Content Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Content Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Content Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 63 68
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +41
Contract jobs citing Content Management 3 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.47% 0.49% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.52% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 9
10th Percentile - - £175
25th Percentile - £256 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £263 £179
Median % change year-on-year -28.46% +46.79% -52.31%
75th Percentile - £269 £450
90th Percentile - - £615
Scotland median daily rate £188 £325 £179
% change year-on-year -42.22% +81.74% -53.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.20 - -
Median hourly rate £13.91 - -
75th Percentile £14.61 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £13.91 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Content Management 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 in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 566 576 769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.42% 94.89% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 330 458
10th Percentile £201 £200 £200
25th Percentile £406 £389 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £460 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% -4.07% +0.95%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £652
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 30
10th Percentile £17.36 £20.93 £14.91
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.92 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.09 £24.44
Median % change year-on-year +107.56% -1.41% +13.84%
75th Percentile £69.00 £24.30 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.97 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.50
% change year-on-year -12.57% +17.31% +10.05%

Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Content Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Content Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Content Management
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Content Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Content Management

Content Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Content Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Content Management

Content Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) CMS
2 1 (33.33%) Drupal
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Canva
1 1 (33.33%) Google Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Intranet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Communications Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Content Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Content Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Copywriting
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Facebook
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft