Content Development Contracts

Content Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Content Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Content Development over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 650 807
Rank change year-on-year +104 +157 -182
Contract jobs citing Content Development 30 34 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.060% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.082% 0.066% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 23 27
10th Percentile £145 £192 £310
25th Percentile £186 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +1.01% -1.00%
75th Percentile £406 £600 £500
90th Percentile £465 £650 £643
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -40.91% +2.33% +19.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 4
10th Percentile £47.63 - £19.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £20.18
Median hourly rate £57.50 £52.50 £32.70
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +60.55% +59.51%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £49.75
90th Percentile - - £53.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - £56.50
% change year-on-year - - +175.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Content Development 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

Content Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Content Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Content Development in the UK

Content Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Development.

Daily rate trend for Content Development in the UK

Content Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Development over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Content Development in the UK

Content Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Development.

Hourly rate trend for Content Development in the UK

Content Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Content Development over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Content Development in the UK

Content Development
Top 8 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 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
England +111 22 £393 -21.32% 27
UK excluding London +63 19 £325 -40.91% 20
East of England +16 10 - - 2
London +93 9 £375 -23.08% 11
Work from Home +118 8 £243 -53.64% 21
Scotland +37 7 £325 -43.48% 5
South East - 1 - - 3
South West - 1 £520 -

Content Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) CMS
2 1 (3.33%) Moodle
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Photoshop
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (10.00%) Camtasia
5 2 (6.67%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (6.67%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (6.67%) InDesign
5 2 (6.67%) Lectora
5 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (3.33%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (3.33%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (3.33%) InVision
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) SAP ERP
1 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.00%) Canva
2 3 (10.00%) MailChimp
2 3 (10.00%) Slack
3 2 (6.67%) Google Workspace
3 2 (6.67%) SurveyMonkey
3 2 (6.67%) Yammer
4 1 (3.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (3.33%) AWS
4 1 (3.33%) Google Analytics
4 1 (3.33%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (6.67%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (3.33%) Looker
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) Git
2 1 (3.33%) IntelliJ
General
1 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Marketing
3 6 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 6 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.67%) Advertising
6 2 (6.67%) Finance
6 2 (6.67%) Legal
6 2 (6.67%) Police
6 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.33%) Electronics
7 1 (3.33%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (3.33%) Publishing
7 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (20.00%) Architect
1 6 (20.00%) Data Architect
2 3 (10.00%) Communications Manager
2 3 (10.00%) Content Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Data Engineer
3 2 (6.67%) Designer
3 2 (6.67%) Developer
3 2 (6.67%) IT Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Learning Technologist
3 2 (6.67%) Technologist
4 1 (3.33%) Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Content Coordinator
4 1 (3.33%) Content Designer
4 1 (3.33%) Digital Communications Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Junior
4 1 (3.33%) Lead
4 1 (3.33%) Marketing Specialist
4 1 (3.33%) Programme Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Senior
4 1 (3.33%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) Flash
1 2 (6.67%) HTML
2 1 (3.33%) CSS
2 1 (3.33%) HTML5
2 1 (3.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Video Editing
2 3 (10.00%) e-Learning
3 2 (6.67%) Learning Management System
3 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.33%) Blog
4 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.33%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.33%) FMCG
4 1 (3.33%) IoT
4 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.33%) Photography
4 1 (3.33%) Podcast
4 1 (3.33%) SCORM
4 1 (3.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Project Management
2 11 (36.67%) Agile
3 10 (33.33%) Use Case
4 9 (30.00%) Data Management
4 9 (30.00%) Validation
4 9 (30.00%) Verification and Validation
5 6 (20.00%) Logistics
5 6 (20.00%) Scrum
5 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (16.67%) Wireframes
7 4 (13.33%) Channel Management
7 4 (13.33%) Data Protection
8 3 (10.00%) Copywriting
8 3 (10.00%) Email Marketing
8 3 (10.00%) Pedagogy
8 3 (10.00%) Programme Management
8 3 (10.00%) Supplier Management
8 3 (10.00%) Thought Leadership
9 2 (6.67%) Digital Strategy
9 2 (6.67%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) Java
2 7 (23.33%) SQL
3 2 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.67%) PMO
2 2 (6.67%) QA
3 1 (3.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Adobe
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.67%) Google
4 1 (3.33%) SAP