Content Strategy Contracts in Scotland

Content Strategy
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 113 122 159
Rank change year-on-year +9 +37 -2
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 3 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 0.32% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.36% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £541 £373 £490
25th Percentile £546 £406 £537
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £438 £588
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -25.53% +30.56%
75th Percentile £568 £466 £600
90th Percentile £569 £495 -
UK median daily rate £505 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +26.25% -20.00% +5.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Content Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Strategy in Scotland

Content Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Content Strategy in Scotland

Content Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Edinburgh +3 3 £560 +24.44% 2
Content Strategy
UK

Content Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
2 1 (33.33%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Content Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Content Editor
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Content Editor
2 1 (33.33%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Copywriting
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
1 2 (66.67%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Content Development
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Link Building
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) Google