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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 494 554
Rank change year-on-year -59 +60 +132
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 32 40 44
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.084% 0.13% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 29
10th Percentile £335 £312 £348
25th Percentile £356 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.68% +5.56% -4.56%
75th Percentile £500 £581 £550
90th Percentile £535 £640 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -12.96% +27.78% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile - £30.75 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £31.50 £25.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £47.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +86.27% -40.35%
75th Percentile £56.25 £95.50 £25.75
90th Percentile £73.50 £96.09 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £92.00 -
% change year-on-year -72.83% - -

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 33,102 28,081 38,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.38% 89.04% 87.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 17,044 25,480
10th Percentile £305 £306 £300
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,015 884 1,942
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.95
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.99 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -10.55% +16.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £62.49
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.96 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.55 £30.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.38% -18.80% +44.23%

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 25 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Content Strategy over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Content Strategy in the UK

Content Strategy
Top 10 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 25 January 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 -69 30 £408 -14.21% 36
London -21 21 £401 +0.13% 17
Work from Home -14 10 £445 -5.12% 17
UK excluding London -71 9 £501 -12.96% 28
North of England -51 6 £525 +180.13% 7
North East - 4 £525 - 1
South East -20 2 - - 16
North West -26 2 - - 2
Midlands -44 1 £375 -33.33% 1
West Midlands -45 1 £375 -33.33% 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 6 (18.75%) CMS
2 2 (6.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (3.13%) Confluence
3 1 (3.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) SaaS
2 2 (6.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (6.25%) Figma
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) ChatGPT
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 9 (28.13%) Public Sector
2 8 (25.00%) Publishing
2 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Marketing
4 5 (15.63%) Finance
5 3 (9.38%) Retail
6 2 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.25%) Legal
6 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Military
7 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) Content Designer
1 11 (34.38%) Designer
2 5 (15.63%) Senior
3 3 (9.38%) Marketing Specialist
3 3 (9.38%) Senior Content Designer
3 3 (9.38%) Senior Designer
4 2 (6.25%) Content Marketing Specialist
4 2 (6.25%) Content Strategist
4 2 (6.25%) Copywriter
4 2 (6.25%) Digital Copywriter
4 2 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (3.13%) Author
5 1 (3.13%) Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Programme Director
5 1 (3.13%) Strategy Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Technical Author
5 1 (3.13%) Technical Writer
5 1 (3.13%) UX Designer
5 1 (3.13%) Web Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Website Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Social Media
2 3 (9.38%) Blog
3 2 (6.25%) AI Agents
3 2 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.25%) Derivative
3 2 (6.25%) Educational Technology
3 2 (6.25%) Equities
3 2 (6.25%) FMCG
3 2 (6.25%) Hedge funds
3 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.25%) NHS
3 2 (6.25%) Podcast
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.13%) PMI
4 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.13%) Taxonomies
4 1 (3.13%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Agile
1 9 (28.13%) Storytelling
2 8 (25.00%) Analytics
2 8 (25.00%) Content Management
2 8 (25.00%) User Research
3 7 (21.88%) SEO
3 7 (21.88%) User Experience
4 6 (18.75%) Service Design
4 6 (18.75%) Thought Leadership
4 6 (18.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 5 (15.63%) Roadmaps
5 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.50%) Prototyping
6 4 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (12.50%) UX Design
7 3 (9.38%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.38%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.38%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.13%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Adobe
1 2 (6.25%) YouTube
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft