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Highest Paying Media Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Media Jobs Summary

There have been 134,172 listed Media Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	125,903	93.84 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	5,779	4.31 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	2,490	1.86 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 2,580 new Media Jobs posted each week, or 11,181 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	2,420	10,491
Contract	159	689

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: May 2026

Jobs listed

1,235

Up 49.2% vs last year

Average salary

£44,810.00

Up 6.2% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Media Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

115

Up 65.3% vs last year

Average day rate

£595.00

Up 24.6% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

Up 34.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£470.00

Flat 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
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
August 2025	612
July 2025	519
June 2025	350

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	6	£63,335.00	£66,250.00	£69,165.00
Ui Designer	2	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Model	3,128	£56,070.00	£60,075.00	£64,090.00
Digital Manager	158	£45,750.00	£48,895.00	£52,040.00
Digital Designer	44	£44,215.00	£47,555.00	£50,905.00
Visualiser	4	£43,750.00	£47,375.00	£51,000.00
Technical Writer	6	£42,665.00	£47,335.00	£52,000.00
Senior Interior Designer	26	£42,930.00	£47,290.00	£51,645.00
Product Design	288	£42,865.00	£46,680.00	£50,495.00
Games	110	£42,140.00	£45,945.00	£49,740.00
Tailor	1,190	£41,700.00	£43,450.00	£45,200.00
Media Manager	121	£39,635.00	£42,570.00	£45,515.00
Lighting Technician	337	£39,620.00	£42,015.00	£44,405.00
Audio Visual	83	£37,845.00	£41,965.00	£46,080.00
Performing Arts	20	£35,190.00	£41,925.00	£48,645.00
Traffic Manager	114	£38,400.00	£40,440.00	£42,490.00
Interior Designer	229	£36,235.00	£40,175.00	£44,115.00
Digital Content Manager	2	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Interior Design	239	£35,990.00	£39,810.00	£43,630.00
Writing	270	£36,445.00	£39,790.00	£43,135.00
Editorial	4	£37,500.00	£39,750.00	£42,000.00
Galleries	12	£34,500.00	£39,500.00	£44,500.00
Content Designer	12	£37,660.00	£39,375.00	£41,085.00
Radio	19	£36,820.00	£39,120.00	£41,420.00
Publishing	30	£36,380.00	£38,690.00	£41,005.00
Film	34	£36,295.00	£38,410.00	£40,525.00
Media	1,854	£35,150.00	£37,715.00	£40,275.00
Content Manager	49	£34,780.00	£37,675.00	£40,575.00
Content	1,904	£34,040.00	£36,630.00	£39,215.00
Publications Officer	2	£35,100.00	£36,350.00	£37,600.00
Content Producer	6	£34,000.00	£36,000.00	£38,000.00
Media Officer	4	£35,265.00	£35,265.00	£35,265.00
Editing	215	£33,270.00	£35,075.00	£36,885.00
Video	188	£32,155.00	£34,390.00	£36,620.00
Digital Media	22	£31,960.00	£34,045.00	£36,125.00
Support Technician	74	£31,950.00	£33,860.00	£35,765.00
Digital Print	37	£31,000.00	£33,760.00	£36,515.00
Digital Content Designer	2	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Packaging Artworker	16	£30,000.00	£32,440.00	£34,875.00
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
Content Executive	27	£29,130.00	£31,175.00	£33,220.00
Print Finishing	104	£28,420.00	£30,565.00	£32,705.00
Print Finisher	98	£28,390.00	£30,560.00	£32,725.00
Digital Printer	8	£28,250.00	£30,500.00	£32,750.00
Print Finishing Operative	19	£27,835.00	£30,235.00	£32,625.00
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