Content Development Contracts in the UK excluding London

Content Development
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 435 493
Rank change year-on-year +70 +58 -62
Contract jobs citing Content Development 20 11 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.098% 0.048% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.054% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 10
10th Percentile £145 £440 £436
25th Percentile £158 £500 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +2.33% +19.44%
75th Percentile £388 £600 £634
90th Percentile £427 £660 £651
UK median daily rate £338 £483 £495
% change year-on-year -30.05% -2.53% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £56.50
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £52.50 £32.70
% change year-on-year +9.52% +60.55% +59.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Content Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Content Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Content Development in the UK excluding London

Content Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Development in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Content Development in the UK excluding London

Content Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Content Development in the UK excluding London

Content Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Development in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Content Development in the UK excluding London

Content Development
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
East of England +16 10 - - 2
Scotland +47 7 £325 -43.48% 3
North of England +26 1 - - 6
North West - 1 - - 4
South East - 1 - - 3
South West - 1 £520 -
Content Development
UK

Content Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (15.00%) Camtasia
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (10.00%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (10.00%) Lectora
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (5.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (5.00%) InVision
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.00%) Canva
2 3 (15.00%) Slack
3 1 (5.00%) Google Analytics
3 1 (5.00%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (5.00%) Looker
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) IntelliJ
General
1 6 (30.00%) Aerospace
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Electronics
6 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Architect
1 6 (30.00%) Data Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Content Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Data Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Learning Technologist
3 2 (10.00%) Technologist
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Business Change Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Change Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Communications Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.00%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.00%) e-Learning Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Trainer
4 1 (5.00%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Flash
2 1 (5.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Video Editing
2 3 (15.00%) e-Learning
3 2 (10.00%) Learning Management System
4 1 (5.00%) Blog
4 1 (5.00%) FMCG
4 1 (5.00%) IoT
4 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.00%) SCORM
4 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Agile
1 9 (45.00%) Data Management
1 9 (45.00%) Use Case
1 9 (45.00%) Validation
1 9 (45.00%) Verification and Validation
2 6 (30.00%) Project Management
2 6 (30.00%) Scrum
3 5 (25.00%) Wireframes
4 3 (15.00%) Channel Management
4 3 (15.00%) Copywriting
4 3 (15.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (15.00%) Logistics
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.00%) Infographics
5 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (10.00%) OO
5 2 (10.00%) OOP
5 2 (10.00%) Service Design
5 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
5 2 (10.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) Java
2 7 (35.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (10.00%) PMO
3 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Adobe
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Google