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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 379 420
Rank change year-on-year -147 +41 +9
Contract jobs citing Content Management 94 121 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.21% 0.44% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.49% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 76 95
10th Percentile £288 £206 £260
25th Percentile £400 £358 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £501
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +1.15% +2.93%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £650 £723
UK median daily rate £494 £485 £456
% change year-on-year +1.80% +6.36% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 5
10th Percentile £20.16 £13.25 £17.48
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £23.16 £31.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.48% +34.04% -11.32%
75th Percentile £35.75 £32.25 £31.71
90th Percentile £45.64 £41.50 £32.48
UK median hourly rate £23.16 £31.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year -26.48% +34.04% -11.32%

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 38,446 24,678 30,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 90.65% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,172 15,843 20,140
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,378 1,309 2,090
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.28 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.83
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -54 70 £550 +10.00% 22
South East -77 7 £403 -20.69% 10
North of England -83 6 £470 -6.00% 9
East of England -22 3 £644 +162.76% 3
Yorkshire -41 3 £475 +15.39% 4
North West -54 3 £448 -10.50% 4
East Midlands -12 2 £350 -30.00% 2
South West -37 2 - - 3
Midlands -59 2 £350 -22.22% 5
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 (50.00%) CMS
2 23 (24.47%) SharePoint
3 7 (7.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (6.38%) Drupal
4 6 (6.38%) WordPress
5 3 (3.19%) Confluence
5 3 (3.19%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (2.13%) Liferay
7 1 (1.06%) Apache
7 1 (1.06%) Kentico
7 1 (1.06%) nginx
7 1 (1.06%) Sitefinity
7 1 (1.06%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.13%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.13%) Notion
3 2 (2.13%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.06%) FrameMaker
4 1 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Shopify
2 2 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.13%) Magento
3 1 (1.06%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (1.06%) SAP AFS
3 1 (1.06%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.06%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (10.64%) Power Platform
2 8 (8.51%) Microsoft Purview
3 7 (7.45%) Power Automate
3 7 (7.45%) PowerApps
4 6 (6.38%) OneDrive
5 5 (5.32%) Google Analytics
5 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (5.32%) ShareGate
6 4 (4.26%) SaaS
7 3 (3.19%) GCP
8 2 (2.13%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (2.13%) AWS
8 2 (2.13%) Azure
8 2 (2.13%) Figma
8 2 (2.13%) Google Ads
9 1 (1.06%) GitHub
9 1 (1.06%) Google Docs
9 1 (1.06%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 1 (1.06%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.51%) Intranet
2 1 (1.06%) RFID
2 1 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.64%) Metadata
2 4 (4.26%) EDRMS
3 3 (3.19%) Power BI
4 2 (2.13%) Tableau
5 1 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.06%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.06%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (7.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.06%) Capybara
2 1 (1.06%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.06%) Git
2 1 (1.06%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.06%) minitest
2 1 (1.06%) RSpec
2 1 (1.06%) Selenium
2 1 (1.06%) Storybook
2 1 (1.06%) TestRail
2 1 (1.06%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.06%) Visual Website Optimizer
2 1 (1.06%) Vite
2 1 (1.06%) webpack
General
1 36 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 29 (30.85%) Marketing
3 16 (17.02%) Finance
4 11 (11.70%) Publishing
5 9 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (9.57%) Public Sector
6 8 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (8.51%) Retail
7 4 (4.26%) Local Government
8 3 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.13%) Banking
9 2 (2.13%) Legal
10 1 (1.06%) Advertising
10 1 (1.06%) Back Office
10 1 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.06%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (12.77%) Architect
2 10 (10.64%) Designer
3 9 (9.57%) Analyst
3 9 (9.57%) Consultant
4 8 (8.51%) Content Designer
5 7 (7.45%) Developer
5 7 (7.45%) Enterprise Consultant
5 7 (7.45%) Enterprise Management Consultant
5 7 (7.45%) Management Consultant
6 6 (6.38%) Programme Manager
6 6 (6.38%) Project Manager
7 5 (5.32%) Digital Architect
7 5 (5.32%) Engineering Manager
7 5 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.26%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.26%) Digital Programme Manager
8 4 (4.26%) SharePoint Engineer
9 3 (3.19%) Agile Development Manager
9 3 (3.19%) Development Manager
9 3 (3.19%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (13.83%) CSS
2 9 (9.57%) HTML
3 7 (7.45%) React
4 5 (5.32%) .NET
5 4 (4.26%) AngularJS
5 4 (4.26%) ASP.NET
5 4 (4.26%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (4.26%) JSON
5 4 (4.26%) SPFx
6 3 (3.19%) RESTful
7 2 (2.13%) REST
8 1 (1.06%) CSS3
8 1 (1.06%) HTML5
8 1 (1.06%) JSR 170
8 1 (1.06%) Kafka
8 1 (1.06%) MDX
8 1 (1.06%) OSGi
8 1 (1.06%) Sass
8 1 (1.06%) Web Services
8 1 (1.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.45%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.32%) Marketing Technology
3 4 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.26%) Taxonomies
4 3 (3.19%) Educational Technology
4 3 (3.19%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.19%) NHS
4 3 (3.19%) Social Media
5 2 (2.13%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.13%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.13%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.13%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.06%) PMI
6 1 (1.06%) Video on Demand
6 1 (1.06%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.19%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.13%) Android
3 1 (1.06%) Linux
3 1 (1.06%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.06%) Unix
3 1 (1.06%) Windows
3 1 (1.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.53%) User Experience
2 22 (23.40%) Agile
3 19 (20.21%) Project Management
4 18 (19.15%) Roadmaps
4 18 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (15.96%) AI
5 15 (15.96%) Analytics
5 15 (15.96%) Enterprise Content Management
6 12 (12.77%) Digital Marketing
6 12 (12.77%) Migration
7 10 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (8.51%) CRM
10 7 (7.45%) Content Strategy
10 7 (7.45%) Process Improvement
10 7 (7.45%) Scrum
11 6 (6.38%) Data Protection
11 6 (6.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 6 (6.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (6.38%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.70%) JavaScript
2 8 (8.51%) TypeScript
3 6 (6.38%) C#
3 6 (6.38%) SQL
4 4 (4.26%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.19%) Java
6 2 (2.13%) Google Apps Script
6 2 (2.13%) Python
7 1 (1.06%) Bash
7 1 (1.06%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (9.57%) SC Cleared
1 9 (9.57%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.26%) Degree
3 3 (3.19%) PMP
4 2 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.06%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.06%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.06%) MBA
5 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.06%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.83%) Accessibility
2 7 (7.45%) QA
3 6 (6.38%) WCAG
4 3 (3.19%) GDPR
5 2 (2.13%) PMO
6 1 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.06%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.06%) ITGC
6 1 (1.06%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.06%) Docker
1 1 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.06%) AirWatch
1 1 (1.06%) Grafana
1 1 (1.06%) Kibana
1 1 (1.06%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.06%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 23 (24.47%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.77%) Adobe
3 8 (8.51%) Google
3 8 (8.51%) Laserfiche
4 7 (7.45%) OpenText
5 6 (6.38%) Optimizely
6 5 (5.32%) SAP
7 3 (3.19%) Sitecore
8 2 (2.13%) Amplitude
8 2 (2.13%) Oracle
8 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.13%) Tealium
9 1 (1.06%) Apple
9 1 (1.06%) Ariba
9 1 (1.06%) Braze
9 1 (1.06%) HubSpot
9 1 (1.06%) Instagram
9 1 (1.06%) Meraki
9 1 (1.06%) Okta
9 1 (1.06%) YouTube