Content Development Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Content Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Content Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Content Development over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 336 466
Rank change year-on-year +39 +130 +145
Contract jobs citing Content Development 7 9 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.059% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.067% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 7
10th Percentile £400 £145 £427
25th Percentile £450 £153 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £325 £550
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -40.91% +26.44%
75th Percentile £525 £344 £600
90th Percentile £530 £405 -
UK median daily rate £485 £338 £500
% change year-on-year +43.70% -32.50% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +22.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Content Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Content Development
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Content Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Content Development trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Content Development
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Content Development.

Content Development daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Content Development
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Content Development.

Content Development hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Content Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) CMS
2 1 (14.29%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Publishing
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Health
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Healthcare
3 1 (14.29%) Health Technology
3 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Content Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Product Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Process Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) e-Learning
1 2 (28.57%) Learning Management System
2 1 (14.29%) Life Science
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
1 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (28.57%) Content Management
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 2 (28.57%) Information Security
1 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (28.57%) SEO
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Content Management
2 1 (14.29%) Indirect Procurement
2 1 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP