Content Strategy Contracts

Content Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Content Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Content Strategy 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 509 621 729
Rank change year-on-year +112 +108 -146
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 67 63 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 44 87
10th Percentile £158 £333 £363
25th Percentile £307 £460 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +11.25%
75th Percentile £520 £524 £594
90th Percentile £574 £634 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £165 £485 £425
% change year-on-year -65.98% +14.12% +28.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - £23.35 £24.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.63 £37.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £28.50 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -34.48% +24.29%
75th Percentile £25.75 £31.63 £63.75
90th Percentile - £32.45 £64.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Content Strategy 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 Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Strategy in the UK

Content Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Content Strategy in the UK

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Content Strategy in the UK

Content Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Content Strategy in the UK

Content Strategy
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 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 +107 50 £400 -20.00% 48
London +95 33 £413 -17.50% 25
Work from Home +110 27 £425 -15.00% 25
UK excluding London +56 21 £165 -65.98% 26
North of England +32 9 £165 -68.27% 10
North West +27 9 £165 - 5
Scotland +38 7 £438 -25.53% 2
South East +14 3 - - 7
Midlands +25 2 £600 +20.60% 3
West Midlands +24 2 £600 +20.60% 2

Content Strategy
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 21 (31.34%) CMS
2 4 (5.97%) Headless CMS
3 3 (4.48%) Jadu
4 2 (2.99%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (1.49%) Drupal
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (1.49%) SAS
5 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (14.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.49%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.96%) Figma
2 4 (5.97%) Google Analytics
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.99%) ChatGPT
4 2 (2.99%) Miro
5 1 (1.49%) Azure
5 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.49%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.49%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.97%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) Metadata
2 2 (2.99%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
1 2 (2.99%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 14 (20.90%) Marketing
2 13 (19.40%) Public Sector
3 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (16.42%) Social Skills
4 9 (13.43%) Publishing
5 4 (5.97%) Finance
5 4 (5.97%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Local Government
5 4 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.48%) Legal
6 3 (4.48%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.99%) Advertising
7 2 (2.99%) Banking
8 1 (1.49%) Law
8 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (44.78%) Designer
2 28 (41.79%) Content Designer
3 9 (13.43%) Senior
4 8 (11.94%) Author
4 8 (11.94%) Technical Author
5 6 (8.96%) Content Editor
5 6 (8.96%) Senior Content Designer
5 6 (8.96%) Senior Designer
6 3 (4.48%) Consultant
6 3 (4.48%) Digital Content Editor
6 3 (4.48%) Digital Editor
6 3 (4.48%) Lead
6 3 (4.48%) Product Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Web Content Editor
6 3 (4.48%) Web Editor
7 2 (2.99%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (2.99%) UI Designer
7 2 (2.99%) UI/UX Designer
7 2 (2.99%) User Experience Researcher
7 2 (2.99%) Web Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.97%) HTML
2 3 (4.48%) CSS
3 2 (2.99%) jQuery
3 2 (2.99%) Web Services
4 1 (1.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) Social Media
2 6 (8.96%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.97%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.99%) Blog
5 2 (2.99%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.99%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.49%) Acoustics
6 1 (1.49%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.49%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (38.81%) User Experience
2 18 (26.87%) Agile
3 16 (23.88%) Analytics
3 16 (23.88%) SEO
4 15 (22.39%) User Research
5 14 (20.90%) Content Management
5 14 (20.90%) UX Design
6 9 (13.43%) Computer Science
6 9 (13.43%) User Stories
7 8 (11.94%) Digital Marketing
7 8 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (11.94%) SDLC
8 7 (10.45%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 6 (8.96%) Copywriting
9 6 (8.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (7.46%) B2B
10 5 (7.46%) Customer Experience
10 5 (7.46%) Roadmaps
11 4 (5.97%) Collaborative Working
11 4 (5.97%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.48%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.49%) C#
2 1 (1.49%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (23.88%) Degree
2 8 (11.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (7.46%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.48%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.99%) MBA
6 1 (1.49%) PhD
6 1 (1.49%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (29.85%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.97%) WCAG
3 2 (2.99%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (2.99%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.94%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.46%) Optimizely
4 4 (5.97%) Google
5 2 (2.99%) Adobe
5 2 (2.99%) Sitecore