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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 507 510
Rank change year-on-year -97 +3 +88
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 70 38 47
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 19 34
10th Percentile £350 £311 £158
25th Percentile £402 £361 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -17.50%
75th Percentile £564 £531 £450
90th Percentile £588 £564 £555
UK excluding London median daily rate £405 £431 £283
% change year-on-year -6.09% +52.65% -38.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 0
10th Percentile £22.57 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £22.67 £23.94 -
Median hourly rate £22.83 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.49% - -
75th Percentile £23.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £23.09 - -
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 45,374 29,740 33,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.72% 90.47% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,858 18,514 21,188
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,725 1,782
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £18.17
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -38.57% +0.86%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +19.72%

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 18 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 18 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 -98 65 £455 +1.11% 35
London -57 36 £525 +7.69% 14
UK excluding London -92 24 £405 -6.09% 32
Work from Home -37 19 £409 -2.56% 15
North of England -69 15 £413 -4.35% 7
North West -43 8 £387 -6.18% 6
Midlands -49 6 £404 +27.20% 2
West Midlands - 6 £404 -
Yorkshire -41 4 £450 - 1
North East - 3 £300 -
East of England - 2 - - 1
South East -76 1 £600 - 16

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 (25.71%) CMS
2 5 (7.14%) Drupal
3 3 (4.29%) WordPress
4 2 (2.86%) Headless CMS
5 1 (1.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (1.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.43%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Sprinklr
2 1 (1.43%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Copilot
2 5 (7.14%) Google Analytics
3 3 (4.29%) Figma
4 2 (2.86%) Adobe Analytics
4 2 (2.86%) Canva
4 2 (2.86%) Facebook Ads
4 2 (2.86%) Google Sheets
4 2 (2.86%) Miro
5 1 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) AWS
5 1 (1.43%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.43%) SaaS
5 1 (1.43%) Salesforce Einstein
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.29%) Metadata
2 1 (1.43%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) JIRA
General
1 18 (25.71%) Public Sector
2 16 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 15 (21.43%) Marketing
4 8 (11.43%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (11.43%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (7.14%) Legal
5 5 (7.14%) Publishing
5 5 (7.14%) Retail
6 4 (5.71%) Automotive
6 4 (5.71%) Finance
6 4 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.29%) Banking
8 2 (2.86%) Advertising
8 2 (2.86%) Local Government
9 1 (1.43%) German Language
9 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.43%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 36 (51.43%) Designer
2 35 (50.00%) Content Designer
3 13 (18.57%) Content Strategist
3 13 (18.57%) Senior
4 8 (11.43%) Lead
5 5 (7.14%) Content Manager
5 5 (7.14%) Senior Content Designer
5 5 (7.14%) Senior Designer
5 5 (7.14%) UX Designer
6 4 (5.71%) UX Strategist
7 3 (4.29%) Marketing Manager
7 3 (4.29%) Senior UX Designer
8 2 (2.86%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
8 2 (2.86%) Content Marketing Manager
8 2 (2.86%) Knowledge Manager
8 2 (2.86%) Social Media Strategist
8 2 (2.86%) User Researcher
8 2 (2.86%) Web Editor
9 1 (1.43%) Senior SEO Manager
9 1 (1.43%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.29%) Taxonomies
2 8 (11.43%) Social Media
3 6 (8.57%) Blog
4 4 (5.71%) NHS
5 2 (2.86%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.86%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.86%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.86%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.43%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.43%) FMCG
6 1 (1.43%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.43%) Photography
6 1 (1.43%) PMI
6 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (44.29%) User Experience
2 27 (38.57%) User Research
3 25 (35.71%) Agile
3 25 (35.71%) Analytics
4 20 (28.57%) UX Design
5 19 (27.14%) AI
6 17 (24.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 16 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (18.57%) SEO
9 11 (15.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (15.71%) Strategic Thinking
10 10 (14.29%) Prototyping
11 9 (12.86%) Customer Experience
11 9 (12.86%) Mentoring
12 8 (11.43%) Actionable Insight
13 7 (10.00%) Content Writing
13 7 (10.00%) Human-Centred Design
13 7 (10.00%) Inclusive Design
13 7 (10.00%) Personalization
13 7 (10.00%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.00%) Degree
2 5 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.29%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.86%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (47.14%) Accessibility
2 17 (24.29%) WCAG
3 1 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.43%) GDPR
3 1 (1.43%) PERC
3 1 (1.43%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.00%) Google
3 4 (5.71%) Adobe
4 2 (2.86%) Brandwatch
4 2 (2.86%) Facebook
4 2 (2.86%) NetBase
4 2 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.43%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.43%) Hootsuite
5 1 (1.43%) Instagram
5 1 (1.43%) Pardot
5 1 (1.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) YouTube