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Highest Paying Media Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Media Jobs Summary

There have been 129,233 listed Media Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	121,438	93.97 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	5,437	4.21 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	2,358	1.82 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 2,485 new Media Jobs posted each week, or 10,769 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	2,335	10,119
Contract	149	649

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Media Jobs

Last 12 Month UK Contract Media Jobs

Last 12 Month Total Listed Media Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
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
March 2025	769

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	2,472	£54,125.00	£57,910.00	£61,695.00
Digital Developer	2	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Digital Designer	34	£46,430.00	£50,325.00	£54,220.00
Digital Manager	143	£46,710.00	£49,905.00	£53,100.00
Games	98	£43,100.00	£47,940.00	£52,780.00
Visualiser	4	£43,750.00	£47,375.00	£51,000.00
Product Design	232	£42,750.00	£46,745.00	£50,740.00
Senior Interior Designer	28	£40,190.00	£44,065.00	£47,940.00
Technical Writer	4	£39,000.00	£43,500.00	£48,000.00
Traffic Manager	53	£39,160.00	£41,840.00	£44,530.00
Media Manager	107	£38,400.00	£41,040.00	£43,690.00
Performing Arts	11	£32,490.00	£40,905.00	£49,305.00
Audio Visual	44	£36,565.00	£40,535.00	£44,500.00
Lighting Technician	310	£37,900.00	£40,360.00	£42,810.00
Tailor	215	£38,055.00	£40,260.00	£42,465.00
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	220	£35,835.00	£39,485.00	£43,130.00
Content Designer	12	£37,660.00	£39,375.00	£41,085.00
Interior Design	224	£35,735.00	£39,250.00	£42,765.00
Writing	278	£35,530.00	£38,650.00	£41,765.00
Editorial	9	£35,750.00	£37,500.00	£39,250.00
Radio	2	£35,000.00	£37,500.00	£40,000.00
Publishing	19	£35,040.00	£37,330.00	£39,625.00
Content Manager	49	£33,940.00	£37,285.00	£40,635.00
Content	1,520	£34,445.00	£36,935.00	£39,425.00
Media	1,614	£34,335.00	£36,770.00	£39,210.00
Content Producer	4	£35,250.00	£36,750.00	£38,250.00
Media Officer	2	£35,275.00	£35,275.00	£35,275.00
Copywriter	14	£31,430.00	£34,120.00	£36,805.00
Editing	159	£32,105.00	£34,025.00	£35,955.00
Packaging Artworker	14	£31,250.00	£33,315.00	£35,375.00
Support Technician	61	£31,100.00	£32,875.00	£34,650.00
Content Executive	19	£30,250.00	£32,570.00	£34,890.00
Video	128	£30,725.00	£32,555.00	£34,395.00
Digital Content Designer	2	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Digital Print	35	£30,070.00	£32,495.00	£34,915.00
Media Producer	2	£29,500.00	£32,250.00	£35,000.00
Journalist	4	£30,000.00	£31,750.00	£33,500.00
Film	27	£29,910.00	£31,390.00	£32,875.00
Photography	23	£29,445.00	£31,380.00	£33,315.00
Digital Media	14	£27,745.00	£30,730.00	£33,715.00
Print Finishing	82	£28,230.00	£30,420.00	£32,615.00
Print Finisher	76	£28,195.00	£30,415.00	£32,635.00
Lighting Designer	2	£27,250.00	£30,125.00	£33,000.00
Digital Printer	2	£27,500.00	£30,000.00	£32,500.00
Digital Print Operator	6	£28,000.00	£29,500.00	£31,000.00
Media Assistant	2	£26,500.00	£29,500.00	£32,500.00
Print Finishing Operative	7	£26,875.00	£29,375.00	£31,875.00
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