Content Strategy Contracts with Work from Home Options

Content Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Content Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Content Strategy over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 430 545
Rank change year-on-year +117 +115 -116
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 28 38 70
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 32 49
10th Percentile £315 £459 £387
25th Percentile £400 £466 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £448 £520 £638
90th Percentile £525 £600 £690
UK median daily rate £400 £500 £461
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.40% +14.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Content Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,268 22,513 39,948
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.01% 89.73% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,896 15,904 28,997
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 519 530
10th Percentile £15.03 £18.63 £13.73
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Content Strategy
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Content Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Content Strategy trend for jobs with a WFH option

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Content Strategy.

Content Strategy daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Content Strategy over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Content Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Content Strategy
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 12 (42.86%) CMS
2 3 (10.71%) Jadu
3 2 (7.14%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (3.57%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Figma
2 2 (7.14%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.57%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 9 (32.14%) Public Sector
2 8 (28.57%) Publishing
3 5 (17.86%) Marketing
3 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Local Government
6 1 (3.57%) Advertising
6 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Law
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) Designer
2 17 (60.71%) Content Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Content Editor
3 3 (10.71%) Lead
3 3 (10.71%) Senior
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Content Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Web Content Editor
3 3 (10.71%) Web Editor
4 2 (7.14%) Product Designer
4 2 (7.14%) UI Designer
4 2 (7.14%) UI/UX Designer
4 2 (7.14%) UX Designer
5 1 (3.57%) CMS Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) CMS Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Copywriter
5 1 (3.57%) Developer
5 1 (3.57%) SEO Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Social Media Copywriter
5 1 (3.57%) Social Media Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) CSS
1 1 (3.57%) HTML
1 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
1 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.57%) Social Media
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) User Experience
2 9 (32.14%) Agile
2 9 (32.14%) User Research
3 8 (28.57%) Content Management
3 8 (28.57%) UX Design
4 7 (25.00%) Analytics
5 6 (21.43%) SEO
5 6 (21.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 3 (10.71%) Copywriting
6 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (7.14%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 2 (7.14%) Migration
7 2 (7.14%) Performance Measurement
7 2 (7.14%) User Stories
7 2 (7.14%) Web Development
8 1 (3.57%) Customer-Centricity
8 1 (3.57%) Decision-Making
8 1 (3.57%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) C#
1 1 (3.57%) Java
1 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (10.71%) DBS Check
2 2 (7.14%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.71%) WCAG
3 2 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Optimizely
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Sitecore