Content Strategy Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Content Strategy
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Content Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.17% - 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% - 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £378 - -
25th Percentile £386 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £447 - -
90th Percentile £475 - -
North West median daily rate £400 £313 £165
% change year-on-year +27.80% +89.70% -46.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,460 793 1,231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.81% 89.20% 86.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 888 544 841
10th Percentile £306 £300 £319
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £557 £588
90th Percentile £650 £668 £694
North West median daily rate £472 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -0.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 26 78
10th Percentile £21.00 £16.73 £12.47
25th Percentile £36.13 £24.48 £13.66
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +130.77% -5.80%
75th Percentile £77.50 £74.69 £60.94
90th Percentile £90.00 £86.63 £73.10
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £30.40 £26.00
% change year-on-year +80.92% +16.92% -25.75%

Content Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Content Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Content Strategy job vacancy trend in Manchester

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Content Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Content Strategy

Content Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (33.33%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Content Designer
1 3 (100.00%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) User Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) UX Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusive Design
3 1 (33.33%) Information Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Journey Map
3 1 (33.33%) Pedagogy
3 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) WCAG
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft