Virgin Media
2 4 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 4 (33.33%) User Research
3 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (25.00%) UX Design
3 3 (25.00%) Marketing
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Legal
3 3 (25.00%) User Experience
4 2 (16.67%) Content Marketing
4 2 (16.67%) Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
4 2 (16.67%) Social Media
4 2 (16.67%) Publishing
4 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (16.67%) Content Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Conversational UI
5 1 (8.33%) Canva
5 1 (8.33%) Chatbot
5 1 (8.33%) A/B Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Inclusive Design
5 1 (8.33%) UX Research
5 1 (8.33%) Business Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (8.33%) CMS
1 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (8.33%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Figma
2 1 (8.33%) Canva
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Legal
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Publishing
4 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) HTML
1 1 (8.33%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 2 (16.67%) Social Media
3 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) User Research
3 3 (25.00%) User Experience
3 3 (25.00%) UX Design
4 2 (16.67%) Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Content Marketing
4 2 (16.67%) Content Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (8.33%) A/B Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Business Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Conversational UI
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (8.33%) Data Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (8.33%) Inclusive Design
5 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (8.33%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Virgin Media
2 1 (8.33%) Brio