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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 365 386
Rank change year-on-year -142 +21 +62
Contract jobs citing Content Management 78 113 165
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.47% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.51% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 78 100
10th Percentile £290 £210 £198
25th Percentile £310 £403 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £506 £516
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% -1.89% -4.44%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £605
90th Percentile £638 £650 £738
UK median daily rate £413 £500 £508
% change year-on-year -17.50% -1.48% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile £26.68 £20.35 £20.15
25th Percentile £32.19 £22.01 £25.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £24.76 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.38% -17.47% +31.87%
75th Percentile £48.06 £27.28 £32.50
90th Percentile £70.23 £28.79 £32.70
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £24.76 £30.00
% change year-on-year +43.38% -17.47% +31.87%

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 32,858 22,016 32,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.08% 90.81% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,074 14,505 21,608
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 £614 £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 2,007 857 2,166
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.27 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.36
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.63 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.94% -1.54% -11.33%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -91 53 £400 -22.33% 28
South East -57 9 £488 -3.94% 8
North of England -74 9 £502 +11.61% 14
North West -49 4 £455 +1.00% 8
Yorkshire -51 4 £494 -8.14% 3
North East -12 1 £550 +57.14% 3
South West -28 1 £415 +135.13% 4
East of England -29 1 £750 +138.10% 2
West Midlands -58 1 £308 +53.75%
Midlands -71 1 £308 +53.75% 2
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 (60.26%) CMS
2 18 (23.08%) SharePoint
3 9 (11.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (8.97%) Confluence
5 6 (7.69%) WordPress
6 3 (3.85%) Drupal
7 2 (2.56%) Headless CMS
8 1 (1.28%) IIS
8 1 (1.28%) Kentico
8 1 (1.28%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (1.28%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (1.28%) Sitefinity
8 1 (1.28%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.56%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.28%) InfoPath
4 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.28%) SAP AFS
1 1 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.54%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.97%) Power Automate
2 7 (8.97%) PowerApps
3 6 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.85%) Figma
5 2 (2.56%) AWS
5 2 (2.56%) Canva
5 2 (2.56%) Contentful
5 2 (2.56%) Contentstack
5 2 (2.56%) GCP
5 2 (2.56%) Google Ads
5 2 (2.56%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.56%) Google Docs
5 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (2.56%) prismic.io
5 2 (2.56%) Viva Engage
6 1 (1.28%) Akamai
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.28%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.85%) Intranet
1 3 (3.85%) SMS
2 1 (1.28%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) Metadata
2 5 (6.41%) Power BI
3 1 (1.28%) Looker
3 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) CircleCI
2 1 (1.28%) Git
2 1 (1.28%) Postman
General
1 31 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 29 (37.18%) Marketing
3 16 (20.51%) Publishing
4 13 (16.67%) Finance
5 11 (14.10%) Retail
6 8 (10.26%) Public Sector
7 7 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (6.41%) Banking
10 4 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (3.85%) Investment Banking
12 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (2.56%) German Language
12 2 (2.56%) Law
12 2 (2.56%) Legal
12 2 (2.56%) Local Government
12 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (2.56%) Retail Banking
13 1 (1.28%) French Language
Job Titles
1 12 (15.38%) Analyst
2 10 (12.82%) Content Designer
2 10 (12.82%) Designer
3 5 (6.41%) Architect
4 4 (5.13%) Business Analyst
4 4 (5.13%) Change Manager
4 4 (5.13%) CMS Specialist
4 4 (5.13%) Product Analyst
4 4 (5.13%) Technical Writer
5 3 (3.85%) Administrator
5 3 (3.85%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (3.85%) Lead
5 3 (3.85%) Programme Manager
5 3 (3.85%) Senior
5 3 (3.85%) Service Analyst
5 3 (3.85%) Strategy Manager
6 2 (2.56%) Author
6 2 (2.56%) Developer
6 2 (2.56%) Support Analyst
6 2 (2.56%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (17.95%) HTML
2 8 (10.26%) CSS
3 5 (6.41%) AngularJS
4 4 (5.13%) React
5 2 (2.56%) .NET
5 2 (2.56%) CSS3
5 2 (2.56%) HTML5
5 2 (2.56%) JSR 170
5 2 (2.56%) OSGi
5 2 (2.56%) RESTful
5 2 (2.56%) Vue
6 1 (1.28%) Django
6 1 (1.28%) Gherkin
6 1 (1.28%) Node.js
6 1 (1.28%) Playwright
6 1 (1.28%) pytest
6 1 (1.28%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (1.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.41%) NHS
3 4 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.13%) Marketing Technology
3 4 (5.13%) Taxonomies
4 3 (3.85%) AI Agents
4 3 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.56%) Acoustics
5 2 (2.56%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.56%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.56%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.56%) PMI
5 2 (2.56%) Video Editing
6 1 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.28%) Handset
6 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.56%) Windows
2 1 (1.28%) Linux
2 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.64%) Agile
2 17 (21.79%) Analytics
2 17 (21.79%) User Experience
3 14 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (16.67%) Project Management
5 12 (15.38%) Migration
6 11 (14.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (12.82%) Digital Marketing
7 10 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (12.82%) User Stories
8 9 (11.54%) AI
8 9 (11.54%) Content Strategy
9 7 (8.97%) Change Management
9 7 (8.97%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 7 (8.97%) GAP Analysis
9 7 (8.97%) Roadmaps
9 7 (8.97%) User Research
10 6 (7.69%) CRM
10 6 (7.69%) DevOps
11 5 (6.41%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.26%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.13%) TypeScript
3 3 (3.85%) Python
3 3 (3.85%) SQL
4 2 (2.56%) C#
4 2 (2.56%) Google Apps Script
4 2 (2.56%) Java
5 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (10.26%) Degree
1 8 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.56%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.28%) ISEB
5 1 (1.28%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (17.95%) Accessibility
2 8 (10.26%) WCAG
3 4 (5.13%) QA
4 1 (1.28%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.28%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (24.36%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.95%) Adobe
3 6 (7.69%) Google
4 2 (2.56%) OpenText
4 2 (2.56%) Optimizely
4 2 (2.56%) SAP
5 1 (1.28%) Hotjar
5 1 (1.28%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.28%) IBM
5 1 (1.28%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.28%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.28%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.28%) Zoho