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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 374 406
Rank change year-on-year -132 +32 +11
Contract jobs citing Content Management 72 93 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.42% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 61 91
10th Percentile £288 £213 £200
25th Percentile £353 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.76% +1.50% -3.57%
75th Percentile £584 £575 £591
90th Percentile £680 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £425 £503 £450
% change year-on-year -15.55% +11.83% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £19.43 £19.87 £17.64
25th Percentile £21.94 £29.80 £21.41
Median hourly rate £23.16 £32.05 £27.61
Median % change year-on-year -27.74% +16.10% +4.17%
75th Percentile £32.88 - £32.03
90th Percentile £35.75 £41.32 £32.61
UK median hourly rate £23.16 £32.05 £27.61
% change year-on-year -27.74% +16.10% +4.17%

All Process & 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 34,973 21,894 31,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.30% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,266 14,295 20,565
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 929 2,246
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%
75th Percentile £68.00 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.44 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.82% +0.13%

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 22 May 2026.

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 22 May 2026.

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 22 May 2026. 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 -70 50 £440 -14.98% 21
South East -64 7 £400 -21.18% 13
North of England -77 4 £500 - 8
South West -25 3 £415 +144.12% 2
Midlands -66 3 £329 +64.38% 2
East of England - 3 £644 - 2
North West -47 2 £600 +20.00% 4
Yorkshire -52 2 £494 +19.94% 2
East Midlands - 2 £350 - 1
West Midlands -56 1 £308 +53.75% 1
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 38 (52.78%) CMS
2 14 (19.44%) SharePoint
3 6 (8.33%) Drupal
4 5 (6.94%) Confluence
5 4 (5.56%) WordPress
6 3 (4.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (1.39%) Apache
7 1 (1.39%) Kentico
7 1 (1.39%) nginx
7 1 (1.39%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (1.39%) Sitefinity
7 1 (1.39%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.78%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.78%) Notion
2 2 (2.78%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.39%) FrameMaker
3 1 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.78%) Magento
1 2 (2.78%) Shopify
2 1 (1.39%) SAP AFS
2 1 (1.39%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.39%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.72%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.94%) Figma
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.56%) Power Automate
3 4 (5.56%) PowerApps
4 3 (4.17%) Canva
4 3 (4.17%) GCP
4 3 (4.17%) Google Analytics
4 3 (4.17%) ShareGate
5 2 (2.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (2.78%) Google Ads
5 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.78%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.78%) SaaS
5 2 (2.78%) Viva Engage
6 1 (1.39%) GitHub
6 1 (1.39%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.39%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.39%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.56%) Intranet
2 1 (1.39%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.94%) Metadata
2 4 (5.56%) Power BI
3 2 (2.78%) EDRMS
3 2 (2.78%) Tableau
4 1 (1.39%) Looker
Development Applications
1 5 (6.94%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Capybara
2 1 (1.39%) Git
2 1 (1.39%) minitest
2 1 (1.39%) RSpec
2 1 (1.39%) Selenium
2 1 (1.39%) Storybook
2 1 (1.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (34.72%) Marketing
2 24 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 12 (16.67%) Finance
4 11 (15.28%) Publishing
5 8 (11.11%) Retail
6 7 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (8.33%) Public Sector
8 4 (5.56%) Local Government
9 3 (4.17%) Legal
10 2 (2.78%) Banking
10 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.78%) German Language
10 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.39%) Back Office
11 1 (1.39%) French Language
11 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.39%) Italian Language
11 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.39%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (15.28%) Designer
2 9 (12.50%) Content Designer
3 8 (11.11%) Analyst
4 6 (8.33%) Architect
5 4 (5.56%) Change Manager
5 4 (5.56%) Engineering Manager
5 4 (5.56%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Administrator
6 3 (4.17%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Developer
6 3 (4.17%) Digital Architect
6 3 (4.17%) Digital Programme Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Senior
6 3 (4.17%) Senior Designer
6 3 (4.17%) Strategy Manager
7 2 (2.78%) Lead
7 2 (2.78%) Project Manager
7 2 (2.78%) Senior Content Designer
7 2 (2.78%) Software Development Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.11%) CSS
1 8 (11.11%) HTML
2 5 (6.94%) React
3 4 (5.56%) AngularJS
4 3 (4.17%) .NET
5 2 (2.78%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.78%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (2.78%) JSON
5 2 (2.78%) RESTful
5 2 (2.78%) SPFx
6 1 (1.39%) CSS3
6 1 (1.39%) Flutter
6 1 (1.39%) HTML5
6 1 (1.39%) JSR 170
6 1 (1.39%) MDX
6 1 (1.39%) Node.js
6 1 (1.39%) OSGi
6 1 (1.39%) REST
6 1 (1.39%) Sass
6 1 (1.39%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (6.94%) Marketing Technology
3 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.56%) NHS
3 4 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.17%) AI Agents
4 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.17%) Social Media
4 3 (4.17%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.78%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.78%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.78%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.78%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.78%) PMI
5 2 (2.78%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.39%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.78%) Android
1 2 (2.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.00%) Project Management
2 16 (22.22%) Agile
2 16 (22.22%) User Experience
3 14 (19.44%) AI
3 14 (19.44%) Analytics
4 12 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (15.28%) Roadmaps
6 10 (13.89%) Digital Marketing
7 9 (12.50%) Content Strategy
8 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.11%) Data Protection
8 8 (11.11%) Migration
9 7 (9.72%) CRM
9 7 (9.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (8.33%) E-Commerce
10 6 (8.33%) Process Improvement
10 6 (8.33%) User Research
10 6 (8.33%) User Stories
11 5 (6.94%) Decision-Making
11 5 (6.94%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 6 (8.33%) TypeScript
3 5 (6.94%) SQL
4 4 (5.56%) C#
5 2 (2.78%) Google Apps Script
5 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.78%) Python
6 1 (1.39%) Java
6 1 (1.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (6.94%) Degree
2 3 (4.17%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.78%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.78%) PMP
3 2 (2.78%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.39%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.44%) Accessibility
2 7 (9.72%) WCAG
3 4 (5.56%) QA
4 1 (1.39%) GDPR
4 1 (1.39%) PMO
Vendors
1 18 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.28%) Adobe
3 6 (8.33%) Google
4 5 (6.94%) SAP
5 3 (4.17%) Optimizely
6 2 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.39%) Ariba
7 1 (1.39%) Facebook
7 1 (1.39%) IBM
7 1 (1.39%) Instagram
7 1 (1.39%) Laserfiche
7 1 (1.39%) Oracle
7 1 (1.39%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.39%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.39%) YouTube
7 1 (1.39%) Zoho
42 Content Management jobs in England