Hybrid/Remote Content Designer Contract Job Trends

Content Designer
UK > Work from Home

The median Content Designer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £453, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 300 348
Rank change year-on-year +9 +48 +129
Contract jobs requiring a Content Designer 17 25 25
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 18
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £408 £399 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.43% -2.78% -9.09%
75th Percentile £505 £503 £513
90th Percentile £546 £575 £570
UK median daily rate £413 £454 £443
% change year-on-year -9.04% +2.49% -10.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £34.48 - -
UK median hourly rate £34.48 £33.00 -
% change year-on-year +4.48% - -

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 remote/hybrid work 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 9,476 10,969 16,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 93.14% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,182 6,942 11,190
10th Percentile £326 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 202 362
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.19
25th Percentile £20.62 £23.50 £26.24
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% -28.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.38
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Content Designer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Content Designer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Content Designer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Content Designer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Content Designer job vacancies

Content Designer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Content Designer over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Content Designer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Content Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (29.41%) User Experience
3 4 (23.53%) Accessibility
3 4 (23.53%) Analytics
3 4 (23.53%) Service Design
3 4 (23.53%) UX Design
4 3 (17.65%) CMS
4 3 (17.65%) User Research
4 3 (17.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (11.76%) Content Management
5 2 (11.76%) Content Strategy
5 2 (11.76%) Content Writing
5 2 (11.76%) Migration
5 2 (11.76%) User Stories
5 2 (11.76%) WCAG
6 1 (5.88%) AI
6 1 (5.88%) B2B
6 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (5.88%) Degree
6 1 (5.88%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (5.88%) Figma
6 1 (5.88%) JIRA
6 1 (5.88%) Journey Map
6 1 (5.88%) Miro
6 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
6 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.88%) Project Management

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) CMS
2 1 (5.88%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Figma
1 1 (5.88%) Miro
1 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
1 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Public Sector
2 4 (23.53%) Publishing
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) AI Agents
1 1 (5.88%) NHS
1 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
1 1 (5.88%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Agile
1 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (29.41%) User Experience
2 4 (23.53%) Analytics
2 4 (23.53%) Service Design
2 4 (23.53%) UX Design
3 3 (17.65%) User Research
3 3 (17.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (11.76%) Content Management
4 2 (11.76%) Content Strategy
4 2 (11.76%) Content Writing
4 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) User Stories
5 1 (5.88%) AI
5 1 (5.88%) B2B
5 1 (5.88%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.88%) Project Management
5 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 1 (5.88%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.76%) WCAG
3 1 (5.88%) QA