Content Designer Contract Job Trends in the North West

Content Designer
England > North West

The median Content Designer daily rate in the North West is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 120 138
Rank change year-on-year -8 +18 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 5 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.23% 0.042% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.044% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £305 - £418
25th Percentile £313 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.65%
75th Percentile £450 - £506
90th Percentile - - £527
England median daily rate £418 £425 £488
% change year-on-year -1.76% -12.82% -1.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,009 2,255 2,640
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 93.69% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,327 1,265 1,798
10th Percentile £268 £273 £270
25th Percentile £369 £394 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.67%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £593
90th Percentile £680 £675 £673
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 164 163
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.49 £16.04
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% +5.71% +50.80%
75th Percentile £47.12 £54.31 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.32 £74.37 £66.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Designer in the North West

Content Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in the North West

Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Designer in the North West over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Designer in the North West

Content Designer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Manchester +4 5 £413 -
Content Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 West region featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (40.00%) User Research
2 2 (40.00%) CMS
2 2 (40.00%) Content Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Sketch
2 2 (40.00%) Figma
2 2 (40.00%) User Experience
2 2 (40.00%) Personalization
2 2 (40.00%) Interaction Design
2 2 (40.00%) Content Management
2 2 (40.00%) Hopewiser
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Publishing
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) Content Writing
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (40.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Publishing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Content Management
2 2 (40.00%) Content Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Interaction Design
2 2 (40.00%) Personalization
2 2 (40.00%) User Experience
2 2 (40.00%) User Research
2 2 (40.00%) UX Design
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Content Writing
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Hopewiser
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft