Content Editor Contracts in the UK excluding London

Content Editor
UK > UK excluding London

The median Content Editor daily rate in the UK excluding London is £371, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 408 503
Rank change year-on-year +42 +95 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Content Editor 3 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.018% 0.024% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.025% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile - £145 £315
25th Percentile - - £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £371 £200 £350
Median % change year-on-year +85.61% -42.86% +55.56%
75th Percentile £398 £294 £394
90th Percentile £414 £320 £420
UK median daily rate £386 £247 £565
% change year-on-year +56.43% -56.37% +151.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,430 19,609 28,575
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 93.93% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,847 13,032 20,128
10th Percentile £220 £213 £215
25th Percentile £375 £381 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 1,268 1,341
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.25 £12.48
25th Percentile £19.41 £18.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +89.36% +31.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £70.30
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Content Editor
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Content Editor in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Content Editor in the UK excluding London

Content Editor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Content Editor in the UK excluding London

Content Editor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Content Editor in the UK excluding London

Content Editor
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 Editor within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
South West +27 2 £371 +222.80% 8
Scotland - 1 £400 -
Content Editor
UK

Content Editor Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Content Editor contract 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 contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Content Editor in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Video Editing
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) Ariba
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Drupal
2 1 (33.33%) WordPress
2 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Content Writing
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Publishing
2 1 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government

Content Editor Skill Set
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 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Drupal
1 1 (33.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Content Management
1 1 (33.33%) Content Writing
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Ariba
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft