Content Development Contracts

Content Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Content Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Content Development over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 678 806
Rank change year-on-year +121 +128 -177
Contract jobs citing Content Development 29 38 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.063% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.077% 0.070% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 25 27
10th Percentile £145 £305 £310
25th Percentile £254 £369 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +1.01% +4.76%
75th Percentile £478 £600 £500
90th Percentile £504 £650 £643
UK excluding London median daily rate £313 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -45.65% +6.98% +13.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £39.50 - £19.80
25th Percentile £44.38 £51.25 £20.20
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +29.63% +97.56%
75th Percentile £57.50 £53.75 £52.00
90th Percentile - - £56.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - £56.50
% change year-on-year - - +175.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Content Development 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,706 54,523 81,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.36% 89.87% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,375 37,727 57,191
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,416 1,789 1,947
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -
75th Percentile £58.70 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £19.96
% change year-on-year -2.78% +80.41% -7.83%

Content Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Content Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Content Development in the UK

Content Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Content Development in the UK

Content Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Development over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Content Development in the UK

Content Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Development.

Hourly rate trend for Content Development in the UK

Content Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Content Development over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Content Development in the UK

Content Development
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Development within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +108 22 £350 -26.32% 27
London +100 14 £350 -16.42% 9
UK excluding London +71 13 £313 -45.65% 21
Work from Home +120 7 £256 -51.26% 15
Scotland +41 6 £268 -53.33% 3
East of England +17 5 £250 -50.00% 2
South West +25 1 £520 -20.00% 1
South East - 1 - - 6

Content Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (6.90%) CMS
2 1 (3.45%) Moodle
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (17.24%) Photoshop
3 4 (13.79%) Camtasia
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (6.90%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (6.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (6.90%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (6.90%) InDesign
4 2 (6.90%) Lectora
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (3.45%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (3.45%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (3.45%) InVision
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) SAP ERP
1 1 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) MailChimp
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) Google Workspace
2 2 (6.90%) SurveyMonkey
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Canva
3 1 (3.45%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.45%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.45%) Slack
3 1 (3.45%) Smartsheet
3 1 (3.45%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (6.90%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (3.45%) Looker
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 10 (34.48%) Marketing
3 6 (20.69%) Public Sector
4 5 (17.24%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Advertising
6 2 (6.90%) Aerospace
6 2 (6.90%) Finance
6 2 (6.90%) Legal
6 2 (6.90%) Local Government
6 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Police
6 2 (6.90%) Publishing
7 1 (3.45%) Electronics
7 1 (3.45%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (10.34%) Designer
1 3 (10.34%) Trainer
2 2 (6.90%) Architect
2 2 (6.90%) Change Manager
2 2 (6.90%) Communications Manager
2 2 (6.90%) Content Designer
2 2 (6.90%) Data Architect
2 2 (6.90%) Developer
2 2 (6.90%) IT Manager
2 2 (6.90%) IT Trainer
2 2 (6.90%) Learning Technologist
2 2 (6.90%) Senior
2 2 (6.90%) Senior Designer
2 2 (6.90%) Technologist
3 1 (3.45%) Digital Communications Manager
3 1 (3.45%) IT Change Manager
3 1 (3.45%) Lead
3 1 (3.45%) Marketing Officer
3 1 (3.45%) Marketing Specialist
3 1 (3.45%) Senior Content Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) HTML
2 2 (6.90%) CSS
2 2 (6.90%) Flash
3 1 (3.45%) HTML5
3 1 (3.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) e-Learning
2 3 (10.34%) Video Editing
3 2 (6.90%) Learning Management System
3 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.90%) Social Media
4 1 (3.45%) Blog
4 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.45%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.45%) FMCG
4 1 (3.45%) Housing Association
4 1 (3.45%) IoT
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) Photography
4 1 (3.45%) Podcast
4 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.45%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Project Management
2 9 (31.03%) Agile
3 4 (13.79%) Data Management
3 4 (13.79%) Data Protection
3 4 (13.79%) Logistics
3 4 (13.79%) Marketing Strategy
3 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (13.79%) Use Case
4 3 (10.34%) Change Management
4 3 (10.34%) Copywriting
4 3 (10.34%) Email Marketing
4 3 (10.34%) Pedagogy
4 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
4 3 (10.34%) Scrum
4 3 (10.34%) SEO
4 3 (10.34%) Supplier Management
4 3 (10.34%) Validation
4 3 (10.34%) Waterfall
4 3 (10.34%) Web Development
4 3 (10.34%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) Java
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.90%) QA
3 1 (3.45%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.45%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Adobe
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) Google
4 1 (3.45%) SAP