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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 530 597
Rank change year-on-year +22 +67 +150
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 39 39 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.10% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 23 50
10th Percentile £315 £278 £279
25th Percentile £397 £338 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £448 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -10.40% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £519 -
90th Percentile £566 £570 £591
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £460
% change year-on-year - -2.17% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 2
10th Percentile £13.25 - £25.63
25th Percentile £22.50 - £32.19
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £43.75
75th Percentile £63.75 - £54.69
90th Percentile - - £60.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.50 - £22.50

All Process and 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 29,563 32,568 44,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.50% 85.63% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,358 20,001 30,324
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £403 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,791 1,464 1,557
10th Percentile £14.23 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%
75th Percentile £44.35 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £43.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -47.37% +5.94% +75.90%

Content Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Strategy 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 16 September 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Content Strategy over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Content Strategy in the UK

Content Strategy
Top 13 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 16 September 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
England +24 34 £450 +13.07% 82
London +37 24 £488 +38.59% 45
UK excluding London +3 13 £450 - 55
Work from Home +29 5 £420 -6.31% 37
North of England - 5 £431 - 14
South East +20 3 - - 30
Scotland -7 3 £560 +40.00% 2
North West - 3 £431 - 11
Midlands -9 2 £322 -41.45% 1
East Midlands - 2 £322 - 1
South West +21 1 £450 - 4
North East - 1 £305 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 2

Content Strategy
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 9 (23.08%) CMS
2 4 (10.26%) WordPress
3 2 (5.13%) Drupal
4 1 (2.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (2.56%) Joomla!
4 1 (2.56%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.56%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.56%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.56%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (2.56%) Adobe XD
2 1 (2.56%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) Figma
2 3 (7.69%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (2.56%) SaaS
3 1 (2.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Axure RP
1 1 (2.56%) Balsamiq
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.90%) Marketing
2 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.95%) Finance
4 5 (12.82%) Public Sector
4 5 (12.82%) Publishing
5 4 (10.26%) Brand Awareness
6 3 (7.69%) Legal
7 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.56%) French Language
8 1 (2.56%) German Language
8 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Music Industry
8 1 (2.56%) Retail
8 1 (2.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) Designer
2 9 (23.08%) Content Designer
3 5 (12.82%) Senior
4 4 (10.26%) Content Strategist
4 4 (10.26%) Product Designer
5 3 (7.69%) UX Designer
6 2 (5.13%) Developer
6 2 (5.13%) Marketing Director
6 2 (5.13%) Marketing Specialist
7 1 (2.56%) Art Director
7 1 (2.56%) Junior
7 1 (2.56%) Marketing Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Marketing Strategist
7 1 (2.56%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Senior Technical Writer
7 1 (2.56%) Technical Writer
7 1 (2.56%) UI Designer
7 1 (2.56%) Web Developer
7 1 (2.56%) Web Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Website Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) HTML
2 1 (2.56%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Social Media
2 3 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 3 (7.69%) Blog
2 3 (7.69%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.13%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (2.56%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.56%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.56%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.56%) FMCG
4 1 (2.56%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.56%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.56%) PMI
4 1 (2.56%) Podcast
4 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Android
1 2 (5.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) User Experience
2 11 (28.21%) Analytics
2 11 (28.21%) Project Management
3 8 (20.51%) Content Management
3 8 (20.51%) UX Design
4 7 (17.95%) Agile
4 7 (17.95%) SEO
4 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (15.38%) B2B
5 6 (15.38%) Coaching
5 6 (15.38%) Copywriting
5 6 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
5 6 (15.38%) User Research
6 5 (12.82%) Data Analysis
6 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.82%) Prototyping
6 5 (12.82%) Storytelling
7 4 (10.26%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.13%) QA
3 1 (2.56%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Grafana
1 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Adobe
2 4 (10.26%) Google
3 2 (5.13%) Hotjar
3 2 (5.13%) YouTube
4 1 (2.56%) Instagram
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.56%) SAP
4 1 (2.56%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.56%) TikTok