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Highest Paying Media Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Media Jobs Summary

There have been 138,730 listed Media Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	130,017	93.72 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	6,110	4.40 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	2,603	1.88 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 2,668 new Media Jobs posted each week, or 11,561 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	2,500	10,834
Contract	167	726

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: September 2026

Jobs listed

1,268

Up 20.8% vs last year

Average salary

£42,940.00

Down 0.2% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Media Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 28.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£540.00

Up 7.8% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 60.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 10.1% 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
September 2026	1,268
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

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	3,400	£55,430.00	£59,560.00	£63,700.00
Senior Interior Designer	21	£48,880.00	£53,370.00	£57,855.00
Digital Developer	4	£46,425.00	£50,800.00	£55,175.00
Digital Manager	171	£46,825.00	£50,410.00	£53,995.00
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	383	£42,750.00	£47,025.00	£51,300.00
Tailor	1,791	£44,215.00	£44,715.00	£45,215.00
Performing Arts	12	£40,500.00	£44,250.00	£48,000.00
Interior Designer	231	£39,745.00	£43,400.00	£47,055.00
Content Designer	12	£40,160.00	£42,710.00	£45,250.00
Visualiser	4	£39,500.00	£42,500.00	£45,500.00
Media Manager	147	£39,730.00	£42,275.00	£44,825.00
Interior Design	235	£38,420.00	£42,125.00	£45,830.00
Lighting Technician	373	£39,850.00	£42,110.00	£44,370.00
Games	86	£38,645.00	£41,980.00	£45,315.00
Radio	19	£39,245.00	£41,545.00	£43,850.00
Audio Visual	85	£37,305.00	£41,325.00	£45,340.00
Digital Designer	56	£38,290.00	£41,245.00	£44,200.00
Galleries	20	£34,365.00	£40,030.00	£45,690.00
Digital Content Manager	2	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Traffic Manager	167	£38,350.00	£39,970.00	£41,595.00
Journalist	13	£37,765.00	£39,875.00	£41,990.00
Film	58	£36,055.00	£39,215.00	£42,375.00
Writing	288	£35,855.00	£39,175.00	£42,495.00
Content Manager	63	£36,285.00	£38,585.00	£40,885.00
Editing	258	£35,845.00	£38,375.00	£40,910.00
Media	2,080	£35,785.00	£38,240.00	£40,705.00
Content Producer	4	£36,250.00	£37,875.00	£39,500.00
Digital Media	21	£36,570.00	£37,415.00	£38,250.00
Content	2,370	£34,660.00	£36,845.00	£39,025.00
Support Technician	64	£33,775.00	£36,375.00	£38,970.00
Publications Officer	2	£35,100.00	£36,350.00	£37,600.00
Editorial	4	£35,000.00	£36,250.00	£37,500.00
Video	220	£32,685.00	£35,385.00	£38,090.00
Publishing	37	£33,480.00	£35,315.00	£37,145.00
Media Officer	4	£35,265.00	£35,265.00	£35,265.00
Digital Print	39	£30,755.00	£33,055.00	£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	38	£29,545.00	£31,640.00	£33,730.00
Photography	25	£29,480.00	£31,595.00	£33,705.00
Print Finisher	83	£29,275.00	£31,210.00	£33,145.00
Print Finishing Operative	26	£29,250.00	£31,200.00	£33,145.00
Print Finishing	89	£29,120.00	£31,140.00	£33,160.00
Digital Printer	6	£29,000.00	£31,000.00	£33,000.00
Copywriter	10	£29,190.00	£30,940.00	£32,690.00
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