Content Management Contracts

Content Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Content Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Content Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 409 466 477
Rank change year-on-year +57 +11 -61
Contract jobs citing Content Management 192 262 428
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.44% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.49% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 181 293
10th Percentile £198 £313 £272
25th Percentile £331 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% +2.80% +17.65%
75th Percentile £599 £610 £598
90th Percentile £728 £712 £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £434 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -13.30% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 2
10th Percentile £19.31 £16.77 £26.30
25th Percentile £24.50 £21.25 £34.42
Median hourly rate £29.50 £22.75 £47.95
Median % change year-on-year +29.67% -52.55% +125.62%
75th Percentile £32.30 £30.00 £61.47
90th Percentile £32.75 £43.03 £69.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.38 £19.64 -
% change year-on-year -1.32% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Content Management 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 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Content Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +67 164 £523 -0.48% 130
London +65 102 £525 -4.55% 44
UK excluding London +46 73 £434 -13.30% 90
Work from Home +53 67 £455 -15.30% 50
North of England +40 26 £481 +6.94% 22
Midlands +34 16 £570 +28.45% 14
Yorkshire +25 15 £283 -33.53% 7
Scotland +38 14 £179 -52.31% 7
West Midlands +38 13 £525 +18.31% 6
North West +18 10 £500 - 13
South East +16 10 £525 -15.32% 30
South West +9 8 £375 -11.76% 11
East Midlands - 2 £704 - 8
North East +20 1 £650 +20.93% 3
East of England +1 1 - - 10

Content Management
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
1 111 (57.81%) CMS
2 28 (14.58%) SharePoint
3 16 (8.33%) Drupal
4 13 (6.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 11 (5.73%) WordPress
6 8 (4.17%) Confluence
7 6 (3.13%) Headless CMS
8 3 (1.56%) Umbraco
9 2 (1.04%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.52%) Apache
10 1 (0.52%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.52%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.52%) IIS
10 1 (0.52%) Jadu
10 1 (0.52%) Joomla!
10 1 (0.52%) Liferay
10 1 (0.52%) Papyrus
10 1 (0.52%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (6.25%) Photoshop
2 11 (5.73%) Adobe Illustrator
2 11 (5.73%) MS Visio
3 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.13%) PTC Creo
5 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (1.56%) Acrobat
6 3 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (1.56%) Windchill
7 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (4.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (2.08%) Magento
2 4 (2.08%) SAP Hybris
3 3 (1.56%) Adobe Campaign
3 3 (1.56%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.04%) Workfront
5 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.52%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.46%) Azure
2 14 (7.29%) AWS
3 11 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.73%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (3.13%) SaaS
5 5 (2.60%) Adobe Analytics
5 5 (2.60%) GCP
6 4 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (2.08%) Figma
6 4 (2.08%) GitHub
6 4 (2.08%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 4 (2.08%) Serverless
7 3 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.56%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (1.56%) Contentstack
7 3 (1.56%) Google Docs
7 3 (1.56%) Miro
7 3 (1.56%) Squarespace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (10.42%) Intranet
2 4 (2.08%) Internet
3 2 (1.04%) Firewall
4 1 (0.52%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.33%) Metadata
2 12 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.21%) Relational Database
4 9 (4.69%) RDBMS
5 8 (4.17%) Data Vault
5 8 (4.17%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.17%) Pentaho
5 8 (4.17%) Power BI
5 8 (4.17%) Qlik Sense
5 8 (4.17%) QlikView
5 8 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.56%) Looker
6 3 (1.56%) OLAP
6 3 (1.56%) OLTP
7 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.52%) Jackrabbit
7 1 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (8.33%) JIRA
2 2 (1.04%) kappa
2 2 (1.04%) WiX
3 1 (0.52%) Git
General
1 77 (40.10%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.31%) Public Sector
3 38 (19.79%) Marketing
4 29 (15.10%) Publishing
5 19 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (8.33%) Finance
7 14 (7.29%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (7.29%) Retail
8 13 (6.77%) Manufacturing
9 10 (5.21%) Telecoms
10 8 (4.17%) Electronics
11 6 (3.13%) French Language
11 6 (3.13%) German Language
11 6 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.08%) Banking
13 3 (1.56%) Back Office
14 2 (1.04%) Automotive
14 2 (1.04%) Games
15 1 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 40 (20.83%) Architect
2 34 (17.71%) Developer
3 29 (15.10%) Senior
4 20 (10.42%) Data Architect
4 20 (10.42%) Designer
5 18 (9.38%) Content Designer
6 17 (8.85%) Senior Developer
7 10 (5.21%) Consultant
7 10 (5.21%) Lead
8 8 (4.17%) Senior Software Developer
8 8 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (4.17%) Technical Writer
9 7 (3.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 7 (3.65%) ServiceNow Architect
9 7 (3.65%) Software Developer
10 6 (3.13%) Analyst
11 5 (2.60%) Business Analyst
11 5 (2.60%) Content Manager
11 5 (2.60%) Enterprise Architect
11 5 (2.60%) Enterprise Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.42%) HTML
2 12 (6.25%) XML
3 11 (5.73%) .NET
4 7 (3.65%) CSS
4 7 (3.65%) React
5 5 (2.60%) JSON
5 5 (2.60%) REST
6 4 (2.08%) HTML5
6 4 (2.08%) Web Services
7 3 (1.56%) DHTML
7 3 (1.56%) Middleware
7 3 (1.56%) SOAP
8 2 (1.04%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.04%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.04%) ADO
8 2 (1.04%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.04%) Flash
9 1 (0.52%) Blazor
9 1 (0.52%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.52%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.42%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.29%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (7.29%) Product Ownership
3 13 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (5.73%) Social Media
5 9 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (4.69%) Onboarding
6 8 (4.17%) Reference Data
7 6 (3.13%) CMDB
8 4 (2.08%) Handset
8 4 (2.08%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.56%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.56%) Graphic Design
9 3 (1.56%) Taxonomies
10 2 (1.04%) e-Learning
10 2 (1.04%) Learning Management System
10 2 (1.04%) Life Science
10 2 (1.04%) Wiki
11 1 (0.52%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.08%) Android
2 3 (1.56%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.52%) Windows
3 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (28.65%) Agile
2 31 (16.15%) Analytics
3 29 (15.10%) User Experience
4 28 (14.58%) Design Patterns
4 28 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (13.54%) Project Management
5 26 (13.54%) SEO
6 22 (11.46%) SDLC
7 20 (10.42%) Database Optimisation
7 20 (10.42%) Digital Marketing
7 20 (10.42%) Roadmaps
8 19 (9.90%) Architectural Patterns
8 19 (9.90%) Software Engineering
9 18 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (9.38%) E-Commerce
10 16 (8.33%) Data Architecture
10 16 (8.33%) Project Delivery
11 15 (7.81%) CRM
12 14 (7.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (7.29%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 38 (19.79%) JavaScript
2 28 (14.58%) Java
3 27 (14.06%) SQL
4 26 (13.54%) C#
5 20 (10.42%) PowerShell
6 8 (4.17%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.08%) Python
8 2 (1.04%) Bicep
9 1 (0.52%) C
9 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (20.31%) Degree
2 20 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.29%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.56%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.04%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.52%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.38%) Accessibility
2 16 (8.33%) PCI DSS
3 15 (7.81%) QA
4 4 (2.08%) PMO
4 4 (2.08%) WCAG
5 2 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.04%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.04%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.52%) DICOM
6 1 (0.52%) GDPR
6 1 (0.52%) HL7
6 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.52%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.52%) AppManager
2 1 (0.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (15.10%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.42%) Adobe
3 18 (9.38%) ServiceNow
4 12 (6.25%) Google
5 11 (5.73%) SAP
6 9 (4.69%) Sparx
7 8 (4.17%) Informatica
7 8 (4.17%) Oracle
8 7 (3.65%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.60%) Marketo
10 4 (2.08%) Optimizely
11 3 (1.56%) PTC
12 2 (1.04%) Instagram
12 2 (1.04%) Pardot
12 2 (1.04%) Virgin Media
13 1 (0.52%) Facebook
13 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 1 (0.52%) TikTok
13 1 (0.52%) TSYS
13 1 (0.52%) YouTube