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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 491 401 383
Rank change year-on-year -90 -18 +33
Contract jobs citing Content Management 137 113 146
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.29% 0.40% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.45% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 72 102
10th Percentile £295 £169 £260
25th Percentile £403 £335 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% -2.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £641 £673
UK median daily rate £505 £450 £459
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.01% +2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 2
10th Percentile £19.07 £13.25 £21.25
25th Percentile £21.29 £20.63 £21.63
Median hourly rate £22.90 £32.05 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.56% +44.04% +7.23%
75th Percentile £28.60 £41.50 £22.88
90th Percentile £57.61 £46.75 £23.25
UK median hourly rate £22.90 £32.05 £22.25
% change year-on-year -28.56% +44.04% +7.23%

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 39,398 25,390 28,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.63% 90.87% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,997 16,126 17,350
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,849 1,543 1,244
10th Percentile £13.90 £14.41 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.23% -41.51% -1.94%
75th Percentile £67.70 £47.50 £66.61
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -44 90 £550 +18.60% 156
South East -85 13 £465 -19.83% 31
North of England -74 12 £473 +31.25% 29
South West -33 8 £325 +90.88% 4
North West -44 8 £470 +30.56% 17
Midlands -47 6 £437 -12.60% 25
East of England -35 5 £515 +110.10% 9
Yorkshire -41 4 £475 +66.19% 10
West Midlands -45 4 £442 -1.72% 13
East Midlands -17 2 £350 -30.00% 12
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 74 (54.01%) CMS
2 31 (22.63%) SharePoint
3 23 (16.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 16 (11.68%) Sitecore CMS
5 12 (8.76%) WordPress
6 7 (5.11%) Drupal
7 6 (4.38%) Headless CMS
8 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (2.92%) Umbraco
9 3 (2.19%) Confluence
10 2 (1.46%) Liferay
11 1 (0.73%) Apache
11 1 (0.73%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.46%) Notion
4 1 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.73%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.73%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.73%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.73%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (5.11%) Shopify
2 5 (3.65%) Magento
3 4 (2.92%) SAP CRM
4 3 (2.19%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (2.19%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.41%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (11.68%) Adobe Analytics
3 12 (8.76%) Google Analytics
3 12 (8.76%) Power Platform
4 11 (8.03%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Purview
5 8 (5.84%) Power Automate
5 8 (5.84%) PowerApps
6 7 (5.11%) Meta Ads
7 6 (4.38%) Azure
8 5 (3.65%) Google Ads
8 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (3.65%) ShareGate
9 4 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.92%) Canva
9 4 (2.92%) Contentstack
9 4 (2.92%) SaaS
9 4 (2.92%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 4 (2.92%) Siteimprove
10 3 (2.19%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.11%) Intranet
2 4 (2.92%) SMTP
3 2 (1.46%) Firewall
4 1 (0.73%) Broadband
4 1 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.41%) Metadata
2 6 (4.38%) EDRMS
3 4 (2.92%) Power BI
4 3 (2.19%) Tableau
5 2 (1.46%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.73%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.73%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (8.03%) JIRA
2 4 (2.92%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 2 (1.46%) TestRail
4 1 (0.73%) Capybara
4 1 (0.73%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.73%) Git
4 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.73%) minitest
4 1 (0.73%) RSpec
4 1 (0.73%) Selenium
4 1 (0.73%) Storybook
4 1 (0.73%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.73%) Vite
4 1 (0.73%) webpack
General
1 60 (43.80%) Social Skills
2 58 (42.34%) Marketing
3 22 (16.06%) Publishing
4 19 (13.87%) Finance
5 18 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (10.95%) Public Sector
7 13 (9.49%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (7.30%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (5.84%) Retail
10 7 (5.11%) Advertising
10 7 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.19%) Banking
