Content Strategy Contracts with Work from Home Options

Content Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 421 547
Rank change year-on-year +103 +126 -99
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 28 44 70
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.20% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 38 51
10th Percentile £327 £435 £389
25th Percentile £400 £461 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £449 £520 £620
90th Percentile £553 £600 £688
UK median daily rate £400 £500 £461
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.40% +7.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,810 21,655 40,201
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.61% 89.64% 91.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,641 15,361 29,229
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 502 523
10th Percentile £14.88 £18.49 £14.30
25th Percentile £24.13 £25.80 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

Content Strategy
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Content Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Content Strategy trend for jobs with a WFH option

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Content Strategy.

Content Strategy daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Content Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Content Strategy over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Content Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Content Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (46.43%) CMS
2 3 (10.71%) Jadu
3 2 (7.14%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (3.57%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Figma
2 2 (7.14%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.57%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 8 (28.57%) Publishing
2 5 (17.86%) Marketing
2 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Local Government
5 2 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Advertising
6 1 (3.57%) Law
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) Designer
2 17 (60.71%) Content Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Content Editor
3 3 (10.71%) Lead
3 3 (10.71%) Senior
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Content Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Web Content Editor
3 3 (10.71%) Web Editor
4 2 (7.14%) Product Designer
4 2 (7.14%) UI Designer
4 2 (7.14%) UI/UX Designer
4 2 (7.14%) UX Designer
5 1 (3.57%) CMS Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) CMS Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Copywriter
5 1 (3.57%) Developer
5 1 (3.57%) SEO Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Social Media Copywriter
5 1 (3.57%) Social Media Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) CSS
1 1 (3.57%) HTML
1 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
1 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.57%) Social Media
2 1 (3.57%) Taxonomies
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) User Experience
2 11 (39.29%) Agile
3 9 (32.14%) Content Management
4 8 (28.57%) User Research
4 8 (28.57%) UX Design
5 6 (21.43%) SEO
6 5 (17.86%) Analytics
6 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 3 (10.71%) Copywriting
8 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (10.71%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (10.71%) User Stories
9 2 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (7.14%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 2 (7.14%) Information Architecture
9 2 (7.14%) Migration
9 2 (7.14%) Performance Measurement
9 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 2 (7.14%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) C#
1 1 (3.57%) Java
1 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (10.71%) DBS Check
3 2 (7.14%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (46.43%) Accessibility
2 4 (14.29%) WCAG
3 2 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Optimizely
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Sitecore