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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 487 588
Rank change year-on-year +39 +101 +117
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 32 51 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 38 43
10th Percentile £315 £158 £313
25th Percentile £383 £212 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £520
90th Percentile £645 £585 £635
UK median daily rate £523 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +30.63% -20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 2
10th Percentile £13.25 - £23.35
25th Percentile £32.19 £25.25 £24.63
Median hourly rate £62.50 £25.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +145.10% -10.53% -34.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £25.75 £31.63
90th Percentile £95.60 - £32.45
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £25.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year +145.10% -10.53% -34.48%

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 21,762 31,336 43,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 86.24% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,222 20,550 30,257
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £412 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 2,253 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.95 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +46 23 £520 +26.06% 196
South East +50 3 - - 247
Midlands +19 3 £322 -46.33% 173
East Midlands - 2 £318 - 74
West Midlands +12 1 £575 -4.17% 88
North of England +7 1 £313 +89.70% 234
North West 0 1 £313 +89.70% 128
South West - 1 £650 - 95
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 9 (28.13%) CMS
2 2 (6.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (6.25%) Drupal
2 2 (6.25%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (6.25%) WordPress
3 1 (3.13%) EPiServer
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Adobe XD
1 3 (9.38%) Photoshop
2 1 (3.13%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (3.13%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) SaaS
2 4 (12.50%) Figma
3 2 (6.25%) Google Analytics
4 1 (3.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Internet
1 1 (3.13%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Metadata
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (28.13%) Marketing
3 6 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.50%) Finance
5 2 (6.25%) Brand Awareness
5 2 (6.25%) German Language
5 2 (6.25%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) French Language
6 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.13%) Publishing
6 1 (3.13%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Designer
2 5 (15.63%) Content Designer
2 5 (15.63%) Product Owner
3 4 (12.50%) Content Strategist
4 3 (9.38%) UX Designer
5 2 (6.25%) Marketing Director
5 2 (6.25%) Product Designer
5 2 (6.25%) Trainer
5 2 (6.25%) UI Designer
5 2 (6.25%) UI/UX Designer
6 1 (3.13%) Creative Strategist
6 1 (3.13%) Digital Communications Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Digital Strategist
6 1 (3.13%) Junior
6 1 (3.13%) Junior UI/UX Designer
6 1 (3.13%) Junior UX Designer
6 1 (3.13%) Lead
6 1 (3.13%) Senior
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Change Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Communications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) HTML
2 2 (6.25%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Social Media
2 5 (15.63%) Product Ownership
3 3 (9.38%) Algorithms
3 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (6.25%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (6.25%) Mobile App
4 2 (6.25%) Photography
4 2 (6.25%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (3.13%) Learning Management System
5 1 (3.13%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (3.13%) Taxonomies
5 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Android
1 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (65.63%) User Experience
2 12 (37.50%) Analytics
3 10 (31.25%) UX Design
4 9 (28.13%) User Research
5 8 (25.00%) Content Management
5 8 (25.00%) SEO
5 8 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 7 (21.88%) Project Management
6 7 (21.88%) Usability Testing
7 6 (18.75%) Data Analysis
7 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (15.63%) Interaction Design
8 5 (15.63%) Web Analytics
9 4 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
9 4 (12.50%) Agile
9 4 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (12.50%) Copywriting
9 4 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
9 4 (12.50%) Prototyping
9 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Adobe
2 3 (9.38%) Google
3 2 (6.25%) Hotjar
3 2 (6.25%) Optimizely
3 2 (6.25%) Sitecore
4 1 (3.13%) Instagram
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.13%) TikTok
4 1 (3.13%) YouTube