Content Strategy Contracts

Content Strategy
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 616 735
Rank change year-on-year +99 +119 -112
Contract jobs citing Content Strategy 67 81 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 58 85
10th Percentile £158 £312 £330
25th Percentile £307 £425 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +3.27%
75th Percentile £523 £505 £588
90th Percentile £574 £625 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £165 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -65.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - £23.35 -
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.63 £61.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £28.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -54.40% +74.83%
75th Percentile £25.75 £31.63 £63.75
90th Percentile - £32.45 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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 13 June 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 13 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
England +59 47 £400 -17.95% 39
London +62 31 £400 -20.00% 17
Work from Home +102 27 £425 -15.00% 16
UK excluding London +26 23 £165 -65.26% 23
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
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 23 (34.33%) CMS
2 3 (4.48%) Headless CMS
2 3 (4.48%) Jadu
3 2 (2.99%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (1.49%) Drupal
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.49%) SAS
4 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%) 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
2 1 (1.49%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.46%) Metadata
2 1 (1.49%) Big Data
2 1 (1.49%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
1 2 (2.99%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 14 (20.90%) Public Sector
2 13 (19.40%) Marketing
3 11 (16.42%) Publishing
3 11 (16.42%) Social Skills
4 10 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (10.45%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.97%) Legal
6 4 (5.97%) Local Government
6 4 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.48%) Advertising
7 3 (4.48%) Finance
8 2 (2.99%) Retail
8 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.49%) Banking
9 1 (1.49%) Billing
9 1 (1.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (46.27%) Designer
2 29 (43.28%) Content Designer
3 12 (17.91%) Senior
4 9 (13.43%) Senior Content Designer
4 9 (13.43%) Senior Designer
5 8 (11.94%) Author
5 8 (11.94%) Technical Author
6 6 (8.96%) Content Editor
7 3 (4.48%) Consultant
7 3 (4.48%) Digital Content Editor
7 3 (4.48%) Digital Editor
7 3 (4.48%) Lead
7 3 (4.48%) Product Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Web Content Editor
7 3 (4.48%) Web Editor
8 2 (2.99%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (2.99%) UI Designer
8 2 (2.99%) UI/UX Designer
8 2 (2.99%) User Experience Researcher
8 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 6 (8.96%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.46%) Social Media
3 4 (5.97%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.99%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.99%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.99%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.49%) Acoustics
6 1 (1.49%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.49%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (37.31%) User Experience
2 21 (31.34%) Agile
3 16 (23.88%) Analytics
3 16 (23.88%) Content Management
4 15 (22.39%) User Research
5 13 (19.40%) SEO
5 13 (19.40%) UX Design
6 12 (17.91%) User Stories
7 9 (13.43%) Computer Science
7 9 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (11.94%) SDLC
9 6 (8.96%) Digital Marketing
9 6 (8.96%) Strategic Thinking
9 6 (8.96%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 5 (7.46%) Community of Practice
10 5 (7.46%) Customer Experience
10 5 (7.46%) Roadmaps
11 4 (5.97%) Collaborative Working
11 4 (5.97%) Content Writing
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 4 (5.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.48%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.99%) MBA
7 1 (1.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (32.84%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.46%) WCAG
3 3 (4.48%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (2.99%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (14.93%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.94%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.46%) Optimizely
4 3 (4.48%) Google
5 2 (2.99%) Adobe
5 2 (2.99%) Sitecore