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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 523 578
Rank change year-on-year -5 +55 +136
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 40 37 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.099% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 42
10th Percentile £319 £301 £264
25th Percentile £398 £418 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £462 £469
Median % change year-on-year -2.49% -1.55% +4.17%
75th Percentile £540 £550 £500
90th Percentile £565 £594 £541
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 2
10th Percentile £13.25 £30.50 £25.63
25th Percentile £22.50 £30.88 £32.19
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -24.57% -19.72%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.63 £54.69
90th Percentile - £45.90 £60.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.25 - £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 30,154 32,240 42,628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.56% 86.03% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,749 19,389 28,931
10th Percentile £300 £309 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
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 1,913 1,230 1,592
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.08 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.31% -10.11% +36.92%
75th Percentile £42.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.25 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.27 £40.33 £43.90
% change year-on-year -44.79% -8.14% +65.29%

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 17 October 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 17 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Content Strategy in the UK

Content Strategy
Top 14 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 17 October 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 +13 35 £450 -10.00% 70
London +12 23 £475 - 38
UK excluding London -10 15 £450 -18.18% 50
Work from Home +7 6 £425 -5.13% 34
North of England - 6 £450 - 9
South East +14 4 - - 26
Scotland +6 3 £560 +40.00% 3
North West - 3 £431 - 8
Midlands -20 2 £375 -31.82% 4
North East - 2 £428 -
South West +15 1 £450 - 5
West Midlands -23 1 £375 -31.82% 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 1

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 8 (20.00%) CMS
2 4 (10.00%) WordPress
3 2 (5.00%) Drupal
4 1 (2.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (2.50%) Joomla!
4 1 (2.50%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.50%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.50%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.50%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (2.50%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) Figma
2 3 (7.50%) Google Analytics
3 2 (5.00%) SaaS
4 1 (2.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.50%) Vyond
4 1 (2.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Axure RP
1 1 (2.50%) Balsamiq
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.00%) Marketing
2 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.50%) Finance
3 7 (17.50%) Public Sector
4 6 (15.00%) Publishing
5 4 (10.00%) Brand Awareness
6 3 (7.50%) Legal
7 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.50%) French Language
8 1 (2.50%) German Language
8 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Music Industry
8 1 (2.50%) Retail
8 1 (2.50%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Designer
2 11 (27.50%) Content Designer
3 5 (12.50%) Senior
4 4 (10.00%) Content Strategist
5 3 (7.50%) Marketing Specialist
5 3 (7.50%) Product Designer
6 2 (5.00%) Content Marketing Specialist
6 2 (5.00%) Marketing Director
6 2 (5.00%) UX Designer
7 1 (2.50%) Content Manager
7 1 (2.50%) Creative Strategist
7 1 (2.50%) Developer
7 1 (2.50%) Lead
7 1 (2.50%) Marketing Strategist
7 1 (2.50%) Platform Specialist
7 1 (2.50%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.50%) User Researcher
7 1 (2.50%) Web Developer
7 1 (2.50%) Website Developer
7 1 (2.50%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Social Media
2 4 (10.00%) Blog
3 3 (7.50%) Algorithms
3 3 (7.50%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.00%) Educational Technology
4 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.00%) Podcast
4 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.50%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.50%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.50%) FMCG
5 1 (2.50%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.50%) PMI
5 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.50%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Android
1 2 (5.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (42.50%) User Experience
2 11 (27.50%) Analytics
2 11 (27.50%) Project Management
3 9 (22.50%) Agile
4 8 (20.00%) SEO
5 7 (17.50%) Content Management
5 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (17.50%) Storytelling
5 7 (17.50%) UX Design
6 6 (15.00%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (15.00%) AI
6 6 (15.00%) B2B
6 6 (15.00%) Coaching
6 6 (15.00%) Copywriting
6 6 (15.00%) Digital Marketing
6 6 (15.00%) Service Design
6 6 (15.00%) User Research
7 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (10.00%) Thought Leadership
8 4 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) Degree
2 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Grafana
1 1 (2.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Adobe
2 4 (10.00%) Google
3 3 (7.50%) YouTube
4 2 (5.00%) Hotjar
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.50%) Instagram
5 1 (2.50%) SAP
5 1 (2.50%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.50%) TikTok