Content Strategy Contract Job Trends in the North East

Content Strategy
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Content Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.07% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £362 - -
25th Percentile £451 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile £568 - -
England median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% +14.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 332 288 219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 88.53% 92.60% 86.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 130 152
10th Percentile £170 £310 £251
25th Percentile £357 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -18.18%
75th Percentile £543 £593 £575
90th Percentile £600 £702 £707
England median daily rate £501 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.53% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 32 14
10th Percentile £14.28 £14.72 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.50 £16.44
Median hourly rate £24.08 £28.14 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.41% +42.46% -1.25%
75th Percentile £53.19 £46.18 £43.07
90th Percentile £54.13 £68.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +19.85%

Content Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Content Strategy job vacancy trend in the North East

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Content Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Content Strategy

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Strategy in the North East over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Strategy in the North East

Content Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Tyne and Wear - 4 £525 -
Content Strategy
England

Content Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Content Designer
1 2 (50.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (50.00%) Product Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Service Design
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
1 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Content Development
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance