Content Editor Contracts

Content Editor
UK

The median Content Editor daily rate in the UK is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 570 712
Rank change year-on-year +62 +142 +123
Contract jobs requiring a Content Editor 12 12 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.028% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.030% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 5
10th Percentile £330 £189 £193
25th Percentile - £212 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -10.26%
75th Percentile £361 £394 £388
90th Percentile £405 £400 £391
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £160 £369
% change year-on-year +118.75% -56.61% +34.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.50 £25.25 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.25% - -
75th Percentile £37.50 £25.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Content Editor
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Content Editor in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Content Editor in the UK

Content Editor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Content Editor in the UK

Content Editor
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Editor over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Editor in the UK

Content Editor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Content Editor in the UK

Content Editor
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 Editor within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
UK excluding London +71 10 £350 +118.75% 2
England +55 9 £350 -6.67% 4
Work from Home +38 4 £350 -6.67% 4
South East - 4 £350 - 1
South West - 3 £371 -
London +30 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Scotland +13 1 - -

Content Editor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Content Editor contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Content Editor in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) CMS
1 7 (58.33%) Publishing
1 7 (58.33%) Umbraco
2 5 (41.67%) HTML
3 4 (33.33%) Virgin Media
3 4 (33.33%) Content Development
4 3 (25.00%) Accessibility
4 3 (25.00%) Marketing
4 3 (25.00%) Analytics
4 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 3 (25.00%) SAP
4 3 (25.00%) Ariba
4 3 (25.00%) Content Management
5 2 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) Games
5 2 (16.67%) Intranet
5 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (16.67%) EPiServer
5 2 (16.67%) WordPress
5 2 (16.67%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (16.67%) Sitecore
5 2 (16.67%) Social Media
5 2 (16.67%) Social Media Marketing
5 2 (16.67%) Video Editing
5 2 (16.67%) French Language
5 2 (16.67%) German Language
5 2 (16.67%) Italian Language
5 2 (16.67%) Japanese Language
5 2 (16.67%) Spanish Language

Content Editor Skill Set
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 7 (58.33%) CMS
1 7 (58.33%) Umbraco
2 2 (16.67%) EPiServer
2 2 (16.67%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (16.67%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Canva
2 1 (8.33%) Google Analytics
2 1 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (58.33%) Publishing
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) French Language
3 2 (16.67%) Games
3 2 (16.67%) German Language
3 2 (16.67%) Italian Language
3 2 (16.67%) Japanese Language
3 2 (16.67%) Local Government
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Spanish Language
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 2 (16.67%) Social Media
1 2 (16.67%) Video Editing
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Media
2 1 (8.33%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Content Development
2 3 (25.00%) Analytics
2 3 (25.00%) Content Management
3 2 (16.67%) Ideation Sessions
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (16.67%) Social Media Management
3 2 (16.67%) Social Media Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Content Strategy
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (8.33%) Link Building
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) SEO
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (16.67%) QA
3 1 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (8.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Virgin Media
2 3 (25.00%) Ariba
2 3 (25.00%) SAP
3 2 (16.67%) Facebook
3 2 (16.67%) Instagram
3 2 (16.67%) Sitecore
3 2 (16.67%) Twitter
4 1 (8.33%) Google