Content Writing Contract Job Trends in the South East

Content Writing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Content Writing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 - 204
Rank change year-on-year - - +57
Contract jobs citing Content Writing 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.027% - 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £165
25th Percentile £453 - £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.98%
75th Percentile £458 - £394
90th Percentile - - £443
England median daily rate £500 £564 £368
% change year-on-year -11.32% +53.42% -8.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Content Writing 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,238 3,562 4,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.28% 84.53% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,036 2,159 3,290
10th Percentile £215 £260 £225
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% -2.17% +2.45%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £623
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 350 178 255
10th Percentile £13.73 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £22.63
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.10
Median % change year-on-year -64.40% +11.66% +46.93%
75th Percentile £33.05 £70.00 £65.93
90th Percentile £65.38 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -9.38% +27.14%

Content Writing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Content Writing job vacancy trend in the South East

Content Writing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Content Writing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Content Writing

Content Writing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Content Writing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Content Writing

Content Writing
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Writing within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 October 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
Hampshire - 1 £455 -
Content Writing
England

Content Writing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Content Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared