Content Designer Contracts in Scotland

Content Designer
UK > Scotland

The median Content Designer daily rate in Scotland is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 112 156
Rank change year-on-year +5 +44 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 10 10 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.61% 0.47% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.50% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 9
10th Percentile £349 £246 £351
25th Percentile £375 £292 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £378 £468
Median % change year-on-year +45.70% -19.34% +24.80%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £545
90th Percentile £675 £482 £600
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,551 2,020 2,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 94.30% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 883 1,244 1,816
10th Percentile £257 £200 £231
25th Percentile £368 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.53% +2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.82% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 113 44
10th Percentile £15.68 £12.30 £12.86
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.25 £14.44
Median hourly rate £19.37 £24.29 £21.71
Median % change year-on-year -20.28% +11.88% -34.21%
75th Percentile £24.50 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £40.63 £66.00 £68.38
UK median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -18.89% +88.21%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Designer in Scotland

Content Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Content Designer in Scotland

Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Designer in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Designer in Scotland

Content Designer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 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
Edinburgh +5 8 £375 -11.76%
Glasgow -4 2 £650 +83.10% 4
Content Designer
UK

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 18 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 Scotland region featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
1 6 (60.00%) User Research
2 5 (50.00%) Publishing
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) UX Design
3 3 (30.00%) User Experience
3 3 (30.00%) Figma
4 2 (20.00%) Copywriting
4 2 (20.00%) Content Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) JIRA
5 1 (10.00%) Adobe
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) User Stories
5 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (10.00%) Service Design
5 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
5 1 (10.00%) Interaction Design
5 1 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (50.00%) Publishing
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) User Research
2 3 (30.00%) User Experience
2 3 (30.00%) UX Design
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Content Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Copywriting
4 1 (10.00%) Interaction Design
4 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (10.00%) Service Design
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) User Stories
4 1 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe