Content Development Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Content Development
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Content Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - +26
Contract jobs citing Content Development 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.059% - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.071% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £250
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £501 £469 £375
% change year-on-year +6.77% +25.00% -28.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,404 939 1,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 82.30% 85.68% 86.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 421 816
10th Percentile £194 £243 £250
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £694 £711
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 162 428
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.23 £40.00 £30.48
Median % change year-on-year -49.43% +31.26% +38.52%
75th Percentile £60.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £77.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £36.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -3.47% +2.86%

Content Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Content Development job vacancy trend in the East of England

Content Development
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Content Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Content Development

Content Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Content Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Content Development

Content Development
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. 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
Hertfordshire - 1 £350 - 1
Content Development
England

Content Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (100.00%) Camtasia
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) e-Learning Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Video Content Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Storyboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe