Highest Paying Media Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Media Jobs Summary

There have been 131,797 listed Media Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	123,769	93.91 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	5,604	4.25 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	2,424	1.84 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 2,535 new Media Jobs posted each week, or 10,983 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	2,380	10,314
Contract	154	668

The busiest month for new permanent Media Jobs in the UK is March, whilst the quietest month is November.

The busiest month for new contract Media Jobs is also March, and the quietest month is October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Media Jobs

Permanent Media Jobs

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

1,837

Up 170.2% vs last year

Average salary

£41,760.00

Down 0.5% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Media Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

125

Up 98.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£490.00

Up 3.2% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

Up 109.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£445.00

Down 5.1% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed Media Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
March 2026	1,837
February 2026	1,332
January 2026	1,616
December 2025	393
November 2025	287
October 2025	578
September 2025	704
August 2025	612
July 2025	519
June 2025	350
May 2025	360
April 2025	637

The Highest Paying Media Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Digital Director	2	£90,000.00	£92,500.00	£95,000.00
Ux Designer	8	£66,375.00	£72,815.00	£79,250.00
Ui Designer	2	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Model	2,608	£55,415.00	£59,390.00	£63,365.00
Digital Developer	2	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Digital Manager	162	£47,050.00	£50,235.00	£53,420.00
Games	100	£44,165.00	£48,590.00	£53,005.00
Visualiser	4	£43,750.00	£47,375.00	£51,000.00
Digital Designer	42	£43,690.00	£47,045.00	£50,405.00
Product Design	262	£42,020.00	£45,825.00	£49,625.00
Senior Interior Designer	29	£41,055.00	£45,060.00	£49,055.00
Technical Writer	4	£39,000.00	£43,500.00	£48,000.00
Lighting Technician	340	£39,175.00	£41,665.00	£44,145.00
Tailor	553	£39,330.00	£41,230.00	£43,135.00
Media Manager	121	£38,335.00	£41,150.00	£43,970.00
Performing Arts	11	£32,490.00	£40,905.00	£49,305.00
Traffic Manager	92	£38,505.00	£40,610.00	£42,720.00
Audio Visual	75	£36,640.00	£40,585.00	£44,520.00
Digital Content Manager	2	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Galleries	10	£34,375.00	£39,690.00	£45,000.00
Interior Designer	234	£35,790.00	£39,590.00	£43,385.00
Content Designer	12	£37,660.00	£39,375.00	£41,085.00
Interior Design	238	£35,685.00	£39,325.00	£42,970.00
Writing	268	£35,515.00	£38,640.00	£41,765.00
Publishing	24	£36,015.00	£38,440.00	£40,865.00
Radio	16	£35,875.00	£38,225.00	£40,575.00
Content	1,731	£35,590.00	£37,985.00	£40,380.00
Content Manager	38	£34,545.00	£37,665.00	£40,795.00
Film	31	£35,370.00	£37,390.00	£39,405.00
Media	1,727	£34,465.00	£36,900.00	£39,325.00
Editorial	11	£34,665.00	£36,665.00	£38,665.00
Content Producer	6	£34,000.00	£36,000.00	£38,000.00
Media Officer	2	£35,275.00	£35,275.00	£35,275.00
Content Executive	20	£32,085.00	£34,740.00	£37,390.00
Editing	170	£32,610.00	£34,615.00	£36,630.00
Support Technician	70	£32,550.00	£34,260.00	£35,960.00
Packaging Artworker	20	£31,000.00	£33,250.00	£35,500.00
Video	158	£30,975.00	£32,975.00	£34,975.00
Digital Content Designer	2	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Digital Print	41	£29,740.00	£32,410.00	£35,080.00
Media Producer	2	£29,500.00	£32,250.00	£35,000.00
Journalist	4	£30,000.00	£31,750.00	£33,500.00
Photography	24	£29,385.00	£31,205.00	£33,025.00
Digital Media	14	£27,745.00	£30,730.00	£33,715.00
Print Finishing	95	£28,355.00	£30,530.00	£32,705.00
Print Finisher	89	£28,320.00	£30,525.00	£32,730.00
Digital Printer	8	£28,250.00	£30,500.00	£32,750.00
Print Finishing Operative	17	£27,915.00	£30,250.00	£32,585.00
Lighting Designer	2	£27,250.00	£30,125.00	£33,000.00
Media Assistant	5	£27,250.00	£30,000.00	£32,750.00
Digital Print Operator	6	£28,000.00	£29,500.00	£31,000.00
Copywriter	14	£27,305.00	£28,930.00	£30,555.00
Print Assistant	3	£28,550.00	£28,800.00	£29,050.00
Illustration	2	£26,200.00	£26,200.00	£26,200.00
Illustrator	2	£26,200.00	£26,200.00	£26,200.00