Content Development Contracts in the UK excluding London

Content Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Content Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Content Development over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 398 451
Rank change year-on-year +76 +53 +57
Contract jobs citing Content Development 11 12 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.057% 0.056%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% 0.067% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 9
10th Percentile £307 £145 £470
25th Percentile £325 £158 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £313 £600
Median % change year-on-year +26.36% -47.92% +11.63%
75th Percentile £454 £491 £750
90th Percentile £478 £506 £788
UK median daily rate £495 £325 £525
% change year-on-year +52.31% -38.10% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +29.63%

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 11,441 17,931 22,579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.51% 85.27% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,287 10,945 15,686
10th Percentile £243 £238 £250
25th Percentile £376 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £689
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 754 1,940 1,386
10th Percentile £14.86 £12.34 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.12 £16.22
Median hourly rate £30.62 £31.80 £36.13
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% -11.97% +81.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £71.25 £70.53
UK median hourly rate £31.64 £32.50 £36.65
% change year-on-year -2.65% -11.33% +47.41%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Content Development in the UK excluding London

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 2 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Development in the UK excluding London

Content Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Content Development in the UK excluding London

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 2 April 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
Midlands - 5 £500 - 20
South West +37 4 £395 -24.06% 10
West Midlands - 4 - - 13
Scotland +10 1 - - 5
North of England - 1 £330 - 20
Yorkshire - 1 £330 - 10
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 6
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 1 (9.09%) CMS
1 1 (9.09%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Google Analytics
2 3 (27.27%) Adobe Analytics
2 3 (27.27%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Marketing
4 3 (27.27%) Brand Awareness
4 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
5 2 (18.18%) Local Government
5 2 (18.18%) Multimedia
6 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Billing
6 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Publishing
6 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Trainer
2 3 (27.27%) Campaign Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Content Editor
2 3 (27.27%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) SAP Trainer
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Developer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Trainer
4 1 (9.09%) Process Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Content Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) e-Learning
2 3 (27.27%) Social Media
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Media
3 1 (9.09%) Learning Management System
3 1 (9.09%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Analytics
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) B2B
2 3 (27.27%) Campaign Management
2 3 (27.27%) Data Analytics
2 3 (27.27%) Demand Generation
2 3 (27.27%) Instructional Design
2 3 (27.27%) Intelligent Automation
2 3 (27.27%) Lead Generation
2 3 (27.27%) Marketing Automation
2 3 (27.27%) Multichannel Marketing
2 3 (27.27%) Performance Measurement
2 3 (27.27%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
2 3 (27.27%) Storytelling
2 3 (27.27%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (9.09%) Content Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Indirect Procurement
4 1 (9.09%) Link Building
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (9.09%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) SAP
2 4 (36.36%) Ariba
2 4 (36.36%) Google
3 3 (27.27%) Adobe