Content Development Jobs in the UK excluding London

Content Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Content Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Content Development over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 727 747
Rank change year-on-year +179 +20 -10
Permanent jobs citing Content Development 32 48 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.082% 0.065% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.088% 0.079% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 13 30 8
10th Percentile - £29,750 -
25th Percentile £29,500 £35,000 £45,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -17.65% +0.54%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £52,594
90th Percentile £58,250 £75,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £43,116 £60,500
% change year-on-year -1.43% -28.73% +15.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Content Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,163 61,036 55,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.74% 82.48% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17,188 42,006 28,807
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,336 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Content Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Content Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Content Development in the UK excluding London

Content Development
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Content Development in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Content Development in the UK excluding London

Content Development
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Content Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Content Development in the UK excluding London

Content Development
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Content Development within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +71 12 £42,500 -58.54% 8
South East +99 11 £33,000 +4.76% 11
West Midlands +66 11 £42,500 -58.54% 4
North of England +23 4 £45,000 +21.62% 8
Scotland +120 3 - -
Yorkshire +40 3 £47,500 +28.38% 3
East of England +38 1 - - 3
North West +4 1 £42,500 -15.00% 5
East Midlands - 1 £47,500 - 4
Wales - 1 - - 2
Content Development
UK

Content Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (34.38%) CMS
2 4 (12.50%) Drupal
3 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (25.00%) Chatbot
2 4 (12.50%) Adobe Premiere
2 4 (12.50%) Photoshop
3 1 (3.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.13%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Google Analytics
2 1 (3.13%) Figma
General
1 13 (40.63%) Marketing
2 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (18.75%) Advertising
4 6 (18.75%) Finance
5 4 (12.50%) Legal
6 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.13%) Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Electronics
7 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.13%) Publishing
7 1 (3.13%) Tech for Good
7 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Developer
2 8 (25.00%) Trainer
3 6 (18.75%) PPC Executive
3 6 (18.75%) Product Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Change Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Communications Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (3.13%) e-Learning Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Hardware Specialist
5 1 (3.13%) Product Owner
5 1 (3.13%) Product Specialist
5 1 (3.13%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Technical Developer
5 1 (3.13%) Technical Writer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Blog
1 4 (12.50%) Social Media
2 2 (6.25%) FMCG
2 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.13%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (3.13%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Digital Marketing
2 10 (31.25%) Analytics
2 10 (31.25%) Pay per click
3 8 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 8 (25.00%) Conversational UI
4 6 (18.75%) Business Development
4 6 (18.75%) Chemistry
4 6 (18.75%) Competitor Analysis
4 6 (18.75%) Multivariate Testing
4 6 (18.75%) Paid Search
4 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (18.75%) Web Analytics
5 4 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 4 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 4 (12.50%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (12.50%) Multichannel Marketing
5 4 (12.50%) OpenUP
5 4 (12.50%) SEO
5 4 (12.50%) User Experience
6 3 (9.38%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Degree
2 8 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 8 (25.00%) PhD
3 6 (18.75%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) Google
2 8 (25.00%) PayPal
3 4 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.25%) Infor
5 1 (3.13%) Adobe
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.13%) SAP