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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 510 528
Rank change year-on-year -95 +18 +48
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 75 41 44
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 19 22
10th Percentile £341 £319 £279
25th Percentile £407 £380 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £450 £448
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +0.45% -4.43%
75th Percentile £569 £535 £544
90th Percentile £588 £564 £573
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 3
10th Percentile £22.57 £13.25 £30.50
25th Percentile £22.67 £22.50 £30.88
Median hourly rate £22.83 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% -9.09% -24.57%
75th Percentile £23.00 £63.75 £41.63
90th Percentile £23.09 - £45.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £19.25 -

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 46,195 29,974 32,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.63% 90.49% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,749 18,609 19,667
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,350 1,884 1,294
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.03
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.16
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.38% -8.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £73.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.43% -46.35% -2.35%

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 October 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 October 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 -90 70 £481 +6.94% 175
London -66 42 £515 +8.42% 120
Work from Home -46 23 £417 -1.88% 83
UK excluding London -81 23 £438 -2.78% 60
North of England -64 16 £431 -4.17% 21
North West -46 7 £400 -7.25% 10
Yorkshire -24 6 £444 -1.39% 7
Midlands -41 4 £526 +51.04% 6
West Midlands -42 4 £526 +40.37% 1
North East -41 3 £300 -29.82% 4
East of England - 2 - - 4
South East -71 1 £600 - 20

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 25 (33.33%) CMS
2 5 (6.67%) Drupal
3 4 (5.33%) Confluence
4 3 (4.00%) Headless CMS
4 3 (4.00%) Umbraco
4 3 (4.00%) WordPress
5 2 (2.67%) Kentico
5 2 (2.67%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (1.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (1.33%) EPiServer
Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.33%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Magento
1 1 (1.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 4 (5.33%) Google Analytics
3 2 (2.67%) Figma
3 2 (2.67%) Miro
4 1 (1.33%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (1.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (1.33%) Canva
4 1 (1.33%) Contentful
4 1 (1.33%) Contentstack
4 1 (1.33%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.33%) Kontent
4 1 (1.33%) SaaS
4 1 (1.33%) Salesforce Einstein
4 1 (1.33%) Storyblok
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 20 (26.67%) Marketing
2 19 (25.33%) Public Sector
2 19 (25.33%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (9.33%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (9.33%) Publishing
5 6 (8.00%) Retail
6 5 (6.67%) Automotive
6 5 (6.67%) Finance
6 5 (6.67%) Legal
7 3 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.67%) Banking
8 2 (2.67%) German Language
8 2 (2.67%) Local Government
9 1 (1.33%) French Language
9 1 (1.33%) Military
9 1 (1.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 36 (48.00%) Designer
2 35 (46.67%) Content Designer
3 15 (20.00%) Content Strategist
4 12 (16.00%) Senior
5 10 (13.33%) Lead
6 5 (6.67%) Senior Content Designer
6 5 (6.67%) Senior Designer
7 4 (5.33%) Content Manager
7 4 (5.33%) UX Designer
7 4 (5.33%) UX Strategist
8 3 (4.00%) Analyst
8 3 (4.00%) Business Analyst
8 3 (4.00%) CMS Business Analyst
8 3 (4.00%) Marketing Manager
8 3 (4.00%) Senior UX Designer
9 2 (2.67%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
9 2 (2.67%) Coordinator
9 2 (2.67%) Lead Designer
9 2 (2.67%) Senior Manager
9 2 (2.67%) Web Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.33%) VML
2 3 (4.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.00%) Taxonomies
2 6 (8.00%) Social Media
3 5 (6.67%) Blog
3 5 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.33%) NHS
5 2 (2.67%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.67%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.67%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.67%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.67%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.33%) FMCG
6 1 (1.33%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.33%) Photography
6 1 (1.33%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.33%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.67%) User Experience
2 26 (34.67%) User Research
3 25 (33.33%) Agile
4 24 (32.00%) Analytics
5 22 (29.33%) UX Design
6 19 (25.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (21.33%) AI
7 16 (21.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 15 (20.00%) SEO
9 12 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (16.00%) Strategic Thinking
10 11 (14.67%) Prototyping
10 11 (14.67%) Workshop Facilitation
11 10 (13.33%) Customer Experience
11 10 (13.33%) Service Design
12 9 (12.00%) Content Writing
12 9 (12.00%) Inclusive Design
13 8 (10.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 8 (10.67%) Personalization
14 7 (9.33%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (9.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.00%) Degree
3 5 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.00%) CSPO
5 3 (4.00%) IIBA
6 2 (2.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (53.33%) Accessibility
2 21 (28.00%) WCAG
3 3 (4.00%) QA
4 1 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.33%) GDPR
4 1 (1.33%) PERC
Vendors
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.33%) Google
3 2 (2.67%) Adobe
3 2 (2.67%) Optimizely
3 2 (2.67%) Sitecore
4 1 (1.33%) Cognizant
4 1 (1.33%) Hootsuite
4 1 (1.33%) Pardot
4 1 (1.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud