Content Designer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Content Designer
UK > Work from Home

The median Content Designer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £415, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 313 416
Rank change year-on-year +26 +103 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 17 32 61
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.22% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 26 49
10th Percentile £328 £296 £363
25th Percentile £375 £356 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £418 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% -14.36% +8.33%
75th Percentile £483 £448 £500
90th Percentile £526 £450 £585
UK median daily rate £424 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -0.24% -10.53% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Content Designer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Content Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Content Designer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Content Designer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Content Designer.

Content Designer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Content Designer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Content Designer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 8 (47.06%) UX Design
1 8 (47.06%) User Experience
2 7 (41.18%) Public Sector
3 5 (29.41%) Accessibility
3 5 (29.41%) User Research
4 4 (23.53%) Content Strategy
4 4 (23.53%) Agile
5 3 (17.65%) Publishing
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
5 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) Machine Learning
6 2 (11.76%) Service Design
6 2 (11.76%) CMS
6 2 (11.76%) Retail
6 2 (11.76%) SEO
6 2 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (11.76%) WCAG
6 2 (11.76%) Figma
6 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.76%) LLM
6 2 (11.76%) Virgin Media
6 2 (11.76%) Interaction Design
6 2 (11.76%) Prototyping
6 2 (11.76%) Content Writing
7 1 (5.88%) Push Notifications
7 1 (5.88%) Content Marketing
7 1 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
7 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (5.88%) Co-Creation

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (11.76%) CMS
2 1 (5.88%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Figma
2 1 (5.88%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Intranet
General
1 7 (41.18%) Public Sector
2 3 (17.65%) Publishing
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) User Experience
1 8 (47.06%) UX Design
2 5 (29.41%) User Research
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Content Strategy
4 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (11.76%) Content Writing
5 2 (11.76%) Interaction Design
5 2 (11.76%) LLM
5 2 (11.76%) Machine Learning
5 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
5 2 (11.76%) Prototyping
5 2 (11.76%) SEO
5 2 (11.76%) Service Design
6 1 (5.88%) Co-Creation
6 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (5.88%) Content Marketing
6 1 (5.88%) Push Notifications
6 1 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.76%) WCAG
3 1 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Virgin Media