Content Strategy Contracts in England

Content Strategy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Content Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Content Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 503 562 720
Rank change year-on-year +59 +158 -143
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 47 74 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.16% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.18% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 51 49
10th Percentile £158 £310 £322
25th Percentile £200 £420 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +14.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £488
90th Percentile £585 £625 £578
UK median daily rate £400 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +3.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - £23.35 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.63 £61.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £28.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -54.40% +74.83%
75th Percentile £25.75 £31.63 £63.75
90th Percentile - £32.45 -
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £28.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -10.53% -54.40% +74.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Content Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Content Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Strategy in England.

Daily rate trend for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Strategy in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Strategy in England.

Hourly rate trend for Content Strategy in England

Content Strategy
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
London +62 31 £400 -20.00% 17
North of England +18 9 £165 -65.26% 14
North West +17 9 £165 -64.80% 5
West Midlands +17 2 £600 +26.32%
Midlands +16 2 £600 +26.32% 2
South East +12 2 - - 2
Content Strategy
UK

Content Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (27.66%) CMS
2 3 (6.38%) Headless CMS
2 3 (6.38%) Jadu
3 2 (4.26%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.13%) Drupal
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (2.13%) SAS
4 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.13%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Figma
2 4 (8.51%) Google Analytics
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.26%) Miro
5 1 (2.13%) Azure
5 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.13%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) Intranet
2 1 (2.13%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Big Data
1 1 (2.13%) Looker
1 1 (2.13%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
1 2 (4.26%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 12 (25.53%) Marketing
2 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
4 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.51%) Legal
5 4 (8.51%) Local Government
5 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Advertising
6 3 (6.38%) Finance
6 3 (6.38%) Publishing
7 2 (4.26%) Retail
7 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.13%) Banking
8 1 (2.13%) Billing
8 1 (2.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Designer
2 10 (21.28%) Content Designer
3 8 (17.02%) Author
3 8 (17.02%) Technical Author
4 6 (12.77%) Content Editor
5 4 (8.51%) Senior
6 3 (6.38%) Consultant
6 3 (6.38%) Digital Content Editor
6 3 (6.38%) Digital Editor
6 3 (6.38%) Product Manager
6 3 (6.38%) Web Content Editor
6 3 (6.38%) Web Editor
7 2 (4.26%) Content Strategist
7 2 (4.26%) E-Commerce Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (4.26%) UI Designer
7 2 (4.26%) UI/UX Designer
7 2 (4.26%) User Experience Researcher
7 2 (4.26%) UX Designer
7 2 (4.26%) Web Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) HTML
2 3 (6.38%) CSS
3 2 (4.26%) jQuery
3 2 (4.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Onboarding
2 5 (10.64%) Social Media
3 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
4 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.26%) Digital Media
5 2 (4.26%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.13%) Acoustics
6 1 (2.13%) Blog
6 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.13%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) User Experience
2 15 (31.91%) Analytics
3 12 (25.53%) SEO
4 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
5 8 (17.02%) Agile
5 8 (17.02%) SDLC
6 7 (14.89%) User Research
6 7 (14.89%) UX Design
7 6 (12.77%) Content Management
7 6 (12.77%) Digital Marketing
8 5 (10.64%) Customer Experience
8 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
8 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (8.51%) A/B Testing
9 4 (8.51%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (8.51%) Content Writing
9 4 (8.51%) Copywriting
9 4 (8.51%) Product Management
9 4 (8.51%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.13%) C#
2 1 (2.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (34.04%) Degree
2 8 (17.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (10.64%) Master's Degree
4 3 (6.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.38%) DBS Check
5 2 (4.26%) MBA
6 1 (2.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.02%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.26%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.02%) ServiceNow
3 5 (10.64%) Optimizely
4 3 (6.38%) Google
5 2 (4.26%) Adobe
5 2 (4.26%) Sitecore