Content Development Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Content Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Content Development skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 332 413
Rank change year-on-year -22 +81 +88
Contract jobs citing Content Development 17 35 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.20% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.24% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 5
10th Percentile - £313 £448
25th Percentile £150 £363 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £390 £575
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -32.17% -14.81%
75th Percentile £454 £400 £750
90th Percentile £520 £538 £752
UK median daily rate £454 £445 £391
% change year-on-year +2.02% +13.81% -21.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £44.38 £52.50 -
25th Percentile £44.56 £54.38 £62.50
Median hourly rate £48.25 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.58% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £52.06 - £68.44
90th Percentile £52.33 - £69.38
UK median hourly rate £48.25 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -19.58% -7.69% -4.41%

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 contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,680 14,814 19,198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.21% 82.92% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,228 8,594 12,672
10th Percentile £235 £250 £261
25th Percentile £368 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £660 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,416 1,236 1,262
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.95 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £43.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.67% +7.50% +73.91%
75th Percentile £42.18 £66.15 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.13 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Content Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Content Development

Content Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Development in the UK excluding London

Content Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Content Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Content Development

Content Development
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Development within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -16 6 £150 -62.50% 3
Scotland -2 4 £454 +21.07%
Midlands -7 4 - -
West Midlands -12 4 - -
South East +13 3 £500 -14.89% 8
Yorkshire -12 3 £150 - 1
North West -17 3 £450 +12.50% 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 2 (11.76%) CMS
1 2 (11.76%) Umbraco
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Adobe Analytics
1 3 (17.65%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) HTTP
2 2 (11.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Elasticsearch
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Brand Awareness
2 3 (17.65%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Billing
3 1 (5.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Designer
2 4 (23.53%) Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Campaign Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Content Editor
5 1 (5.88%) Development Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) IT Trainer
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Trainer
5 1 (5.88%) Web Content Editor
5 1 (5.88%) Web Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) REST
1 2 (11.76%) SOAP
2 1 (5.88%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) e-Learning
1 3 (17.65%) Learning Management System
1 3 (17.65%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (17.65%) Security Operations Centre
1 3 (17.65%) Social Media
2 2 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
1 3 (17.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Analytics
1 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (29.41%) Incident Response
2 5 (29.41%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 5 (29.41%) SIEM
3 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (23.53%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (17.65%) B2B
4 3 (17.65%) Campaign Management
4 3 (17.65%) Coaching
4 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
4 3 (17.65%) Intelligent Automation
4 3 (17.65%) Marketing Automation
4 3 (17.65%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (17.65%) SOAR
4 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) Storytelling
4 3 (17.65%) Use Case
4 3 (17.65%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Python
1 3 (17.65%) Shell Script
2 2 (11.76%) Search Processing Language
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Accessibility
2 3 (17.65%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Splunk
2 3 (17.65%) Adobe
2 3 (17.65%) Google
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) ArcSight
4 1 (5.88%) Ariba
4 1 (5.88%) SAP
4 1 (5.88%) Sitecore
4 1 (5.88%) Virgin Media