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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 521 511
Rank change year-on-year -75 -10 +99
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 72 38 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 19 41
10th Percentile £353 £311 £158
25th Percentile £403 £363 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -18.99%
75th Percentile £564 £534 £450
90th Percentile £588 £564 £558
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £431 £165
% change year-on-year -3.77% +161.36% -64.32%
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 45,324 29,743 33,722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.01% 90.43% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,013 18,657 21,666
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £734 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,761 1,640 1,941
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £13.86
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.32 £17.80
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 £23.57 £40.94
% change year-on-year +86.55% -42.44% +2.35%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -79 66 £457 +1.44% 46
London -54 38 £525 +2.94% 18
UK excluding London -83 23 £415 -3.77% 32
Work from Home -44 19 £417 -4.69% 20
North of England -61 14 £425 -1.45% 10
North West -49 7 £400 -3.03% 7
Midlands -49 6 £404 +27.20% 2
West Midlands - 6 £404 -
Yorkshire -35 4 £450 - 2
North East - 3 £300 - 1
East of England - 2 - - 4
South East -65 1 £600 - 12

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 18 (25.00%) CMS
2 5 (6.94%) Drupal
3 3 (4.17%) WordPress
4 2 (2.78%) Headless CMS
5 1 (1.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Sprinklr
2 1 (1.39%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Copilot
2 5 (6.94%) Google Analytics
3 3 (4.17%) Figma
4 2 (2.78%) Adobe Analytics
4 2 (2.78%) Canva
4 2 (2.78%) Facebook Ads
4 2 (2.78%) Google Sheets
4 2 (2.78%) Miro
4 2 (2.78%) SaaS
5 1 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.39%) AWS
5 1 (1.39%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.39%) Salesforce Einstein
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.89%) Metadata
2 1 (1.39%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 19 (26.39%) Public Sector
2 16 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 15 (20.83%) Marketing
4 8 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.94%) Legal
6 5 (6.94%) Publishing
6 5 (6.94%) Retail
7 4 (5.56%) Automotive
7 4 (5.56%) Finance
7 4 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (4.17%) Banking
9 2 (2.78%) Advertising
9 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.78%) Local Government
10 1 (1.39%) German Language
Job Titles
1 38 (52.78%) Designer
2 37 (51.39%) Content Designer
3 14 (19.44%) Content Strategist
3 14 (19.44%) Senior
4 9 (12.50%) Lead
5 6 (8.33%) Senior Content Designer
5 6 (8.33%) Senior Designer
6 5 (6.94%) UX Designer
7 4 (5.56%) Content Manager
7 4 (5.56%) UX Strategist
8 3 (4.17%) Senior UX Designer
9 2 (2.78%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
9 2 (2.78%) Knowledge Manager
9 2 (2.78%) Marketing Manager
9 2 (2.78%) Social Media Strategist
9 2 (2.78%) User Researcher
9 2 (2.78%) Web Editor
10 1 (1.39%) Copywriter
10 1 (1.39%) SEO Manager
10 1 (1.39%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) VML
2 1 (1.39%) CSS
2 1 (1.39%) HTML
2 1 (1.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.89%) Taxonomies
2 6 (8.33%) Social Media
3 5 (6.94%) Blog
4 4 (5.56%) NHS
5 3 (4.17%) Educational Technology
5 3 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.78%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.78%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (2.78%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.78%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.39%) FMCG
7 1 (1.39%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.39%) Photography
7 1 (1.39%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (44.44%) User Experience
2 28 (38.89%) User Research
3 26 (36.11%) Agile
4 23 (31.94%) Analytics
5 21 (29.17%) UX Design
6 19 (26.39%) AI
7 18 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 16 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (16.67%) SEO
10 11 (15.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (15.28%) Strategic Thinking
11 10 (13.89%) Prototyping
12 9 (12.50%) Customer Experience
13 8 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
13 8 (11.11%) Content Management
13 8 (11.11%) Mentoring
14 7 (9.72%) Content Writing
14 7 (9.72%) Digital Marketing
14 7 (9.72%) Project Management
14 7 (9.72%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.33%) Degree
2 5 (6.94%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (6.94%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (47.22%) Accessibility
2 18 (25.00%) WCAG
3 1 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.39%) GDPR
3 1 (1.39%) PERC
3 1 (1.39%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.72%) Google
3 4 (5.56%) Adobe
4 2 (2.78%) Brandwatch
4 2 (2.78%) Facebook
4 2 (2.78%) NetBase
4 2 (2.78%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.39%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.39%) Instagram
5 1 (1.39%) Pardot
5 1 (1.39%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.39%) YouTube