Content Designer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Content Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Content Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 557 536
Rank change year-on-year +58 -21 +234
Permanent jobs requiring a Content Designer 16 10 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.027% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.029% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £42,200 £33,884
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,512 £37,916
Median % change year-on-year +5.85% +12.12% +5.84%
75th Percentile - £42,825 £39,748
90th Percentile £57,500 £44,180 -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,512 £37,916
% change year-on-year +5.85% +12.12% +2.74%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,904 34,869 29,181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.17% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22,945 17,378 22,098
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Content Designer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Content Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Content Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Content Designer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Content Designer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Content Designer in the UK excluding London

Content Designer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Content Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +17 6 £45,000 -4.26% 23
West Midlands +32 4 - - 13
Midlands +27 4 - - 25
Wales +9 3 £45,000 +5.85% 3
Yorkshire -2 3 £70,000 +48.94% 11
North West - 3 £45,000 - 11
South East - 2 - - 25
East of England - 1 - - 21
Content Designer
UK

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 6 (37.50%) User Experience
2 5 (31.25%) Adobe
2 5 (31.25%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) AI
2 5 (31.25%) Product Roadmap
2 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
3 3 (18.75%) Analytics
3 3 (18.75%) Confluence
3 3 (18.75%) Content Development
3 3 (18.75%) Copywriting
3 3 (18.75%) Figma
3 3 (18.75%) InDesign
3 3 (18.75%) Instructional Design
3 3 (18.75%) Usability Testing
3 3 (18.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (18.75%) WCAG
4 2 (12.50%) Adobe Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Broadband
4 2 (12.50%) CMS
4 2 (12.50%) Content Strategy
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Insight
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Customer Experience
4 2 (12.50%) LLM
4 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) SEO
4 2 (12.50%) Service Design
4 2 (12.50%) Storytelling

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (18.75%) Confluence
2 2 (12.50%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Figma
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) Miro
3 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (12.50%) Games
3 1 (6.25%) Law
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Animation
1 3 (18.75%) e-Learning
1 3 (18.75%) Graphic Design
1 3 (18.75%) Learning Management System
1 3 (18.75%) Video Editing
1 3 (18.75%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (12.50%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) User Experience
2 5 (31.25%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) AI
2 5 (31.25%) Product Roadmap
2 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
3 3 (18.75%) Analytics
3 3 (18.75%) Content Development
3 3 (18.75%) Copywriting
3 3 (18.75%) Instructional Design
3 3 (18.75%) Usability Testing
3 3 (18.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (12.50%) Content Strategy
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Insight
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Customer Experience
4 2 (12.50%) LLM
4 2 (12.50%) Service Design
4 2 (12.50%) Storytelling
4 2 (12.50%) User Research
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) WCAG
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft