Content Strategy Contracts in England

Content Strategy
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Content Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Content Strategy over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 493 588 710
Rank change year-on-year +95 +122 -154
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 49 65 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.13% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 45 46
10th Percentile £158 £313 £348
25th Percentile £200 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £547
90th Percentile £585 £653 £638
UK median daily rate £400 £500 £473
% change year-on-year -20.00% +5.82% +16.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile - £23.35 £26.63
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.63 £38.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £28.50 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -39.36% +34.29%
75th Percentile £25.75 £31.63 £60.75
90th Percentile - £32.45 £64.38
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £28.50 £47.00
% change year-on-year -10.53% -39.36% +34.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Content Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,193 45,529 64,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,105 31,969 45,783
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,592 1,771
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +53.06% +2.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -

Content Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Content Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Strategy in England.

Daily rate trend for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Strategy in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Strategy in England.

Hourly rate trend for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +92 32 £400 -20.00% 23
North of England +42 10 £165 -68.27% 20
North West +29 10 £165 - 12
Midlands +28 2 £600 +15.38% 4
West Midlands +22 2 £600 +15.38% 2
South East +15 2 - - 11
Content Strategy
UK

Content Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (24.49%) CMS
2 3 (6.12%) Headless CMS
2 3 (6.12%) Jadu
3 2 (4.08%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.04%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (20.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.04%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) Figma
2 4 (8.16%) Google Analytics
3 2 (4.08%) ChatGPT
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.08%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) JIRA
1 2 (4.08%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 12 (24.49%) Marketing
2 8 (16.33%) Public Sector
3 7 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 5 (10.20%) Publishing
5 4 (8.16%) Legal
5 4 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.12%) Finance
6 3 (6.12%) Local Government
6 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.08%) Advertising
7 2 (4.08%) Banking
8 1 (2.04%) Law
8 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (32.65%) Designer
2 14 (28.57%) Content Designer
3 8 (16.33%) Author
3 8 (16.33%) Technical Author
4 6 (12.24%) Content Editor
4 6 (12.24%) Senior
5 3 (6.12%) Consultant
5 3 (6.12%) Digital Content Editor
5 3 (6.12%) Digital Editor
5 3 (6.12%) Product Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Senior Content Designer
5 3 (6.12%) Senior Designer
5 3 (6.12%) Web Content Editor
5 3 (6.12%) Web Editor
6 2 (4.08%) E-Commerce Consultant
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (4.08%) UI Designer
6 2 (4.08%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (4.08%) User Experience Researcher
6 2 (4.08%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) CSS
1 3 (6.12%) HTML
2 2 (4.08%) jQuery
2 2 (4.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Social Media
2 5 (10.20%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.16%) Product Ownership
4 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.08%) Blog
5 2 (4.08%) Digital Media
5 2 (4.08%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.78%) User Experience
2 16 (32.65%) Analytics
3 14 (28.57%) SEO
4 10 (20.41%) User Research
5 9 (18.37%) Computer Science
6 8 (16.33%) Agile
6 8 (16.33%) Digital Marketing
6 8 (16.33%) SDLC
6 8 (16.33%) UX Design
7 6 (12.24%) Content Management
7 6 (12.24%) Copywriting
7 6 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (10.20%) B2B
8 5 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (10.20%) Customer Experience
8 5 (10.20%) Roadmaps
8 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (8.16%) A/B Testing
9 4 (8.16%) Content Writing
9 4 (8.16%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.04%) C#
2 1 (2.04%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (32.65%) Degree
2 8 (16.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (10.20%) Master's Degree
4 3 (6.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.12%) DBS Check
5 2 (4.08%) MBA
6 1 (2.04%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.08%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.33%) ServiceNow
3 5 (10.20%) Optimizely
4 4 (8.16%) Google
5 2 (4.08%) Adobe
5 2 (4.08%) Sitecore