Content Writing Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Content Writing
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Content Writing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 118 123
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 -
Contract jobs citing Content Writing 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.087% 0.057% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.061% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £390 - -
25th Percentile £413 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £500
75th Percentile £538 - £525
90th Percentile £560 - -
Central London median daily rate £475 - £500

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Content Writing 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,955 1,635 2,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.33% 93.00% 90.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,330 1,034 1,413
10th Percentile £362 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £683 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £574 £550
% change year-on-year -4.14% +4.32% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 13
10th Percentile £18.14 £22.00 £19.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.41 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%

Content Writing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Content Writing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Content Writing job vacancy trend in the City of London

Content Writing
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Content Writing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Content Writing

Content Writing
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Writing in the City of London over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Content Writing in the City of London

Content Writing
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Content Writing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Content Writing

Content Writing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Content Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Content Strategist
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Content Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior UX Designer
1 1 (50.00%) SEO Executive
1 1 (50.00%) UX Designer
1 1 (50.00%) UX Strategist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Content Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Document Management
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Web Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Ahrefs
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Google