Content Development Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Content Development
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Content Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 69 65
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 -
Contract jobs citing Content Development 1 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.15% 0.14% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.17% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £409
25th Percentile £388 - £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £593
75th Percentile £463 - £696
90th Percentile - - £730
West Midlands median daily rate £425 - £593
% change year-on-year - - -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - £69.00
West Midlands median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Content Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 595 603 672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 91.96% 83.52% 83.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 390 441
10th Percentile £250 £200 £275
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £574 £638 £600
90th Percentile £649 £739 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £514 £500
% change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 10 25
10th Percentile £12.62 £19.65 £13.87
25th Percentile £13.25 £21.44 £15.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £38.06 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.42% +26.88% +66.67%
75th Percentile £23.54 £54.56 £67.50
90th Percentile £26.51 £57.53 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.70 £23.05 £27.50
% change year-on-year +2.80% -16.18% +55.19%

Content Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Content Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Content Development job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Content Development
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Content Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Content Development

Content Development
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Content Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Content Development

Content Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Communications Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk