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Highest Paying Media Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Media Jobs Summary

There have been 138,327 listed Media Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	129,642	93.72 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	6,088	4.40 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	2,597	1.88 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 2,660 new Media Jobs posted each week, or 11,527 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	2,492	10,803
Contract	167	723

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 June, and the quietest month is October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Media Jobs

Permanent Media Jobs

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

888

Down 13.5% vs last year

Average salary

£46,375.00

Up 8.5% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Media Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

Down 7.2% vs last year

Average day rate

£500.00

Up 0.7% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

Down 1.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£500.00

Up 5.4% 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
August 2026	888
July 2026	1,116
June 2026	1,266
May 2026	1,235
April 2026	1,343
March 2026	1,837
February 2026	1,332
January 2026	1,616
December 2025	393
November 2025	287
October 2025	578
September 2025	704

The Highest Paying Media Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Digital	2	£115,000.00	£116,250.00	£117,500.00
Digital Director	1	£105,000.00	£105,000.00	£105,000.00
Ui Designer	2	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Model	3,392	£55,240.00	£59,160.00	£63,085.00
Senior Interior Designer	21	£48,880.00	£53,370.00	£57,855.00
Digital Manager	172	£47,850.00	£51,110.00	£54,375.00
Digital Developer	4	£46,425.00	£50,800.00	£55,175.00
Interaction Designer	3	£35,000.00	£50,000.00	£65,000.00
Ux Designer	8	£44,835.00	£48,335.00	£51,835.00
Technical Writer	6	£42,665.00	£47,335.00	£52,000.00
Product Design	361	£42,815.00	£46,950.00	£51,075.00
Tailor	1,800	£44,070.00	£44,530.00	£44,990.00
Performing Arts	12	£40,500.00	£44,250.00	£48,000.00
Content Designer	12	£40,160.00	£42,710.00	£45,250.00
Visualiser	4	£39,500.00	£42,500.00	£45,500.00
Interior Design	233	£38,865.00	£42,375.00	£45,890.00
Lighting Technician	368	£39,840.00	£42,090.00	£44,350.00
Media Manager	148	£39,375.00	£42,040.00	£44,705.00
Interior Designer	232	£38,315.00	£42,000.00	£45,695.00
Games	98	£38,585.00	£41,895.00	£45,205.00
Radio	19	£39,245.00	£41,545.00	£43,850.00
Audio Visual	84	£36,525.00	£40,615.00	£44,705.00
Galleries	17	£34,500.00	£40,095.00	£45,690.00
Digital Designer	58	£37,110.00	£40,035.00	£42,965.00
Digital Content Manager	2	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Journalist	13	£37,765.00	£39,875.00	£41,990.00
Writing	283	£36,230.00	£39,640.00	£43,050.00
Film	58	£36,055.00	£39,215.00	£42,375.00
Editorial	6	£37,500.00	£39,000.00	£40,500.00
Editing	264	£36,010.00	£38,915.00	£41,825.00
Publishing	37	£36,645.00	£38,760.00	£40,870.00
Traffic Manager	159	£36,830.00	£38,430.00	£40,040.00
Content Manager	56	£35,645.00	£38,000.00	£40,355.00
Media	2,060	£34,975.00	£37,505.00	£40,040.00
Digital Media	21	£36,570.00	£37,415.00	£38,250.00
Content	2,301	£34,210.00	£36,560.00	£38,910.00
Publications Officer	2	£35,100.00	£36,350.00	£37,600.00
Support Technician	66	£33,955.00	£36,145.00	£38,330.00
Content Producer	6	£34,000.00	£36,000.00	£38,000.00
Media Officer	4	£35,265.00	£35,265.00	£35,265.00
Video	231	£32,365.00	£34,925.00	£37,485.00
Digital Print	35	£30,685.00	£33,020.00	£35,350.00
Digital Content Designer	2	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Packaging Artworker	16	£29,375.00	£32,375.00	£35,375.00
Content Executive	40	£29,590.00	£31,725.00	£33,855.00
Print Finisher	76	£29,830.00	£31,615.00	£33,400.00
Copywriter	12	£29,440.00	£31,360.00	£33,275.00
Print Finishing	82	£29,450.00	£31,360.00	£33,270.00
Print Finishing Operative	26	£29,250.00	£31,200.00	£33,145.00
Digital Printer	6	£29,000.00	£31,000.00	£33,000.00
Photography	27	£28,525.00	£30,715.00	£32,905.00
Media Assistant	5	£27,250.00	£30,000.00	£32,750.00
Digital Print Operator	8	£28,375.00	£29,375.00	£30,375.00
Print Assistant	1	£28,000.00	£28,000.00	£28,000.00
Illustration	2	£26,200.00	£26,200.00	£26,200.00
Illustrator	2	£26,200.00	£26,200.00	£26,200.00