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 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 350 367
Rank change year-on-year -159 +17 +74
Contract jobs citing Content Management 79 115 170
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.47% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.52% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 75 113
10th Percentile £288 £242 £200
25th Percentile £307 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £508 £515
Median % change year-on-year -21.08% -1.46% -4.19%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £600
90th Percentile £680 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £400 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -21.18% +1.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £21.94 £21.45 £19.31
25th Percentile £24.75 £24.76 £24.50
Median hourly rate £32.75 £29.80 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.90% +1.02% +29.67%
75th Percentile £35.75 £32.05 £32.30
90th Percentile £60.38 - £32.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £29.80 £29.50
% change year-on-year +0.67% +1.02% +29.67%

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 33,504 22,203 32,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.48% 91.02% 86.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,453 14,593 21,161
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,080 880 2,196
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.83 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.07 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.84% -6.59% -9.33%
75th Percentile £66.50 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.28 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £30.78 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.21% -6.91% -8.79%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -84 52 £400 -23.81% 25
South East -55 9 £425 -16.26% 11
North of England -75 8 £502 +11.61% 9
North West -50 4 £455 +1.00% 7
Yorkshire -51 3 £494 -8.14% 1
South West -29 2 £415 +135.13% 6
Midlands -61 2 £308 +53.75% 2
North East -19 1 £550 +57.14% 1
West Midlands -60 1 £308 +53.75% 2
East of England - 1 £750 - 1
East Midlands - 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 47 (59.49%) CMS
2 19 (24.05%) SharePoint
3 8 (10.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (7.59%) Confluence
4 6 (7.59%) WordPress
5 4 (5.06%) Drupal
6 2 (2.53%) Umbraco
7 1 (1.27%) Apache
7 1 (1.27%) IIS
7 1 (1.27%) Kentico
7 1 (1.27%) nginx
7 1 (1.27%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.27%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (1.27%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.53%) Photoshop
3 2 (2.53%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.27%) FrameMaker
4 1 (1.27%) InfoPath
4 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.27%) SAP AFS
1 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.39%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.86%) Power Automate
2 7 (8.86%) PowerApps
3 6 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.80%) Canva
4 3 (3.80%) Figma
4 3 (3.80%) GCP
4 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (2.53%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (2.53%) AWS
5 2 (2.53%) Google Ads
5 2 (2.53%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.53%) Google Docs
5 2 (2.53%) SaaS
5 2 (2.53%) Viva Engage
6 1 (1.27%) Akamai
6 1 (1.27%) Azure
6 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.27%) GitHub
6 1 (1.27%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.80%) Intranet
2 2 (2.53%) SMS
3 1 (1.27%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.59%) Metadata
2 5 (6.33%) Power BI
3 1 (1.27%) Looker
3 1 (1.27%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (8.86%) JIRA
2 2 (2.53%) Git
3 1 (1.27%) Capybara
3 1 (1.27%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.27%) minitest
3 1 (1.27%) Postman
3 1 (1.27%) RSpec
3 1 (1.27%) Selenium
3 1 (1.27%) Storybook
3 1 (1.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (36.71%) Social Skills
2 28 (35.44%) Marketing
3 16 (20.25%) Publishing
4 14 (17.72%) Finance
5 10 (12.66%) Retail
6 9 (11.39%) Public Sector
7 7 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (3.80%) Banking
10 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.53%) German Language
11 2 (2.53%) Law
11 2 (2.53%) Legal
11 2 (2.53%) Local Government
11 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.27%) Italian Language
12 1 (1.27%) Spanish Language
12 1 (1.27%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 10 (12.66%) Analyst
1 10 (12.66%) Content Designer
1 10 (12.66%) Designer
2 5 (6.33%) Architect
3 4 (5.06%) Change Manager
3 4 (5.06%) Engineering Manager
3 4 (5.06%) Product Analyst
3 4 (5.06%) Programme Manager
4 3 (3.80%) Administrator
4 3 (3.80%) Business Analyst
4 3 (3.80%) CMS Specialist
4 3 (3.80%) Developer
4 3 (3.80%) Digital Programme Manager
4 3 (3.80%) Lead
4 3 (3.80%) Senior
4 3 (3.80%) Service Analyst
4 3 (3.80%) Strategy Manager
4 3 (3.80%) Technical Writer
5 2 (2.53%) Digital Development Manager
5 2 (2.53%) Product Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (18.99%) HTML
2 9 (11.39%) CSS
3 5 (6.33%) AngularJS
4 4 (5.06%) React
5 3 (3.80%) RESTful
6 2 (2.53%) .NET
6 2 (2.53%) CSS3
6 2 (2.53%) HTML5
6 2 (2.53%) JSR 170
6 2 (2.53%) OSGi
6 2 (2.53%) Vue
7 1 (1.27%) Gherkin
7 1 (1.27%) MDX
7 1 (1.27%) Node.js
7 1 (1.27%) Playwright
7 1 (1.27%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (1.27%) Sass
7 1 (1.27%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (1.27%) Web Services
7 1 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.33%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (6.33%) NHS
1 5 (6.33%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.06%) Marketing Technology
2 4 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.06%) Taxonomies
3 3 (3.80%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.53%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.53%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.53%) PMI
4 2 (2.53%) Social Media
4 2 (2.53%) Video Editing
4 2 (2.53%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.27%) FMCG
5 1 (1.27%) Handset
5 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.53%) Windows
2 1 (1.27%) Linux
2 1 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.85%) Agile
2 16 (20.25%) Analytics
2 16 (20.25%) Project Management
2 16 (20.25%) User Experience
3 14 (17.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (15.19%) Migration
5 11 (13.92%) Roadmaps
6 10 (12.66%) AI
6 10 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (12.66%) Digital Marketing
7 9 (11.39%) Content Strategy
7 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (11.39%) User Stories
8 7 (8.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 7 (8.86%) GAP Analysis
8 7 (8.86%) User Research
9 6 (7.59%) Change Management
9 6 (7.59%) Data Protection
9 6 (7.59%) DevOps
9 6 (7.59%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.39%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.06%) SQL
2 4 (5.06%) TypeScript
3 3 (3.80%) C#
3 3 (3.80%) Python
4 2 (2.53%) Google Apps Script
4 2 (2.53%) Java
5 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 8 (10.13%) Degree
1 8 (10.13%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.59%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.53%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.53%) PMP
5 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.27%) ISEB
5 1 (1.27%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (21.52%) Accessibility
2 8 (10.13%) WCAG
3 5 (6.33%) QA
4 1 (1.27%) GDPR
4 1 (1.27%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (27.85%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.99%) Adobe
3 6 (7.59%) Google
4 4 (5.06%) SAP
5 2 (2.53%) OpenText
5 2 (2.53%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.27%) Ariba
6 1 (1.27%) Facebook
6 1 (1.27%) Hotjar
6 1 (1.27%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.27%) IBM
6 1 (1.27%) Instagram
6 1 (1.27%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.27%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.27%) YouTube
6 1 (1.27%) Zoho
48 Content Management jobs in England