Content Designer Jobs

Content Designer
UK

The median Content Designer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 856 916
Rank change year-on-year +161 +60 +239
Permanent jobs requiring a Content Designer 14 56 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.054% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.057% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 2 50 20
10th Percentile £45,250 £45,000 £33,535
25th Percentile £49,375 £55,188 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,965 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +36.39% -10.53%
75th Percentile £64,375 £60,741 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,750 - £61,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £57,965 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.37% +36.39% -10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Content Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Content Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Content Designer in the UK

Content Designer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Content Designer.

Salary trend for Content Designer in the UK

Content Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Content Designer over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Content Designer in the UK

Content Designer
Top 8 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 May 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
England +115 11 £57,500 -0.80% 94
Work from Home +81 10 - - 79
London +114 9 £70,000 +49.40% 12
UK excluding London +150 3 £45,000 -22.37% 94
Scotland +117 1 - - 5
South East +87 1 - - 26
Yorkshire +48 1 £45,000 -22.37% 7
North of England +17 1 £45,000 -22.37% 23

Content Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Content Designer 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 permanent job ads featuring Content Designer in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Analytics
1 9 (64.29%) SEO
2 8 (57.14%) Legal
2 8 (57.14%) Publishing
2 8 (57.14%) CMS
2 8 (57.14%) Content Strategy
2 8 (57.14%) Accessibility
3 6 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 6 (42.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 6 (42.86%) Law
3 6 (42.86%) Content Management
4 5 (35.71%) Thought Leadership
4 5 (35.71%) Behavioural Analytics
4 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (21.43%) User Research
5 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
5 3 (21.43%) User Experience
5 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) UX Design
5 3 (21.43%) Marketing
6 2 (14.29%) Mercator
6 2 (14.29%) Storytelling
6 2 (14.29%) Interaction Design
6 2 (14.29%) Content Development
6 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (14.29%) Web Application Development
6 2 (14.29%) Information Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience

Content Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (57.14%) CMS
2 1 (7.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (7.14%) InDesign
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.14%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Google Analytics
General
1 8 (57.14%) Legal
1 8 (57.14%) Publishing
2 6 (42.86%) Law
3 5 (35.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Marketing
4 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Advertising
5 1 (7.14%) Automotive
5 1 (7.14%) Finance
5 1 (7.14%) Multimedia
5 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Animation
1 1 (7.14%) Digital Media
1 1 (7.14%) e-Learning
1 1 (7.14%) Graphic Design
1 1 (7.14%) Motion Graphics
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.14%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Analytics
1 9 (64.29%) SEO
2 8 (57.14%) Content Strategy
3 6 (42.86%) Content Management
3 6 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 6 (42.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 5 (35.71%) Behavioural Analytics
4 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (35.71%) Thought Leadership
5 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) User Experience
5 3 (21.43%) User Research
5 3 (21.43%) UX Design
6 2 (14.29%) Content Development
6 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
6 2 (14.29%) Information Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) Interaction Design
6 2 (14.29%) Storytelling
6 2 (14.29%) Web Application Development
7 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Mercator
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe
2 1 (7.14%) BMC
2 1 (7.14%) Google
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft