Content Strategy Contracts in London

Content Strategy
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 334 359 450
Rank change year-on-year +25 +91 +103
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 19 32 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.20% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 25 28
10th Percentile £312 £254 £313
25th Percentile £360 £325 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £538 £538 -
90th Percentile £648 £575 £629
England median daily rate £520 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +30.00% -20.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £49.25 - £23.35
25th Percentile £53.75 £25.25 £24.63
Median hourly rate £62.50 £25.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +145.10% -10.53% -39.36%
75th Percentile £80.12 £25.75 £31.63
90th Percentile £89.94 - £32.45
England median hourly rate £77.25 £25.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year +202.94% -10.53% -39.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Content Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Strategy in London

Content Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Content Strategy in London

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Content Strategy in London

Content Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Content Strategy in London

Content Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Content Strategy in London

Content Strategy
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +2 2 - - 2
Content Strategy
England

Content Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (26.32%) CMS
2 2 (10.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Drupal
2 2 (10.53%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (10.53%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (5.26%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (5.26%) Adobe XD
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) Photoshop
1 1 (5.26%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) SaaS
2 2 (10.53%) Figma
3 1 (5.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Internet
1 1 (5.26%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Metadata
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Marketing
4 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
5 2 (10.53%) Legal
6 1 (5.26%) Finance
6 1 (5.26%) German Language
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Designer
2 4 (21.05%) Content Designer
2 4 (21.05%) Product Owner
3 3 (15.79%) Product Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Trainer
5 1 (5.26%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Communications Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Content Strategist
5 1 (5.26%) Creative Strategist
5 1 (5.26%) Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Digital Communications Manager
5 1 (5.26%) IT Trainer
5 1 (5.26%) Lead
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Change Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Communications Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.26%) SEO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.53%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
2 2 (10.53%) Social Media
2 2 (10.53%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (5.26%) Learning Management System
3 1 (5.26%) Photography
3 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Android
1 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) User Experience
2 6 (31.58%) UX Design
3 5 (26.32%) Content Management
3 5 (26.32%) SEO
3 5 (26.32%) User Research
3 5 (26.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (21.05%) Usability Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Agile
5 3 (15.79%) Analytics
5 3 (15.79%) Interaction Design
5 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
5 3 (15.79%) Product Management
5 3 (15.79%) Product Thinking
5 3 (15.79%) Prototyping
5 3 (15.79%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (15.79%) Web Analytics
6 2 (10.53%) Iconography
6 2 (10.53%) Storytelling
6 2 (10.53%) Typography
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) Degree
4 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Adobe
2 2 (10.53%) Sitecore
3 1 (5.26%) Facebook
3 1 (5.26%) Google
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft