Content Strategy Contracts in Scotland

Content Strategy
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Content Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Content Strategy over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 162 156
Rank change year-on-year +37 -6 -15
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 7 5 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.31% 0.18% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.19% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 14
10th Percentile £373 £431 £364
25th Percentile £406 £459 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £575 £438
Median % change year-on-year -23.91% +31.43% +53.51%
75th Percentile £466 £600 £594
90th Percentile £495 - £650
UK median daily rate £400 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +11.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Content Strategy 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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,973 2,636 3,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.67% 92.62% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 1,899 2,324
10th Percentile £245 £263 £241
25th Percentile £400 £409 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 54 50
10th Percentile £12.38 £10.63 £14.99
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £17.58
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.11 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.68% -42.51% -27.59%
75th Percentile £44.47 £54.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.20 £67.22 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

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 23 April 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
Edinburgh +32 5 £450 -10.00% 1
Glasgow +7 1 £425 -29.17% 1
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 4 (57.14%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Metadata
General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 4 (57.14%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Publishing
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Content Designer
1 6 (85.71%) Designer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Content Designer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Designer
3 1 (14.29%) SEO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) User Stories
2 4 (57.14%) Content Management
3 2 (28.57%) Coaching
3 2 (28.57%) Community of Practice
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Debt
3 2 (28.57%) User Research
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Link Building
4 1 (14.29%) Mobile Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) SEO
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Accessibility
2 2 (28.57%) Disclosure Scotland