Content Strategy Contracts in the South East

Content Strategy
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 212 252
Rank change year-on-year +12 +40 -42
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 4 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.071% 0.053% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% 0.060% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £326 £324
25th Percentile - £349 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £403 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -5.29% -1.51%
75th Percentile - £459 £444
90th Percentile - £485 £490
England median daily rate £400 £494 £425
% change year-on-year -18.99% +16.18% -5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,681 5,025 6,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.11% 89.06% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,707 3,458 4,680
10th Percentile £260 £250 £230
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +0.10% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 217 274
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.14 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £22.16 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.72
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +141.77% -21.04%
75th Percentile £62.60 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%

Content Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Content Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Content Strategy in the South East

Content Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Strategy in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Content Strategy in the South East

Content Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Strategy in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Content Strategy in the South East

Content Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Thames Valley +15 3 - - 3
Berkshire -8 3 - -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Content Strategy
England

Content Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (25.00%) CMS
1 1 (25.00%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) 5G
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Big Data
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
General
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Billing
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Communications Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Drupal Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Information Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Web Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Web Information Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Social Media
2 1 (25.00%) Blog
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) SEO
2 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) B2B
2 2 (50.00%) Content Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Copywriting
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Brand Management
3 1 (25.00%) Co-Creation
3 1 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Information Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Monetization
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Web Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft