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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 484 517
Rank change year-on-year -78 +33 +123
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 63 35 65
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.13% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 20 51
10th Percentile £356 £259 £158
25th Percentile £400 £320 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £523 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.11% +30.63% -20.00%
75th Percentile £556 £574 £494
90th Percentile £588 £628 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £445 £436 £165
% change year-on-year +2.06% +164.24% -68.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £23.02 £52.25 -
25th Percentile £23.04 £61.25 £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 £95.50 £25.75
90th Percentile £23.14 £96.09 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £92.00 -

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 40,197 26,741 37,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.41% 90.94% 86.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,242 17,210 23,886
10th Percentile £320 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +2.30% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,094 2,440
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.44 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.87 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.13 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.52% -21.23% +0.69%
75th Percentile £67.25 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -28.95% +8.57%

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 11 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 11 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 -87 56 £481 -8.33% 44
London -29 39 £500 -3.85% 28
Work from Home -21 19 £450 +11.11% 26
UK excluding London -85 16 £445 +2.06% 23
North of England -61 9 £488 +94.81% 8
West Midlands -57 4 £404 -29.76% 1
Midlands -64 4 £404 +25.43% 1
North West -41 3 £431 +72.13% 5
North East - 3 £525 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £450 - 2
East of England - 2 - - 2
South East -57 1 £600 - 8

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 14 (22.22%) CMS
2 2 (3.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (3.17%) Drupal
2 2 (3.17%) Headless CMS
3 1 (1.59%) Confluence
3 1 (1.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.59%) Notion
2 1 (1.59%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.59%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.94%) SaaS
2 4 (6.35%) Figma
3 3 (4.76%) Google Analytics
4 2 (3.17%) Adobe Analytics
4 2 (3.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (3.17%) Facebook Ads
4 2 (3.17%) Google Sheets
4 2 (3.17%) Miro
5 1 (1.59%) AWS
5 1 (1.59%) Canva
5 1 (1.59%) ChatGPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.52%) Metadata
2 1 (1.59%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
General
1 15 (23.81%) Public Sector
2 12 (19.05%) Marketing
3 9 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 8 (12.70%) Publishing
5 7 (11.11%) Finance
6 6 (9.52%) Legal
7 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.17%) Advertising
9 2 (3.17%) Banking
9 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.17%) Retail
10 1 (1.59%) Local Government
10 1 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (50.79%) Designer
2 31 (49.21%) Content Designer
3 14 (22.22%) Senior
4 11 (17.46%) Content Strategist
5 7 (11.11%) Senior Content Designer
5 7 (11.11%) Senior Designer
6 5 (7.94%) Lead
7 4 (6.35%) UX Designer
8 3 (4.76%) Senior UX Designer
8 3 (4.76%) UX Strategist
9 2 (3.17%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
9 2 (3.17%) Knowledge Manager
9 2 (3.17%) Product Lead
9 2 (3.17%) Social Media Strategist
9 2 (3.17%) Strategy Manager
10 1 (1.59%) Content Manager
10 1 (1.59%) Copywriter
10 1 (1.59%) Digital Content Manager
10 1 (1.59%) Digital Copywriter
10 1 (1.59%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) CSS
1 1 (1.59%) HTML
1 1 (1.59%) VML
1 1 (1.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Social Media
1 6 (9.52%) Taxonomies
2 5 (7.94%) NHS
3 3 (4.76%) AI Agents
3 3 (4.76%) Educational Technology
3 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.76%) Web Conferencing
4 2 (3.17%) Blog
4 2 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.17%) Derivative
4 2 (3.17%) Equities
4 2 (3.17%) FMCG
4 2 (3.17%) Hedge funds
4 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.17%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.33%) Agile
1 21 (33.33%) User Experience
1 21 (33.33%) User Research
2 17 (26.98%) AI
3 13 (20.63%) Analytics
4 12 (19.05%) Content Management
5 11 (17.46%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 11 (17.46%) UX Design
6 9 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
7 7 (11.11%) Content Writing
7 7 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 7 (11.11%) Prototyping
7 7 (11.11%) SEO
8 6 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (9.52%) Digital Marketing
8 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (9.52%) Storytelling
9 5 (7.94%) Fintech
9 5 (7.94%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 6 (9.52%) Degree
2 5 (7.94%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.35%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.17%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 9 (14.29%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (7.94%) Adobe
1 5 (7.94%) Google
2 2 (3.17%) Brandwatch
2 2 (3.17%) Facebook
2 2 (3.17%) NetBase
3 1 (1.59%) Instagram
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.59%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.59%) YouTube