Content Strategist Jobs

Content Strategist
UK

The median Content Strategist salary in the UK is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 703 907 961
Rank change year-on-year +204 +54 +267
Permanent jobs requiring a Content Strategist 6 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.005% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.005% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,135 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,324 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.39% -34.34% -
75th Percentile £38,750 £45,054 £71,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Content Strategist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Content Strategist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Content Strategist in the UK

Content Strategist
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Content Strategist.

Salary trend for Content Strategist in the UK

Content Strategist
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Content Strategist within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +161 6 £37,500 -15.39% 71
Work from Home +122 6 £37,500 -15.39% 3
London +117 6 £37,500 -15.39% 5

Content Strategist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Content Strategist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Content Strategist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Marketing
1 6 (100.00%) Content Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Figma
2 4 (66.67%) Storytelling
2 4 (66.67%) Google Docs
2 4 (66.67%) Google Sheets
2 4 (66.67%) Miro
2 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (66.67%) Wireframes
2 4 (66.67%) Slack
2 4 (66.67%) Content Marketing
2 4 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (66.67%) Innovative Thinking
2 4 (66.67%) Copywriting
2 4 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (66.67%) Data Privacy
2 4 (66.67%) B2B
2 4 (66.67%) B2C
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) SEO
2 4 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Google
2 4 (66.67%) Pay per click
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience

Content Strategist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Figma
1 4 (66.67%) Google Docs
1 4 (66.67%) Google Sheets
1 4 (66.67%) Miro
1 4 (66.67%) Slack
General
1 6 (100.00%) Marketing
2 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Content Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) B2B
2 4 (66.67%) B2C
2 4 (66.67%) Content Marketing
2 4 (66.67%) Copywriting
2 4 (66.67%) Data Privacy
2 4 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (66.67%) Innovative Thinking
2 4 (66.67%) Pay per click
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) SEO
2 4 (66.67%) Storytelling
2 4 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (66.67%) Wireframes
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Google