Content Strategy Contracts in the UK excluding London

Content Strategy
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 378 404 470
Rank change year-on-year +26 +66 -49
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 23 26 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 29
10th Percentile - £311 £373
25th Percentile £158 £447 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -65.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £450 £531 £500
90th Percentile £596 £600 £630
UK median daily rate £400 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +3.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Content Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Content Strategy in the UK excluding London

Content Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Content Strategy in the UK excluding London

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Content Strategy in the UK excluding London

Content Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Content Strategy in the UK excluding London

Content Strategy
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 Strategy within the UK excluding London 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
Scotland +56 10 £425 -29.17% 1
North of England +18 9 £165 -65.26% 13
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 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 10 (43.48%) CMS
2 1 (4.35%) Drupal
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) 5G
1 1 (4.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) Metadata
2 1 (4.35%) Big Data
General
1 9 (39.13%) Public Sector
2 7 (30.43%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Marketing
4 4 (17.39%) Publishing
5 2 (8.70%) Legal
5 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Advertising
6 1 (4.35%) Billing
6 1 (4.35%) Finance
6 1 (4.35%) Local Government
6 1 (4.35%) Retail
6 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Content Designer
1 10 (43.48%) Designer
2 8 (34.78%) Author
2 8 (34.78%) Technical Author
3 7 (30.43%) Senior
3 7 (30.43%) Senior Content Designer
3 7 (30.43%) Senior Designer
4 2 (8.70%) Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) E-Commerce Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Web Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Drupal Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Information Architect
5 1 (4.35%) SEO Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Web Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Web Information Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Social Media
2 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.35%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Agile
1 9 (39.13%) User Stories
2 8 (34.78%) Computer Science
2 8 (34.78%) Content Management
2 8 (34.78%) SDLC
3 5 (21.74%) Analytics
3 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Coaching
4 4 (17.39%) Community of Practice
4 4 (17.39%) SEO
4 4 (17.39%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (17.39%) Technical Debt
5 3 (13.04%) Marketing Strategy
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.04%) User Research
6 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (8.70%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (8.70%) Digital Strategy
6 2 (8.70%) E-Commerce
6 2 (8.70%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (34.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) Accessibility
2 3 (13.04%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (4.35%) WCAG
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
1 8 (34.78%) ServiceNow