Content Strategy Contracts in England

Content Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 457 493 588
Rank change year-on-year +36 +95 +121
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 28 49 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 37 45
10th Percentile £291 £158 £313
25th Percentile £325 £200 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £538
90th Percentile £635 £585 £653
UK median daily rate £505 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +26.25% -20.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £50.75 - £23.35
25th Percentile £57.50 £25.25 £24.63
Median hourly rate £77.25 £25.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +202.94% -10.53% -39.36%
75th Percentile £95.75 £25.75 £31.63
90th Percentile £96.19 - £32.45
UK median hourly rate £77.25 £25.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year +202.94% -10.53% -39.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Content Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Strategy in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Strategy in England.

Hourly rate trend for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Content Strategy in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +25 19 £400 - 121
Midlands +23 3 £322 -46.33% 13
North of England +11 2 £250 +51.67% 15
North West +9 2 £250 +51.67% 10
East Midlands - 2 £318 - 4
South West - 2 £419 - 6
South East +45 1 - - 32
West Midlands +13 1 £575 -4.17% 9
Content Strategy
UK

Content Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (28.57%) CMS
2 2 (7.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (7.14%) Drupal
2 2 (7.14%) EPiServer
2 2 (7.14%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (7.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Adobe XD
2 1 (3.57%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (3.57%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Photoshop
2 1 (3.57%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) SaaS
2 4 (14.29%) Figma
3 1 (3.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Internet
1 1 (3.57%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Metadata
General
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 5 (17.86%) Marketing
4 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Finance
5 2 (7.14%) Legal
5 2 (7.14%) Publishing
6 1 (3.57%) German Language
6 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Designer
2 8 (28.57%) Content Designer
3 5 (17.86%) Product Owner
4 4 (14.29%) Content Strategist
4 4 (14.29%) UX Designer
5 3 (10.71%) Product Designer
6 2 (7.14%) Trainer
6 2 (7.14%) UI Designer
6 2 (7.14%) UI/UX Designer
7 1 (3.57%) Creative Strategist
7 1 (3.57%) Developer
7 1 (3.57%) Digital Communications Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Digital Content Designer
7 1 (3.57%) Digital Strategist
7 1 (3.57%) Digital UX Designer
7 1 (3.57%) Junior
7 1 (3.57%) Junior UI/UX Designer
7 1 (3.57%) Junior UX Designer
7 1 (3.57%) Lead Designer
7 1 (3.57%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) CSS
1 2 (7.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (7.14%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.14%) Photography
2 2 (7.14%) Social Media
2 2 (7.14%) Taxonomies
2 2 (7.14%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (3.57%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Android
1 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (64.29%) User Experience
2 11 (39.29%) UX Design
3 10 (35.71%) User Research
4 8 (28.57%) Analytics
4 8 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 7 (25.00%) Interaction Design
5 7 (25.00%) Usability Testing
6 6 (21.43%) Content Management
6 6 (21.43%) Prototyping
6 6 (21.43%) SEO
7 4 (14.29%) Agile
7 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (14.29%) Project Management
7 4 (14.29%) Typography
8 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
8 3 (10.71%) Mentoring
8 3 (10.71%) Product Management
8 3 (10.71%) Product Thinking
8 3 (10.71%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (10.71%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) Degree
4 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Adobe
2 3 (10.71%) Optimizely
3 2 (7.14%) Sitecore
4 1 (3.57%) Facebook
4 1 (3.57%) Google
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft