Content Writing Jobs

Content Writing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Content Writing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Content Writing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 860 890 1194
Rank change year-on-year +30 +304 -283
Permanent jobs citing Content Writing 62 55 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.059% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.069% 0.062% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 48 11 29
10th Percentile £22,025 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £38,500 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £37,500 £61,875 £61,219
90th Percentile £39,397 £75,000 £67,240
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £26,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.15% -56.67% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Content Writing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Content Writing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Writing in the UK

Content Writing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Content Writing.

Salary trend for Content Writing in the UK

Content Writing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Content Writing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Content Writing in the UK

Content Writing
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Content Writing within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +30 56 £31,500 -37.00% 34
UK excluding London -50 45 £31,500 +21.15% 23
Work from Home +72 23 £32,500 -54.39% 19
London +64 15 £45,000 -10.00% 6
North of England +37 15 £27,500 - 13
South East - 13 £27,500 - 3
North West - 8 £26,750 - 6
Midlands -25 7 £37,500 +20.97% 5
Yorkshire - 7 £31,500 - 4
Scotland - 6 £32,500 - 1
West Midlands -6 5 £37,500 +20.97% 1
East of England -34 3 £31,500 -
East Midlands - 2 - - 4
South West -31 1 £37,500 +44.23% 1

Content Writing
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 6 (9.68%) CMS
2 5 (8.06%) WordPress
3 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.84%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (4.84%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.74%) Google Analytics
2 3 (4.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 3 (4.84%) Canva
2 3 (4.84%) Google Ads
2 3 (4.84%) SaaS
3 1 (1.61%) Azure
3 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.61%) MailChimp
3 1 (1.61%) Miro
3 1 (1.61%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Git
1 2 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 50 (80.65%) Marketing
2 14 (22.58%) Finance
3 13 (20.97%) Advertising
4 12 (19.35%) Social Skills
5 10 (16.13%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (14.52%) French Language
6 9 (14.52%) Publishing
7 8 (12.90%) Banking
8 4 (6.45%) Law
8 4 (6.45%) Manufacturing
9 3 (4.84%) Billing
9 3 (4.84%) Telecoms
10 2 (3.23%) Back Office
11 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (1.61%) Automotive
11 1 (1.61%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (1.61%) Legal
11 1 (1.61%) Multimedia
11 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (20.97%) Content Manager
2 8 (12.90%) Copywriter
3 5 (8.06%) SEO Copywriter
3 5 (8.06%) Software Engineer
4 4 (6.45%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (6.45%) Content Coordinator
4 4 (6.45%) Coordinator
5 3 (4.84%) Developer
5 3 (4.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 2 (3.23%) Bid Writer
6 2 (3.23%) Content Designer
6 2 (3.23%) Designer
6 2 (3.23%) Marketing Executive
6 2 (3.23%) Senior
7 1 (1.61%) Creative Copywriter
7 1 (1.61%) Digital Content Manager
7 1 (1.61%) Documentation Author
7 1 (1.61%) Lead
7 1 (1.61%) Senior Communications Officer
7 1 (1.61%) Website Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) HTML
1 5 (8.06%) WPF
2 4 (6.45%) CSS
2 4 (6.45%) DirectX
2 4 (6.45%) OpenGL
2 4 (6.45%) WebGL
3 3 (4.84%) HTML5
4 1 (1.61%) .NET
4 1 (1.61%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (1.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (51.61%) Social Media
2 17 (27.42%) Blog
3 8 (12.90%) Algorithms
4 4 (6.45%) Video Editing
5 2 (3.23%) Animation
5 2 (3.23%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.61%) Podcast
6 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.61%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.61%) Linux
1 1 (1.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (54.84%) SEO
2 16 (25.81%) Copywriting
3 15 (24.19%) B2B
4 13 (20.97%) Project Management
5 12 (19.35%) Analytics
5 12 (19.35%) Digital Marketing
6 10 (16.13%) Business Strategy
7 9 (14.52%) Critical Thinking
8 8 (12.90%) B2C
8 8 (12.90%) Content Management
8 8 (12.90%) E-Commerce
8 8 (12.90%) Economics
8 8 (12.90%) Marketing Strategy
9 7 (11.29%) Content Strategy
9 7 (11.29%) Time Management
10 6 (9.68%) Thought Leadership
11 5 (8.06%) Content Development
11 5 (8.06%) Lead Generation
11 5 (8.06%) Software Engineering
12 4 (6.45%) Pay per click
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.45%) C
1 4 (6.45%) C#
1 4 (6.45%) C++
2 1 (1.61%) MATLAB
2 1 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (38.71%) Degree
2 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Docker
Vendors
1 11 (17.74%) Google
2 6 (9.68%) Adobe
3 4 (6.45%) Progress
4 3 (4.84%) Twitter
5 2 (3.23%) Facebook
6 1 (1.61%) Hootsuite
6 1 (1.61%) YouTube