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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 577 482 502
Rank change year-on-year -95 +20 +107
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 68 40 70
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.15% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 18 53
10th Percentile £356 £291 £158
25th Percentile £400 £337 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £505 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +26.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £567 £514
90th Percentile £588 £599 £573
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £436 £165
% change year-on-year -2.52% +164.24% -65.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 3
10th Percentile £23.02 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £23.04 £32.19 £25.25
Median hourly rate £23.08 £62.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.07% +145.10% -10.53%
75th Percentile £23.12 £63.75 £25.75
90th Percentile £23.14 £95.60 -
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 41,613 26,489 36,722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.70% 91.00% 85.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,011 16,933 23,595
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,489 1,111 2,517
10th Percentile £14.67 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.96 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.79% -23.29% -0.73%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.55 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -85 62 £450 -13.46% 26
London -56 41 £475 -2.06% 9
Work from Home -37 20 £425 -13.27% 13
UK excluding London -91 18 £425 -2.52% 21
North of England -67 11 £438 +39.78% 7
North West -37 7 £400 +27.80% 5
Midlands -54 4 £404 +25.43% 2
West Midlands -56 4 £404 -29.76% 2
Yorkshire - 3 £450 -
East of England - 2 - - 5
South East -59 1 £600 - 6
North East - 1 - - 2

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 15 (22.06%) CMS
2 2 (2.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (2.94%) Drupal
2 2 (2.94%) Headless CMS
3 1 (1.47%) Confluence
3 1 (1.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.47%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Copilot
2 4 (5.88%) Figma
2 4 (5.88%) SaaS
3 3 (4.41%) Google Analytics
4 2 (2.94%) Adobe Analytics
4 2 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (2.94%) Facebook Ads
4 2 (2.94%) Google Sheets
4 2 (2.94%) Miro
5 1 (1.47%) AWS
5 1 (1.47%) Canva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.76%) Metadata
2 1 (1.47%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 17 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 12 (17.65%) Marketing
3 11 (16.18%) Social Skills
4 7 (10.29%) Finance
4 7 (10.29%) Publishing
5 6 (8.82%) Legal
6 5 (7.35%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.88%) Retail
8 3 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.94%) Advertising
9 2 (2.94%) Automotive
9 2 (2.94%) Banking
9 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.47%) Local Government
10 1 (1.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 34 (50.00%) Designer
2 33 (48.53%) Content Designer
3 14 (20.59%) Senior
4 13 (19.12%) Content Strategist
5 8 (11.76%) Lead
6 7 (10.29%) Senior Content Designer
6 7 (10.29%) Senior Designer
7 4 (5.88%) UX Designer
8 3 (4.41%) Senior UX Designer
8 3 (4.41%) UX Strategist
9 2 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
9 2 (2.94%) Copywriter
9 2 (2.94%) Knowledge Manager
9 2 (2.94%) Product Lead
9 2 (2.94%) Social Media Strategist
9 2 (2.94%) Strategy Manager
10 1 (1.47%) Content Manager
10 1 (1.47%) Social Media Manager
10 1 (1.47%) User Experience Researcher
10 1 (1.47%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) VML
2 1 (1.47%) CSS
2 1 (1.47%) HTML
2 1 (1.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Taxonomies
2 6 (8.82%) Social Media
3 5 (7.35%) NHS
4 4 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.41%) AI Agents
5 3 (4.41%) Educational Technology
5 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.41%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.41%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.94%) Derivative
6 2 (2.94%) Equities
6 2 (2.94%) FMCG
6 2 (2.94%) Hedge funds
6 2 (2.94%) PMI
7 1 (1.47%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (39.71%) User Experience
2 24 (35.29%) User Research
3 22 (32.35%) Agile
4 18 (26.47%) AI
5 17 (25.00%) UX Design
6 16 (23.53%) Analytics
7 14 (20.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 12 (17.65%) Content Management
9 11 (16.18%) Prototyping
9 11 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (16.18%) Strategic Thinking
10 8 (11.76%) SEO
10 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (10.29%) Mentoring
11 7 (10.29%) Storytelling
12 6 (8.82%) Content Writing
12 6 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (8.82%) Customer Experience
12 6 (8.82%) Human-Centred Design
12 6 (8.82%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.82%) Degree
2 3 (4.41%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.94%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (41.18%) Accessibility
2 14 (20.59%) WCAG
Vendors
1 6 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.35%) Adobe
2 5 (7.35%) Google
3 2 (2.94%) Brandwatch
3 2 (2.94%) Facebook
3 2 (2.94%) NetBase
4 1 (1.47%) Instagram
4 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.47%) YouTube