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Highest Paying Media Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Media Jobs Summary

There have been 139,711 listed Media Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	130,889	93.69 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	6,186	4.43 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	2,636	1.89 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 2,687 new Media Jobs posted each week, or 11,643 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	2,517	10,907
Contract	169	735

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 December.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Media Jobs

Permanent Media Jobs

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

899

Down 18.1% vs last year

Average salary

£41,505.00

Down 3.8% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Media Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

Down 15.3% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Down 0.5% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

Down 19.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£420.00

Down 12.7% 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
October 2026	899
September 2026	1,289
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

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	3,480	£54,875.00	£58,690.00	£62,505.00
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
Interaction Designer	3	£35,000.00	£50,000.00	£65,000.00
Digital Manager	180	£46,770.00	£49,865.00	£52,960.00
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	421	£42,080.00	£46,200.00	£50,315.00
Performing Arts	12	£40,500.00	£44,250.00	£48,000.00
Tailor	1,821	£42,730.00	£43,125.00	£43,520.00
Visualiser	4	£39,500.00	£42,500.00	£45,500.00
Journalist	11	£39,850.00	£42,415.00	£44,985.00
Lighting Technician	394	£40,115.00	£42,230.00	£44,340.00
Interior Design	250	£38,480.00	£42,140.00	£45,800.00
Content Designer	8	£38,915.00	£42,065.00	£45,210.00
Interior Designer	254	£38,370.00	£42,010.00	£45,655.00
Media Manager	146	£38,850.00	£41,600.00	£44,345.00
Digital Designer	51	£38,345.00	£41,550.00	£44,755.00
Radio	19	£39,245.00	£41,545.00	£43,850.00
Audio Visual	91	£37,670.00	£41,435.00	£45,195.00
Galleries	18	£35,080.00	£41,100.00	£47,115.00
Film	56	£37,060.00	£40,495.00	£43,930.00
Traffic Manager	176	£38,530.00	£40,375.00	£42,225.00
Writing	314	£36,950.00	£40,355.00	£43,760.00
Digital Content Manager	2	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Games	79	£36,655.00	£39,845.00	£43,030.00
Editing	269	£35,990.00	£38,570.00	£41,155.00
Editorial	7	£36,665.00	£38,335.00	£40,000.00
Content Manager	70	£36,010.00	£38,235.00	£40,465.00
Media	2,207	£35,620.00	£38,150.00	£40,685.00
Content Producer	4	£36,250.00	£37,875.00	£39,500.00
Content	2,299	£35,270.00	£37,835.00	£40,395.00
Digital Media	21	£36,570.00	£37,415.00	£38,250.00
Support Technician	61	£34,315.00	£36,930.00	£39,540.00
Publications Officer	2	£35,100.00	£36,350.00	£37,600.00
Video	236	£32,870.00	£35,600.00	£38,335.00
Media Officer	4	£35,265.00	£35,265.00	£35,265.00
Publishing	45	£32,715.00	£34,585.00	£36,455.00
Digital Content Designer	2	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Copywriter	8	£30,790.00	£32,415.00	£34,040.00
Packaging Artworker	14	£29,165.00	£32,250.00	£35,335.00
Content Executive	43	£29,740.00	£31,715.00	£33,680.00
Digital Print	38	£30,050.00	£31,650.00	£33,240.00
Photography	33	£29,635.00	£31,550.00	£33,465.00
Print Finisher	85	£29,330.00	£31,260.00	£33,195.00
Print Finishing Operative	26	£29,250.00	£31,200.00	£33,145.00
Print Finishing	88	£29,120.00	£31,140.00	£33,160.00
Digital Printer	6	£29,000.00	£31,000.00	£33,000.00
AV Technician	2	£30,500.00	£30,750.00	£31,000.00
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
Illustration	2	£26,200.00	£26,200.00	£26,200.00
Illustrator	2	£26,200.00	£26,200.00	£26,200.00