Senior Content Designer Contracts

Senior Content Designer
UK

The median Senior Content Designer daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 689 795
Rank change year-on-year +114 +106 -136
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Content Designer 7 14 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.024% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.026% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 38
10th Percentile £370 £495 £376
25th Percentile £400 £505 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +15.56% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £600 £543
90th Percentile - £603 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £520 £425
% change year-on-year -13.46% +22.35% +34.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Senior Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Content Designer in the UK

Senior Content Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Content Designer in the UK

Senior Content Designer
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Content Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London +56 5 £450 -13.46%
Scotland +41 4 £425 -29.17%
England +90 3 £450 -13.46% 1
Work from Home +112 2 £400 -23.08% 1
London +91 2 - - 1
North of England +32 1 £450 -13.46%
Yorkshire +18 1 £450 -13.46%

Senior Content Designer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Content Designer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Content Strategy
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Content Management
3 4 (57.14%) User Stories
3 4 (57.14%) CMS
3 4 (57.14%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
4 3 (42.86%) Publishing
5 2 (28.57%) Coaching
5 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (28.57%) Technical Debt
5 2 (28.57%) Community of Practice
5 2 (28.57%) User Research
5 2 (28.57%) Metadata
6 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 1 (14.29%) Advertising
6 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (14.29%) Analytics

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Metadata
General
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 4 (57.14%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Publishing
4 1 (14.29%) Advertising
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Content Strategy
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Content Management
3 4 (57.14%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) Community of Practice
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Debt
4 2 (28.57%) User Research
4 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (14.29%) Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland