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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 374 394
Rank change year-on-year -132 +20 +27
Contract jobs citing Content Management 73 102 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.42% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.46% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 65 91
10th Percentile £268 £213 £200
25th Percentile £347 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.26% +1.50% -3.57%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £591
90th Percentile £680 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £420 £508 £450
% change year-on-year -17.24% +12.78% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 4
10th Percentile £19.43 £16.85 £17.64
25th Percentile £21.94 £22.01 £21.41
Median hourly rate £23.16 £29.80 £27.61
Median % change year-on-year -22.28% +7.95% +4.17%
75th Percentile £32.88 £32.05 £32.03
90th Percentile £35.75 £38.23 £32.61
UK median hourly rate £23.16 £29.80 £27.61
% change year-on-year -22.28% +7.95% +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 34,728 22,194 31,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 91.24% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,149 14,504 20,626
10th Percentile £322 £306 £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 £507 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 949 2,251
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.38 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.22 £15.97
Median hourly rate £45.78 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.86% -20.55% +0.29%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.18 £36.02
% change year-on-year +50.46% -21.77% +0.06%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -79 50 £440 -16.19% 19
South East -69 7 £400 -21.18% 14
North of England -74 5 £425 -15.00% 6
South West -24 3 £415 +144.12% 2
North West -44 3 £425 -15.00% 4
Midlands -61 3 £329 +64.38%
Yorkshire -51 2 £494 -8.14% 1
East Midlands - 2 £350 -
West Midlands -57 1 £308 +53.75%
East of England - 1 £750 - 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 40 (54.79%) CMS
2 14 (19.18%) SharePoint
3 6 (8.22%) Drupal
4 5 (6.85%) Confluence
5 4 (5.48%) WordPress
6 3 (4.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (2.74%) Umbraco
8 1 (1.37%) Apache
8 1 (1.37%) Kentico
8 1 (1.37%) nginx
8 1 (1.37%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (1.37%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.74%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.74%) Notion
2 2 (2.74%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.37%) FrameMaker
3 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.37%) Magento
2 1 (1.37%) SAP AFS
2 1 (1.37%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.37%) Shopify
2 1 (1.37%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.59%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.85%) Figma
2 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Purview
3 4 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.48%) Power Automate
3 4 (5.48%) PowerApps
4 3 (4.11%) Canva
4 3 (4.11%) GCP
4 3 (4.11%) Google Analytics
4 3 (4.11%) ShareGate
5 2 (2.74%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (2.74%) Google Ads
5 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.74%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.74%) SaaS
5 2 (2.74%) Viva Engage
6 1 (1.37%) AWS
6 1 (1.37%) GitHub
6 1 (1.37%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.37%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.48%) Intranet
2 1 (1.37%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.85%) Metadata
2 4 (5.48%) Power BI
3 2 (2.74%) EDRMS
3 2 (2.74%) Tableau
4 1 (1.37%) Looker
4 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (8.22%) JIRA
2 2 (2.74%) Git
3 1 (1.37%) Capybara
3 1 (1.37%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.37%) minitest
3 1 (1.37%) Postman
3 1 (1.37%) RSpec
3 1 (1.37%) Selenium
3 1 (1.37%) Storybook
3 1 (1.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (34.25%) Marketing
1 25 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.44%) Finance
3 11 (15.07%) Publishing
4 8 (10.96%) Public Sector
5 7 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (9.59%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (9.59%) Retail
6 4 (5.48%) Local Government
7 3 (4.11%) Legal
8 2 (2.74%) Banking
8 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.74%) German Language
8 2 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.37%) French Language
9 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.37%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 12 (16.44%) Designer
2 10 (13.70%) Content Designer
3 8 (10.96%) Analyst
4 5 (6.85%) Architect
5 4 (5.48%) Change Manager
5 4 (5.48%) Engineering Manager
5 4 (5.48%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Administrator
6 3 (4.11%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.11%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Developer
6 3 (4.11%) Digital Programme Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Senior
6 3 (4.11%) Senior Designer
6 3 (4.11%) Strategy Manager
7 2 (2.74%) Digital Development Manager
7 2 (2.74%) Lead
7 2 (2.74%) Product Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.74%) Senior Content Designer
7 2 (2.74%) Software Development Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.33%) CSS
1 9 (12.33%) HTML
2 5 (6.85%) React
3 4 (5.48%) AngularJS
4 3 (4.11%) .NET
5 2 (2.74%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.74%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (2.74%) JSON
5 2 (2.74%) RESTful
5 2 (2.74%) SPFx
6 1 (1.37%) Django
6 1 (1.37%) Flutter
6 1 (1.37%) Gherkin
6 1 (1.37%) HTML5
6 1 (1.37%) JSR 170
6 1 (1.37%) Node.js
6 1 (1.37%) Playwright
6 1 (1.37%) pytest
6 1 (1.37%) Sass
6 1 (1.37%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (6.85%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.85%) Marketing Technology
2 5 (6.85%) NHS
3 4 (5.48%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.11%) AI Agents
4 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.11%) Social Media
4 3 (4.11%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.74%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.74%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.74%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.74%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.74%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.74%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.74%) PMI
5 2 (2.74%) Video Editing
5 2 (2.74%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.74%) Android
1 2 (2.74%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.66%) Agile
1 18 (24.66%) Project Management
2 17 (23.29%) User Experience
3 14 (19.18%) AI
3 14 (19.18%) Analytics
4 12 (16.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (13.70%) Digital Marketing
5 10 (13.70%) Roadmaps
6 9 (12.33%) Content Strategy
6 9 (12.33%) Migration
7 8 (10.96%) Data Protection
8 7 (9.59%) CRM
8 7 (9.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (8.22%) Process Improvement
9 6 (8.22%) User Research
9 6 (8.22%) User Stories
10 5 (6.85%) Decision-Making
10 5 (6.85%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.33%) JavaScript
2 6 (8.22%) SQL
2 6 (8.22%) TypeScript
3 4 (5.48%) C#
4 3 (4.11%) Python
5 2 (2.74%) Google Apps Script
5 2 (2.74%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.37%) Java
6 1 (1.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (6.85%) Degree
2 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.74%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.74%) PMP
5 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.37%) ISEB
5 1 (1.37%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.37%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (21.92%) Accessibility
2 9 (12.33%) WCAG
3 5 (6.85%) QA
4 1 (1.37%) GDPR
4 1 (1.37%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Docker
Vendors
1 18 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.07%) Adobe
3 6 (8.22%) Google
4 5 (6.85%) SAP
5 3 (4.11%) Optimizely
6 2 (2.74%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.37%) Ariba
7 1 (1.37%) Facebook
7 1 (1.37%) IBM
7 1 (1.37%) Instagram
7 1 (1.37%) Laserfiche
7 1 (1.37%) Oracle
7 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.37%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.37%) YouTube
7 1 (1.37%) Zoho