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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 523 556
Rank change year-on-year -23 +33 +168
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 31 35 44
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.095% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 28
10th Percentile £321 £305 £327
25th Percentile £398 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £469
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.33% +5.34%
75th Percentile £519 £550 £524
90th Percentile £547 £608 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £469
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.33% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile - £30.50 £25.63
25th Percentile £22.50 £30.88 £32.19
Median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% -24.57% -2.78%
75th Percentile £56.25 £41.63 £54.69
90th Percentile £73.50 £45.90 £60.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 - £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 32,304 31,906 40,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.43% 86.97% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,227 19,221 26,955
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,107 1,156 1,551
10th Percentile £14.52 £15.22 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.52 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +25.71%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.23% -26.97% +41.14%

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 27 November 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 27 November 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 27 November 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 -11 29 £450 -5.26% 228
London -4 16 £475 +2.70% 37
UK excluding London -40 13 £450 -5.26% 208
North of England -28 9 £450 +140.00% 95
Work from Home +1 7 £438 -5.41% 2,868
North West -18 4 £431 +130.00% 40
North East - 4 £525 - 1
South East -5 2 - - 36
Midlands -24 2 £375 -31.82% 46
South West -5 1 £450 +140.00% 14
West Midlands -28 1 £375 -31.82% 15
East Midlands - 1 - - 31
Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 55

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 6 (19.35%) CMS
2 3 (9.68%) WordPress
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (3.23%) Confluence
3 1 (3.23%) Drupal
3 1 (3.23%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Photoshop
2 1 (3.23%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (3.23%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (3.23%) InDesign
2 1 (3.23%) Notion
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) SaaS
2 2 (6.45%) Figma
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) ChatGPT
3 1 (3.23%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.23%) Vyond
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 11 (35.48%) Marketing
2 8 (25.81%) Public Sector
2 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Publishing
4 2 (6.45%) Brand Awareness
4 2 (6.45%) Finance
4 2 (6.45%) Legal
4 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Retail
5 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Music Industry
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (38.71%) Designer
2 11 (35.48%) Content Designer
3 6 (19.35%) Senior
4 3 (9.68%) Marketing Specialist
5 2 (6.45%) Content Marketing Specialist
5 2 (6.45%) Content Strategist
6 1 (3.23%) Author
6 1 (3.23%) Content Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Creative Strategist
6 1 (3.23%) Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Digital Copywriter
6 1 (3.23%) Documentation Author
6 1 (3.23%) Lead
6 1 (3.23%) Platform Specialist
6 1 (3.23%) Product Designer
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Copywriter
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Author
6 1 (3.23%) User Researcher
6 1 (3.23%) Web Developer
6 1 (3.23%) WordPress Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Blog
2 4 (12.90%) Social Media
3 2 (6.45%) Educational Technology
3 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.45%) Podcast
4 1 (3.23%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.23%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.23%) FMCG
4 1 (3.23%) Graphic Design
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.23%) PMI
4 1 (3.23%) Taxonomies
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) User Experience
2 8 (25.81%) Analytics
3 7 (22.58%) Agile
3 7 (22.58%) Project Management
3 7 (22.58%) SEO
3 7 (22.58%) Storytelling
4 6 (19.35%) Content Management
4 6 (19.35%) Service Design
4 6 (19.35%) User Research
5 5 (16.13%) Thought Leadership
6 4 (12.90%) AI
6 4 (12.90%) B2B
6 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 3 (9.68%) Content Marketing
7 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.68%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (9.68%) Product Strategy
7 3 (9.68%) UX Design
8 2 (6.45%) Customer Experience
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
1 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (6.45%) Degree
3 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.23%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Grafana
1 1 (3.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Adobe
2 2 (6.45%) YouTube
3 1 (3.23%) Google
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) SAP
3 1 (3.23%) Sitecore