Content Strategy Contracts in Edinburgh

Content Strategy
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Content Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Content Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 67 111
Rank change year-on-year +3 +44 +12
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 3 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.48% 0.61% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.69% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £541 £370 -
25th Percentile £546 £400 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% -21.74% +21.05%
75th Percentile £568 £482 £588
90th Percentile £569 £501 -
Scotland median daily rate £560 £438 £588
% change year-on-year +28.00% -25.53% +30.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Content Strategy 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Content Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Content Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Content Strategy in Edinburgh

Content Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Strategy in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Content Strategy in Edinburgh

Content Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
2 1 (33.33%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Content Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Content Editor
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Content Editor
2 1 (33.33%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Copywriting
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
1 2 (66.67%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Content Development
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Link Building
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) Google