Content Development Contracts in Scotland

Content Development
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Content Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Content Development over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 161 172
Rank change year-on-year +41 +11 -18
Contract jobs citing Content Development 9 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.41% 0.18% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 3
10th Percentile £145 £508 £584
25th Percentile £162 £519 £598
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £575 £640
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% -10.16% +169.47%
75th Percentile £388 £600 £655
90th Percentile £490 - £658
UK median daily rate £338 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -32.50% +0.96% +4.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Content Development 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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,942 2,610 3,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.68% 92.55% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,171 1,872 2,340
10th Percentile £228 £260 £244
25th Percentile £399 £406 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 55 47
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.32
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.78 £20.38
Median hourly rate £18.79 £17.21 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -56.98% -
75th Percentile £40.94 £50.74 £49.15
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Content Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Content Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Content Development in Scotland

Content Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Development in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Content Development in Scotland

Content Development
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Development in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Content Development in Scotland

Content Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Development in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Content Development in Scotland

Content Development
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Development within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Glasgow +8 5 £325 -45.83%
Edinburgh +34 1 £162 -69.19% 1
Aberdeen - 1 £325 - 2
Content Development
UK

Content Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 2 (22.22%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (22.22%) Camtasia
2 2 (22.22%) Lectora
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) Canva
2 3 (33.33%) Slack
3 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (22.22%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (11.11%) Looker
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Content Manager
1 3 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Change Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Learning Technologist
2 2 (22.22%) Technologist
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Change Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Change Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Communications Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Content Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) IT Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Video Editing
2 2 (22.22%) e-Learning
2 2 (22.22%) Learning Management System
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Copywriting
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Change Management
4 3 (33.33%) Channel Management
4 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 3 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
4 3 (33.33%) Logistics
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 3 (33.33%) Wireframes
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Culture Change
5 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 2 (22.22%) Pedagogy
5 2 (22.22%) Thought Leadership
5 2 (22.22%) Web Development
6 1 (11.11%) Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (11.11%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 2 (22.22%) PMO
3 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft