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Content Designer - Telford or Worthing and Remote - 3 months+ - £395-£480 per da...
Posted 4 days ago by Octopus Computer Associates
Blue chip client is urgently looking for a Content DesignerYou will need to be based onsite in Telford or Worthing 2 day...
- Rate £480 per day
- Category Inside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location Telford or Worthing
Content Designer - Remote Working - Outside IR35
Posted 6 days ago by LA International Computer Consultants Lt...
Content Designer - Remote Working - Outside IR35Content Designer ResponsibilitiesDesign, create and improve user-centred...
- Rate £400 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location England
Senior Content Designer - UX/User-Centred Design | BPSS | Hybrid
Posted 6 days ago by Synergize Consulting Ltd
Key ResponsibilitiesLead content design activities across digital services.Research subject matter and engage with stake...
- Rate £500 per day
- Category Inside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location hybrid: Telford or Worthing, with 2 days per week onsite.
Content Designer
Posted 1 week ago by Sanderson Government and Defence
The RoleAs a Content Designer, you'll work closely with stakeholders, researchers, designers and delivery teams to under...
- Rate £450 per day
- Category Inside
- Work type Remote
- Location London; City of London; East London; Central London; South East London; West London; Canary Wharf; South West London; North London; Greenwich; Stratford
Senior Content Designer
Posted 1 week ago by TALENT INTERNATIONAL UK LTD
Role OverviewWe are looking for an experienced Senior Content Designer to support one of our Government clients.In this...
- Rate £600 per day
- Category Inside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham
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About Our Content Designer Contract Roles
What does a content designer contractor do?
The Content Designer contractor role centres on the ability to create clear, user-centred content that helps people understand and use digital services, products, and information effectively. The discipline emerged from the government digital service movement and is now well established across public sector digital programmes, financial services, healthcare, and consumer-facing technology products. Content Designers work alongside UX researchers, service designers, product managers, and developers to ensure that the language, structure, and format of content meets user needs and removes barriers to understanding and action. Unlike copywriters who primarily focus on persuasive or promotional writing, Content Designers focus on clarity, accessibility, and usability.
Content Designer contractors are expected to bring a combination of writing craft, analytical thinking, and user-centred design skills. Strong plain English writing and editing skills are the foundation, alongside experience conducting content audits, developing content models, writing for multiple formats and touchpoints, and iterating content based on user research findings. Familiarity with accessibility standards, including WCAG guidelines for digital content, is widely expected, particularly for public sector roles. Experience working within agile product teams, writing user stories and acceptance criteria for content, and using content management systems is broadly assumed. A portfolio demonstrating real-world content design work, ideally with evidence of the impact of content decisions on user outcomes, is the primary selection criterion across most Content Designer contract roles.
What is the market like for content designer contractors?
Content Design contracting is a growing and active market, driven primarily by public sector digital transformation programmes and the increasing adoption of content design practices within financial services, healthcare, and large consumer-facing digital products. The Government Digital Service and NHS Digital have been instrumental in establishing content design as a distinct discipline, and the alumni of those organisations have seeded content design practices across a wide range of organisations. Demand consistently outstrips the supply of experienced Content Designers, which supports day rates above the broader UX and digital content market. Contractors with both content design skills and accessibility expertise are in particularly strong demand.
How much do content designer contractors usually earn?
Contract rates for content designer roles typically range from £300 to £550 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement.
How many content designer vacancies are there on Quality Contracts?
Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 150 content designer contract roles across the site. Data reviewed up to September 2026.