Content Marketing Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Content Marketing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Content Marketing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 346 402
Rank change year-on-year -46 +56 -
Contract jobs citing Content Marketing 6 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.014% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% 0.016% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £464 -
25th Percentile £463 £466 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +14.71% -
75th Percentile £488 £516 £438
90th Percentile - £521 -
UK median daily rate £475 £479 £493
% change year-on-year -0.84% -2.74% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
75th Percentile £27.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £28.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +47.37% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Content Marketing 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,656 12,718 17,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.47% 87.41% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,603 7,458 10,932
10th Percentile £222 £240 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £691
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,718 726 1,229
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.45 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% -32.65% +44.86%
75th Percentile £51.43 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.29 £73.66 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

Content Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Content Marketing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Content Marketing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Content Marketing
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Content Marketing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Content Marketing

Content Marketing
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Content Marketing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Content Marketing

Content Marketing
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Marketing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
South East - 4 - - 1
Yorkshire -52 1 - - 4
North of England -55 1 - - 4
East of England - 1 £475 - 1
Content Marketing
UK

Content Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Canva
2 1 (16.67%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Intranet
General
1 6 (100.00%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Advertising
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Publishing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Content Marketing Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Communications Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Content Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Social Media
2 2 (33.33%) Blog
2 2 (33.33%) Educational Technology
2 2 (33.33%) Podcast
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) SEO
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) B2B
2 2 (33.33%) Content Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Creative Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Direct Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Lead Generation
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Measurement
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (33.33%) Process Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 2 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) A/B Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) Content Writing
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) User Research
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) HP
1 2 (33.33%) YouTube
2 1 (16.67%) Brio