Content Writing Contracts in England

Content Writing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Content Writing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Content Writing over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 632 761
Rank change year-on-year +107 +129 -158
Contract jobs citing Content Writing 15 23 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.047% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% 0.052% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 8
10th Percentile £113 £204 £315
25th Percentile £206 £273 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £386 £406
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% -4.97% +29.03%
75th Percentile £525 £481 £606
90th Percentile £588 £534 £630
UK median daily rate £350 £419 £450
% change year-on-year -16.42% -6.94% +38.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £18.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £23.38
Median hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -20.63% +118.75%
75th Percentile £25.75 £27.50 £40.38
90th Percentile - - £45.25
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year +2.00% -20.63% +118.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Content Writing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,821 44,233 63,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.48% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,850 31,044 45,163
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 1,565 1,721
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.68 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Content Writing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Writing in England

Content Writing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Content Writing in England

Content Writing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Writing in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Content Writing in England

Content Writing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Content Writing in England

Content Writing
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 Writing within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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 +82 12 £500 +21.21% 7
East Midlands - 1 £213 - 2
Midlands - 1 £213 - 3
Content Writing
UK

Content Writing
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 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) CMS
2 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Discord
1 1 (6.67%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Intranet
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Marketing
2 2 (13.33%) Publishing
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Games
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Content Designer
1 3 (20.00%) Content Editor
1 3 (20.00%) Designer
1 3 (20.00%) Digital Content Editor
1 3 (20.00%) Digital Editor
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Writer
3 1 (6.67%) Copywriter
3 1 (6.67%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Blog
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.67%) Podcast
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Analytics
1 4 (26.67%) Content Strategy
2 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (20.00%) User Experience
2 3 (20.00%) User Research
3 2 (13.33%) Agile
3 2 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (13.33%) Design Thinking
3 2 (13.33%) Generative AI
3 2 (13.33%) Natural Language Processing
3 2 (13.33%) Project Management
3 2 (13.33%) Service Design
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 2 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (13.33%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (6.67%) Content Development
4 1 (6.67%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Learning
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA