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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 515 524
Rank change year-on-year -87 +9 +58
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 70 35 39
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.11% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 16 25
10th Percentile £350 £324 £282
25th Percentile £403 £399 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £445
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% +1.12% -11.00%
75th Percentile £569 £539 £513
90th Percentile £588 £566 £565
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -7.78% - -2.17%
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 46,112 29,840 32,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.63% 90.46% 85.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,098 18,520 20,299
10th Percentile £325 £300 £312
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
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 3,038 1,780 1,507
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.23 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.38 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.03 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +76.89% -47.37% +8.65%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -83 66 £458 +1.78% 127
London -62 38 £500 +2.56% 87
UK excluding London -102 24 £415 -7.78% 58
Work from Home -53 17 £409 -2.56% 51
North of England -59 15 £425 -5.56% 15
North West -50 7 £400 -7.25% 9
Midlands -50 6 £404 +25.43% 5
West Midlands - 6 £404 - 5
Yorkshire -41 4 £450 - 6
North East - 4 £300 -
East of England - 2 - - 6
South East -66 1 £600 - 21

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 19 (27.14%) CMS
2 5 (7.14%) Drupal
3 3 (4.29%) WordPress
4 2 (2.86%) Headless CMS
5 1 (1.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.43%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.43%) Photoshop
1 1 (1.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Sprinklr
2 1 (1.43%) Magento
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 2 (2.86%) Adobe Analytics
3 2 (2.86%) Canva
3 2 (2.86%) Facebook Ads
3 2 (2.86%) Figma
4 1 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (1.43%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.43%) Miro
4 1 (1.43%) SaaS
4 1 (1.43%) Salesforce Einstein
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.29%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 18 (25.71%) Public Sector
2 16 (22.86%) Marketing
2 16 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.86%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (11.43%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (8.57%) Publishing
5 6 (8.57%) Retail
6 5 (7.14%) Automotive
7 4 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.71%) Legal
8 3 (4.29%) Banking
8 3 (4.29%) Finance
9 2 (2.86%) Advertising
9 2 (2.86%) Local Government
10 1 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.43%) German Language
10 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.43%) Military
10 1 (1.43%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 35 (50.00%) Content Designer
1 35 (50.00%) Designer
2 15 (21.43%) Content Strategist
3 14 (20.00%) Senior
4 9 (12.86%) Lead
5 5 (7.14%) Content Manager
5 5 (7.14%) Senior Content Designer
5 5 (7.14%) Senior Designer
6 4 (5.71%) 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%) Senior Manager
8 2 (2.86%) Social Media Strategist
8 2 (2.86%) Web Editor
9 1 (1.43%) Senior SEO Manager
9 1 (1.43%) Social Media Officer
9 1 (1.43%) UX Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.29%) Taxonomies
2 6 (8.57%) Blog
2 6 (8.57%) Social Media
3 4 (5.71%) NHS
4 2 (2.86%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.86%) Educational Technology
4 2 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.86%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.43%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.43%) FMCG
5 1 (1.43%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.43%) Photography
5 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (41.43%) User Experience
2 28 (40.00%) Analytics
3 26 (37.14%) User Research
4 24 (34.29%) Agile
5 20 (28.57%) UX Design
6 17 (24.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (22.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 15 (21.43%) AI
9 14 (20.00%) SEO
10 13 (18.57%) Strategic Thinking
11 11 (15.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (14.29%) Customer Experience
13 9 (12.86%) Prototyping
14 8 (11.43%) Mentoring
14 8 (11.43%) Personalization
14 8 (11.43%) Project Management
14 8 (11.43%) Service Design
14 8 (11.43%) Workshop Facilitation
15 7 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
15 7 (10.00%) Content Writing
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.57%) 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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (48.57%) Accessibility
2 16 (22.86%) 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 5 (7.14%) Google
3 4 (5.71%) Adobe
4 2 (2.86%) Brandwatch
4 2 (2.86%) Facebook
4 2 (2.86%) NetBase
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
5 1 (1.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) YouTube