Content Designer Jobs

Content Designer
UK

The median Content Designer salary in the UK is £57,965 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 871 1178
Rank change year-on-year +24 +307 -250
Permanent jobs requiring a Content Designer 57 48 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.052% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.057% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 51 20 26
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,535 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,094 £38,750 £37,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.39% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,741 £60,000 £60,108
90th Percentile - £61,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +36.39% -10.53% -26.92%

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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

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 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Content Designer in the UK

Content Designer
Top 13 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 12 June 2024. 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 +67 55 £57,965 +36.39% 6
Work from Home +66 48 £57,965 +15.93% 2
UK excluding London -25 47 £57,965 +36.39% 3
North of England +34 36 £57,965 +20.76%
North West -12 15 £57,965 -
Yorkshire +73 13 £57,965 +20.76%
London +103 10 £46,855 +48.28% 3
North East -12 8 £57,965 -
West Midlands -8 5 £57,965 +36.39%
Midlands -35 5 £57,965 +36.39%
South East -26 2 £36,085 +16.40%
South West -39 2 £45,000 +20.00% 3
Scotland -70 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 44 (77.19%) Agile
2 38 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 38 (66.67%) Coaching
2 38 (66.67%) Product Ownership
3 37 (64.91%) Community of Practice
4 36 (63.16%) Content Strategy
4 36 (63.16%) User Stories
5 34 (59.65%) Journey Map
6 12 (21.05%) User Research
7 7 (12.28%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 5 (8.77%) Accessibility
9 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
9 4 (7.02%) Social Skills
9 4 (7.02%) Design Patterns
9 4 (7.02%) Analytics
9 4 (7.02%) Co-Creation
9 4 (7.02%) Banking
9 4 (7.02%) Workflow
9 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
10 3 (5.26%) Legal
10 3 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (3.51%) CMS
11 2 (3.51%) Social Media
11 2 (3.51%) Line Management
11 2 (3.51%) Service Design
11 2 (3.51%) Advertising
11 2 (3.51%) NHS
11 2 (3.51%) Project Management
11 2 (3.51%) Content Management
11 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint

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 2 (3.51%) CMS
1 2 (3.51%) Sitecore CMS
1 2 (3.51%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.51%) Miro
General
1 4 (7.02%) Banking
1 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
1 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
1 4 (7.02%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.26%) Legal
3 2 (3.51%) Advertising
3 2 (3.51%) Marketing
3 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.75%) Finance
4 1 (1.75%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 38 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.51%) Animation
2 2 (3.51%) Digital Signage
2 2 (3.51%) Graphic Design
2 2 (3.51%) NHS
2 2 (3.51%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (77.19%) Agile
2 38 (66.67%) Coaching
2 38 (66.67%) Mentoring
3 37 (64.91%) Community of Practice
4 36 (63.16%) Content Strategy
4 36 (63.16%) User Stories
5 34 (59.65%) Journey Map
6 12 (21.05%) User Research
7 7 (12.28%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 4 (7.02%) Analytics
8 4 (7.02%) Co-Creation
8 4 (7.02%) Design Patterns
8 4 (7.02%) Workflow
9 3 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (3.51%) Actionable Insight
10 2 (3.51%) Business Development
10 2 (3.51%) Content Management
10 2 (3.51%) Content Writing
10 2 (3.51%) Project Management
10 2 (3.51%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (3.51%) Degree
1 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
1 2 (3.51%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.75%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (3.51%) Sitecore