Content Development Contracts with Work from Home Options

Content Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 335 455 613
Rank change year-on-year +120 +158 -155
Contract jobs citing Content Development 8 11 16
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.054% 0.045% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.050% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 10
10th Percentile £145 £331 £218
25th Percentile £149 £441 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £243 £525 £435
Median % change year-on-year -53.64% +20.69% -13.00%
75th Percentile £338 £600 £475
90th Percentile £344 - £505
UK median daily rate £338 £483 £495
% change year-on-year -30.05% -2.53% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £19.68
25th Percentile - - £19.95
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £20.40
75th Percentile - - £38.50
90th Percentile - - £49.30
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,003 22,075 40,116
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.68% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,720 15,632 29,130
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 503 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.68 £20.43
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.83
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +35.21% +61.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Content Development
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Content Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Content Development trend for jobs with a WFH option

Content Development
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Content Development.

Content Development daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Content Development
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Content Development over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Content Development daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Content Development
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Content Development.

Content Development hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Content Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (25.00%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (25.00%) Camtasia
2 2 (25.00%) Lectora
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Canva
2 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Slack
2 1 (12.50%) Smartsheet
2 1 (12.50%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (12.50%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) IntelliJ
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Learning Technologist
1 2 (25.00%) Technologist
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Business Change Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Change Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Communications Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Content Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) Content Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Content Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
2 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Video Editing
2 2 (25.00%) e-Learning
2 2 (25.00%) Learning Management System
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
4 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (25.00%) Pedagogy
4 2 (25.00%) User Research
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (25.00%) Web Development
5 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Campaign Management
5 1 (12.50%) Channel Management
5 1 (12.50%) Content Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Content Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) Data Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Infographics
5 1 (12.50%) User Experience
5 1 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft