Content Designer Job Trends in England

Content Designer
UK > England

The median Content Designer salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 655 684
Rank change year-on-year +89 +29 +290
Permanent jobs requiring a Content Designer 32 16 12
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.061% 0.033% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.036% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 19 9 6
10th Percentile - - £33,884
25th Percentile £36,955 £42,200 £35,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,512 £39,748
Median % change year-on-year +5.85% +6.95% -24.29%
75th Percentile - £42,825 £44,236
90th Percentile £72,500 £44,180 £45,732
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,512 £39,748
% change year-on-year +5.85% +6.95% +7.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 47,440 44,776 47,116
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 92.73% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 29,933 23,492 36,893
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -5.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Content Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Content Designer job vacancy trend in England

Content Designer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in England

Content Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Content Designer in England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Content Designer in England

Content Designer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Content Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +46 8 £45,000 +5.85% 3
North of England +23 5 £45,000 -4.26% 1
West Midlands +37 4 - - 1
Midlands +22 4 - - 1
North West - 3 £45,000 -
Yorkshire -15 2 - -
South East - 2 - - 1
East of England - 1 - -
Content Designer
UK

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Content Designer 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 16 (50.00%) User Research
2 13 (40.63%) AI
2 13 (40.63%) Analytics
3 11 (34.38%) Agile
3 11 (34.38%) User Experience
4 8 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (18.75%) Content Strategy
5 6 (18.75%) Service Design
6 5 (15.63%) Accessibility
6 5 (15.63%) Adobe
6 5 (15.63%) Product Roadmap
6 5 (15.63%) Roadmaps
7 4 (12.50%) Confluence
7 4 (12.50%) Figma
7 4 (12.50%) Usability Testing
7 4 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 4 (12.50%) WCAG
8 3 (9.38%) Content Development
8 3 (9.38%) Copywriting
8 3 (9.38%) InDesign
8 3 (9.38%) Instructional Design
8 3 (9.38%) Interaction Design
8 3 (9.38%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (9.38%) UX Design
9 2 (6.25%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (6.25%) Broadband
9 2 (6.25%) CMS
9 2 (6.25%) Community of Practice

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (12.50%) Confluence
2 2 (6.25%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Figma
2 2 (6.25%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) Miro
3 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 13 (40.63%) Public Sector
2 9 (28.13%) Legal
3 8 (25.00%) Publishing
4 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Games
5 2 (6.25%) Law
6 1 (3.13%) Automotive
6 1 (3.13%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Animation
1 3 (9.38%) e-Learning
1 3 (9.38%) Graphic Design
1 3 (9.38%) Learning Management System
1 3 (9.38%) Video Editing
1 3 (9.38%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.25%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) User Research
2 13 (40.63%) AI
2 13 (40.63%) Analytics
3 11 (34.38%) Agile
3 11 (34.38%) User Experience
4 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (18.75%) Content Strategy
5 6 (18.75%) Service Design
6 5 (15.63%) Product Roadmap
6 5 (15.63%) Roadmaps
7 4 (12.50%) Usability Testing
7 4 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 3 (9.38%) Content Development
8 3 (9.38%) Copywriting
8 3 (9.38%) Instructional Design
8 3 (9.38%) Interaction Design
8 3 (9.38%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (9.38%) UX Design
9 2 (6.25%) Customer Insight
9 2 (6.25%) SEO
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) Accessibility
2 4 (12.50%) WCAG
3 2 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Adobe
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft