Senior Content Designer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Content Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Content Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 - 693
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Content Designer 22 0 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.035% - 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% - 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 19 0 36
10th Percentile £60,511 - -
25th Percentile £62,755 - £55,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £57,965
75th Percentile £65,320 - £60,741
90th Percentile £65,640 - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -7.14% +20.76% -22.71%

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 58,327 23,372 63,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 88.45% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 37,179 14,549 46,771
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

Senior Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Senior Content Designer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Content Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Content Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
North of England - 12 £65,000 -
West Midlands - 7 £65,000 -
Midlands - 7 £65,000 -
North East - 5 £65,000 -
Yorkshire - 5 £65,000 -
East of England - 2 - -
North West - 2 £64,038 -
South East - 1 - - 1
Senior Content Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, Senior 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 Senior Content Designer in the job title.

1 6 (27.27%) Content Strategy
1 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
2 5 (22.73%) Coaching
2 5 (22.73%) Community of Practice
3 3 (13.64%) Adobe
3 3 (13.64%) Adobe Analytics
3 3 (13.64%) Agile
3 3 (13.64%) AI
3 3 (13.64%) Analytics
3 3 (13.64%) Broadband
3 3 (13.64%) CMS
3 3 (13.64%) Confluence
3 3 (13.64%) Customer Experience
3 3 (13.64%) Digital Customer Experience
3 3 (13.64%) Figma
3 3 (13.64%) LLM
3 3 (13.64%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
3 3 (13.64%) SEO
3 3 (13.64%) Storytelling
3 3 (13.64%) User Experience
3 3 (13.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (13.64%) WCAG
4 2 (9.09%) Customer Insight
4 2 (9.09%) Data Analytics
4 2 (9.09%) Usability Testing
5 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
5 1 (4.55%) Contentsquare
5 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.55%) Decision-Making

Senior 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 (13.64%) CMS
1 3 (13.64%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Adobe Analytics
1 3 (13.64%) Figma
2 1 (4.55%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Broadband
General
1 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
2 3 (13.64%) Games
3 1 (4.55%) Legal
3 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Content Strategy
1 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
2 5 (22.73%) Coaching
2 5 (22.73%) Community of Practice
3 3 (13.64%) Agile
3 3 (13.64%) AI
3 3 (13.64%) Analytics
3 3 (13.64%) Customer Experience
3 3 (13.64%) Digital Customer Experience
3 3 (13.64%) LLM
3 3 (13.64%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
3 3 (13.64%) SEO
3 3 (13.64%) Storytelling
3 3 (13.64%) User Experience
3 3 (13.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (9.09%) Customer Insight
4 2 (9.09%) Data Analytics
4 2 (9.09%) Usability Testing
5 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) WCAG
2 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Adobe