Content Writing Contract Job Trends in the South West

Content Writing
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Content Writing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 125 150
Rank change year-on-year +2 +25 -
Contract jobs citing Content Writing 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.26% 0.047% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.054% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £503 - -
25th Percentile £506 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £375
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +53.33% -
75th Percentile £556 - £388
90th Percentile £568 - -
England median daily rate £400 £552 £375
% change year-on-year -27.58% +47.29% -13.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
England median hourly rate £14.50 £24.76 £14.00
% change year-on-year -41.44% +76.86% -48.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,938 1,835 2,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.64% 86.88% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 1,124 1,725
10th Percentile £263 £280 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £733 £718
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 126 270
10th Percentile £15.25 £21.16 £20.48
25th Percentile £19.26 £48.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Content Writing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Content Writing job vacancy trend in the South West

Content Writing
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Content Writing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Content Writing
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Bristol - 5 £550 - 2
Cornwall - 1 £500 - 1
Content Writing
England

Content Writing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (16.67%) Camtasia
2 1 (16.67%) Chatbot
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Figma
2 1 (16.67%) Vyond
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Content Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Visual Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service Representative
3 1 (16.67%) Instructional Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Visual Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Educational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) e-Learning
2 1 (16.67%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) AI
2 2 (33.33%) Community of Practice
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 2 (33.33%) Infographics
2 2 (33.33%) Interaction Design
2 2 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Conversational UI
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
3 1 (16.67%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Design
3 1 (16.67%) Storyboarding
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) PayPal