Content Designer
UK
The median Content Designer daily rate in the UK is £424, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 471 | 506 | 558 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +35 | +52 | +54 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer | 55 | 84 | 142 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.19% | 0.20% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.20% | 0.21% | 0.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 47 | 61 | 117 |
| 10th Percentile | £201 | £325 | £329 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £355 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £424 | £425 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.24% | -10.53% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £483 | £450 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £525 | £600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £388 | £400 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.13% | -11.11% | +5.88% |
| 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 | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 27,042 | 39,900 | 54,705 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.44% | 92.78% | 94.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,611 | 25,963 | 38,196 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,049 | 2,673 | 1,532 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.22 | £16.30 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.60 | £37.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.73% | -16.67% | +88.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.90 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £40.00 | £42.43 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.25% | -5.73% | +112.16% |
Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Content Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Content Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Designer.
Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Designer over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.
Content Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Designer.
Content Designer
Top 12 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +52 | 39 | £413 | -2.94% | 19 |
| UK excluding London | +42 | 24 | £388 | -3.13% | 9 |
| London | +19 | 19 | £424 | -0.24% | 11 |
| Work from Home | +35 | 18 | £433 | +1.76% | 8 |
| North of England | +14 | 13 | £375 | -11.76% | 1 |
| Scotland | +8 | 8 | £375 | -0.66% | |
| North West | +14 | 7 | £400 | +3.23% | |
| South West | +46 | 5 | £381 | - | 4 |
| North East | -8 | 4 | £375 | - | |
| Yorkshire | +10 | 2 | £400 | -5.88% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +21 | 1 | £463 | - | |
| Midlands | +17 | 1 | £463 | - |
Content Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 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 featuring Content Designer in the job title.
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Content Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: