Content Management Contract Job Trends in England

Content Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Content Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 373 414
Rank change year-on-year -43 +41 +100
Contract jobs citing Content Management 110 137 176
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.44% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.51% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 92 111
10th Percentile £274 £256 £281
25th Percentile £329 £321 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £466 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +3.61% -16.28%
75th Percentile £558 £550 £594
90th Percentile £600 £633 £688
UK median daily rate £423 £456 £450
% change year-on-year -7.24% +1.22% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 11
10th Percentile £13.25 - £11.83
25th Percentile £15.50 - £17.31
Median hourly rate £31.50 £21.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -19.23% -
75th Percentile £43.00 - £31.88
90th Percentile £54.40 - £32.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £21.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +38.10% -19.23% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,673 26,735 35,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.45% 86.67% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,934 16,321 24,366
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,740 959 1,495
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.09 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.06 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.80 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.77% +24.64%

Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Content Management job vacancy trend in England

Content Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Content Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Management in England over the 6 months to 10 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Management in England

Content Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Content Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Content Management in England over the 6 months to 10 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Content Management in England

Content Management
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 10 November 2025. 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
London -37 47 £419 -9.56% 51
South East +20 25 £585 +67.14% 31
North of England -33 15 £350 -37.78% 21
North West -16 8 £337 -48.23% 12
Midlands -19 8 £500 -1.23% 7
East of England -19 6 £245 -18.33% 5
Yorkshire -27 5 £286 -39.83% 9
East Midlands -8 4 £500 +8.99% 3
West Midlands -23 4 £450 -18.18% 3
South West +8 3 £170 - 5
North East - 2 £450 -
Content Management
UK

Content Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 67 (60.91%) CMS
2 30 (27.27%) SharePoint
3 10 (9.09%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (9.09%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (9.09%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (9.09%) Exchange Server 2013
3 10 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (9.09%) Office Communications Server
3 10 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
3 10 (9.09%) Skype for Business
4 9 (8.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (7.27%) WordPress
6 5 (4.55%) Confluence
7 4 (3.64%) Umbraco
8 3 (2.73%) Alfresco
8 3 (2.73%) Documentum
9 2 (1.82%) Drupal
9 2 (1.82%) Headless CMS
9 2 (1.82%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.91%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 13 (11.82%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.36%) Sketch
3 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (3.64%) Photoshop
5 3 (2.73%) InVision
5 3 (2.73%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.91%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.91%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.91%) InDesign
6 1 (0.91%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.91%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 9 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (7.27%) Power Automate
4 7 (6.36%) Figma
4 7 (6.36%) Google Analytics
5 6 (5.45%) AWS
5 6 (5.45%) SaaS
6 5 (4.55%) Azure
6 5 (4.55%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.73%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (2.73%) Contentsquare
7 3 (2.73%) GitHub
7 3 (2.73%) Serverless
8 2 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.82%) Contentful
8 2 (1.82%) Contentstack
8 2 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.82%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.82%) prismic.io
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.09%) DDNS
1 10 (9.09%) DHCP
1 10 (9.09%) DNS
1 10 (9.09%) SAN
1 10 (9.09%) VPN
2 3 (2.73%) Intranet
2 3 (2.73%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.64%) Metadata
2 8 (7.27%) Power BI
3 2 (1.82%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.91%) GIS
4 1 (0.91%) MySQL
4 1 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (11.82%) JIRA
2 6 (5.45%) GitLab
3 2 (1.82%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.82%) Git
3 2 (1.82%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.91%) Dreamweaver
General
1 41 (37.27%) Social Skills
2 29 (26.36%) Marketing
3 17 (15.45%) Finance
4 13 (11.82%) Publishing
5 12 (10.91%) Public Sector
6 9 (8.18%) Retail
7 6 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (4.55%) Banking
9 4 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.73%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.73%) Legal
11 2 (1.82%) Agriculture
11 2 (1.82%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (1.82%) Law
11 2 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.82%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (12.73%) Developer
2 12 (10.91%) Analyst
3 10 (9.09%) Exchange Engineer
3 10 (9.09%) Exchange Support
3 10 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 9 (8.18%) Designer
5 7 (6.36%) Content Designer
5 7 (6.36%) Information Manager
6 6 (5.45%) Consultant
7 5 (4.55%) Business Analyst
7 5 (4.55%) Knowledge Manager
8 4 (3.64%) CMS Specialist
8 4 (3.64%) Lead
8 4 (3.64%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.64%) Senior
8 4 (3.64%) UX Designer
9 3 (2.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (2.73%) 3rd Line Support
9 3 (2.73%) Architect
9 3 (2.73%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.91%) HTML
2 6 (5.45%) CSS
3 5 (4.55%) .NET
4 4 (3.64%) REST
5 2 (1.82%) jQuery
5 2 (1.82%) SPFx
6 1 (0.91%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.91%) Django
6 1 (0.91%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.91%) Flash
6 1 (0.91%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.91%) Laravel
6 1 (0.91%) Node.js
6 1 (0.91%) RESTful
6 1 (0.91%) Spring
6 1 (0.91%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.91%) Vue
6 1 (0.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.09%) Replication
2 9 (8.18%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.18%) Taxonomies
3 8 (7.27%) Onboarding
3 8 (7.27%) Product Ownership
4 6 (5.45%) Mobile App
4 6 (5.45%) Social Media
5 4 (3.64%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.73%) Blog
7 2 (1.82%) Acoustics
7 2 (1.82%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.82%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.82%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.82%) EMV
7 2 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.82%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.82%) Java Card
7 2 (1.82%) Life Science
8 1 (0.91%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.82%) Windows
2 10 (9.09%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (3.64%) Linux
4 3 (2.73%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.82%) Android
5 2 (1.82%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (23.64%) User Experience
2 21 (19.09%) Agile
3 20 (18.18%) Analytics
4 18 (16.36%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (15.45%) Migration
5 17 (15.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (13.64%) Digital Marketing
7 14 (12.73%) Enterprise Content Management
8 13 (11.82%) SEO
9 12 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (10.00%) ITIL
10 11 (10.00%) Project Management
11 10 (9.09%) Architectural Design
11 10 (9.09%) Enterprise Search
11 10 (9.09%) High Availability
11 10 (9.09%) Information Architecture
11 10 (9.09%) User Stories
12 9 (8.18%) CRM
13 8 (7.27%) Content Strategy
13 8 (7.27%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.27%) JavaScript
2 6 (5.45%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.55%) C#
3 5 (4.55%) Java
4 4 (3.64%) Python
5 2 (1.82%) PHP
5 2 (1.82%) Ruby
5 2 (1.82%) Rust
5 2 (1.82%) SQL
6 1 (0.91%) Bash
Qualifications
1 28 (25.45%) Security Cleared
2 16 (14.55%) DV Cleared
3 13 (11.82%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.27%) Degree
5 3 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.73%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.91%) MBA
7 1 (0.91%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.55%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.73%) GDPR
2 3 (2.73%) QA
3 2 (1.82%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.91%) PMO
4 1 (0.91%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (11.82%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.09%) Brightmail
2 10 (9.09%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 10 (9.09%) Microsoft Clustering
2 5 (4.55%) Terraform
3 2 (1.82%) Ansible
3 2 (1.82%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.91%) Bitnami
4 1 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 30 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.64%) Adobe
3 9 (8.18%) Google
4 5 (4.55%) OpenText
5 4 (3.64%) Hopewiser
6 3 (2.73%) Facebook
6 3 (2.73%) Hotjar
6 3 (2.73%) SAP
7 2 (1.82%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.82%) Instagram
7 2 (1.82%) Nintex
7 2 (1.82%) Oracle
7 2 (1.82%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.82%) YouTube
8 1 (0.91%) Avaya
8 1 (0.91%) Brio
8 1 (0.91%) Genesys
8 1 (0.91%) IBM
8 1 (0.91%) Planview
8 1 (0.91%) Salesforce