Content Strategy Contract Job Trends

Content Strategy
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Content Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 513 517
Rank change year-on-year -91 +4 +68
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 71 39 57
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 20 42
10th Percentile £353 £312 £158
25th Percentile £403 £381 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +15.63% -20.00%
75th Percentile £564 £539 £450
90th Percentile £588 £576 £557
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £431 £165
% change year-on-year -3.77% +161.36% -65.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 0
10th Percentile £22.60 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.94 -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.18% - -
75th Percentile £23.08 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £23.13 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £13.50 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Content Strategy 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,107 29,668 33,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.95% 90.46% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,893 18,635 21,816
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £736 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,744 1,629 1,969
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.66 £17.35 £17.72
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.00 £40.33
% change year-on-year +83.17% -40.48% +0.81%

Content Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Content Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Content Strategy job vacancy trend in the UK

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Content Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Content Strategy

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Strategy over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Content Strategy in the UK

Content Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Content Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Content Strategy

Content Strategy
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 31 July 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
England -89 65 £457 -1.30% 33
London -49 38 £525 +0.96% 11
UK excluding London -74 22 £415 -3.77% 28
Work from Home -35 18 £417 -4.69% 11
North of England -63 14 £425 -1.45% 8
North West -51 7 £400 -3.03% 5
Midlands -49 6 £404 +27.20% 2
West Midlands - 6 £404 -
Yorkshire -49 4 £450 - 2
North East - 3 £300 - 1
South East -65 1 £600 - 10
East of England - 1 - - 4

Content Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 17 (23.94%) CMS
2 5 (7.04%) Drupal
3 3 (4.23%) WordPress
4 2 (2.82%) Headless CMS
5 1 (1.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (1.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.41%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Sprinklr
2 1 (1.41%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Copilot
2 5 (7.04%) Google Analytics
3 3 (4.23%) Figma
4 2 (2.82%) Adobe Analytics
4 2 (2.82%) Canva
4 2 (2.82%) Facebook Ads
4 2 (2.82%) Google Sheets
4 2 (2.82%) Miro
4 2 (2.82%) SaaS
5 1 (1.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) AWS
5 1 (1.41%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.41%) Salesforce Einstein
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.08%) Metadata
2 1 (1.41%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) JIRA
General
1 19 (26.76%) Public Sector
2 15 (21.13%) Social Skills
3 14 (19.72%) Marketing
4 8 (11.27%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (7.04%) Legal
5 5 (7.04%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (7.04%) Publishing
5 5 (7.04%) Retail
6 4 (5.63%) Automotive
6 4 (5.63%) Finance
6 4 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.23%) Banking
8 2 (2.82%) Advertising
8 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.82%) Local Government
9 1 (1.41%) German Language
Job Titles
1 38 (53.52%) Designer
2 37 (52.11%) Content Designer
3 14 (19.72%) Content Strategist
3 14 (19.72%) Senior
4 9 (12.68%) Lead
5 6 (8.45%) Senior Content Designer
5 6 (8.45%) Senior Designer
6 5 (7.04%) UX Designer
7 4 (5.63%) UX Strategist
8 3 (4.23%) Content Manager
8 3 (4.23%) Senior UX Designer
9 2 (2.82%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
9 2 (2.82%) Knowledge Manager
9 2 (2.82%) Social Media Strategist
9 2 (2.82%) User Researcher
9 2 (2.82%) Web Editor
10 1 (1.41%) Copywriter
10 1 (1.41%) Project Manager
10 1 (1.41%) SEO Manager
10 1 (1.41%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) VML
2 1 (1.41%) CSS
2 1 (1.41%) HTML
2 1 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.08%) Taxonomies
2 5 (7.04%) Social Media
3 4 (5.63%) Blog
3 4 (5.63%) NHS
4 3 (4.23%) Educational Technology
4 3 (4.23%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.82%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.82%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.82%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.82%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.41%) FMCG
6 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.41%) Photography
6 1 (1.41%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (45.07%) User Experience
2 28 (39.44%) User Research
3 26 (36.62%) Agile
4 22 (30.99%) Analytics
5 21 (29.58%) UX Design
6 19 (26.76%) AI
7 18 (25.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 16 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (15.49%) SEO
9 11 (15.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (15.49%) Strategic Thinking
10 10 (14.08%) Prototyping
11 9 (12.68%) Customer Experience
12 8 (11.27%) Actionable Insight
12 8 (11.27%) Content Management
13 7 (9.86%) Content Writing
13 7 (9.86%) Mentoring
13 7 (9.86%) Personalization
13 7 (9.86%) Service Design
13 7 (9.86%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.04%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (7.04%) Degree
1 5 (7.04%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (47.89%) Accessibility
2 18 (25.35%) WCAG
3 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.41%) GDPR
3 1 (1.41%) PERC
3 1 (1.41%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.86%) Google
3 4 (5.63%) Adobe
4 2 (2.82%) Brandwatch
4 2 (2.82%) Facebook
4 2 (2.82%) NetBase
4 2 (2.82%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.41%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.41%) Instagram
5 1 (1.41%) Pardot
5 1 (1.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) YouTube