11 3 (2.19%) Local Government
12 2 (1.46%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.73%) Back Office
13 1 (0.73%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.73%) Legal
13 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.73%) Military
13 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (10.22%) Architect
2 13 (9.49%) Consultant
3 12 (8.76%) Marketing Specialist
4 10 (7.30%) Analyst
4 10 (7.30%) Designer
4 10 (7.30%) Enterprise Consultant
4 10 (7.30%) Enterprise Management Consultant
4 10 (7.30%) Management Consultant
5 9 (6.57%) Programme Manager
5 9 (6.57%) Project Manager
5 9 (6.57%) Web Specialist
6 8 (5.84%) Content Designer
6 8 (5.84%) Digital Programme Manager
6 8 (5.84%) Engineering Manager
6 8 (5.84%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (5.11%) Development Manager
7 7 (5.11%) Digital Development Manager
7 7 (5.11%) Software Development Manager
7 7 (5.11%) Software Development Programme Manager
7 7 (5.11%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (15.33%) CSS
2 17 (12.41%) HTML
3 5 (3.65%) React
4 4 (2.92%) .NET
4 4 (2.92%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.92%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (2.92%) JSON
4 4 (2.92%) SPFx
5 3 (2.19%) REST
6 2 (1.46%) Flutter
6 2 (1.46%) React Native
6 2 (1.46%) RESTful
7 1 (0.73%) Jest
7 1 (0.73%) Kafka
7 1 (0.73%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.73%) MDX
7 1 (0.73%) Playwright
7 1 (0.73%) Redux
7 1 (0.73%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.73%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.76%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.57%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.84%) Taxonomies
4 7 (5.11%) Replication
4 7 (5.11%) Social Media
5 4 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.92%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (2.92%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.19%) Educational Technology
6 3 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.46%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.46%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.73%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.73%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.73%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.19%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.46%) Android
3 1 (0.73%) Linux
3 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.73%) Unix
3 1 (0.73%) Windows
3 1 (0.73%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.20%) Agile
2 36 (26.28%) Analytics
3 35 (25.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (23.36%) Digital Marketing
5 27 (19.71%) Roadmaps
5 27 (19.71%) User Experience
6 26 (18.98%) Project Management
7 23 (16.79%) AI
8 19 (13.87%) Enterprise Content Management
9 18 (13.14%) Migration
10 15 (10.95%) CRM
10 15 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (10.22%) Scrum
12 12 (8.76%) E-Commerce
12 12 (8.76%) Personalization
12 12 (8.76%) Validation
12 12 (8.76%) Workflow
13 11 (8.03%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.41%) JavaScript
2 7 (5.11%) SQL
3 5 (3.65%) C#
3 5 (3.65%) TypeScript
4 4 (2.92%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.46%) Java
6 1 (0.73%) Bash
6 1 (0.73%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 26 (18.98%) Security Cleared
2 22 (16.06%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.11%) PMP
4 6 (4.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (4.38%) Degree
5 5 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.46%) MBA
7 1 (0.73%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.33%) Accessibility
2 17 (12.41%) QA
3 5 (3.65%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.65%) GDPR
4 4 (2.92%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.92%) PMO
4 4 (2.92%) WCAG
5 1 (0.73%) GRC
5 1 (0.73%) ITGC
5 1 (0.73%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.73%) Docker
1 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.73%) AirWatch
1 1 (0.73%) Grafana
1 1 (0.73%) Kibana
1 1 (0.73%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.73%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 32 (23.36%) Microsoft
2 28 (20.44%) Adobe
3 17 (12.41%) Google
4 16 (11.68%) Sitecore
5 11 (8.03%) Laserfiche
6 10 (7.30%) OpenText
6 10 (7.30%) Optimizely
7 8 (5.84%) Amplitude
7 8 (5.84%) Tealium
8 7 (5.11%) Apple
9 6 (4.38%) SAP
10 5 (3.65%) dotdigital
10 5 (3.65%) TikTok
11 4 (2.92%) Braze
12 3 (2.19%) Atlassian
12 3 (2.19%) Clearswift
12 3 (2.19%) Databricks
12 3 (2.19%) HubSpot
12 3 (2.19%) Oracle
12 3 (2.19%) Salesforce