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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 386 412
Rank change year-on-year -146 +26 +12
Contract jobs citing Content Management 80 110 142
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.43% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.47% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 70 95
10th Percentile £290 £211 £203
25th Percentile £400 £358 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -
75th Percentile £638 £597 £600
90th Percentile £680 £654 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £451
% change year-on-year -2.50% +10.99% -7.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 5
10th Percentile £19.80 £13.25 £17.48
25th Percentile £22.47 £15.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £26.58 £29.80 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +26.81% -11.32%
75th Percentile £35.75 £32.05 £31.71
90th Percentile £50.59 £41.50 £32.48
UK median hourly rate £26.58 £29.80 £23.50
% change year-on-year -10.81% +26.81% -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 37,451 23,541 31,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.15% 85.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,583 15,155 20,721
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.08% -3.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 1,173 2,326
10th Percentile £15.26 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.79 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.50 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.07
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.45%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -74 59 £550 +4.76% 56
South East -76 5 £360 -29.06% 20
North of England -80 5 £448 -10.50% 13
East of England -21 3 £644 +162.76%
South West -31 3 £415 +144.12% 3
North West -53 3 £448 +4.31% 8
East Midlands -18 2 £350 -30.00% 4
Yorkshire -44 2 £494 +19.94% 2
Midlands -54 2 £350 -22.22% 14
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 43 (53.75%) CMS
2 17 (21.25%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.25%) Drupal
3 5 (6.25%) WordPress
4 4 (5.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (5.00%) Confluence
5 1 (1.25%) Apache
5 1 (1.25%) Kentico
5 1 (1.25%) Liferay
5 1 (1.25%) nginx
5 1 (1.25%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (1.25%) Sitefinity
5 1 (1.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.50%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.50%) Notion
3 2 (2.50%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.25%) FrameMaker
4 1 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.50%) Magento
1 2 (2.50%) Shopify
2 1 (1.25%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (1.25%) SAP AFS
2 1 (1.25%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.75%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Purview
3 6 (7.50%) Power Automate
3 6 (7.50%) PowerApps
4 5 (6.25%) ShareGate
5 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (5.00%) OneDrive
5 4 (5.00%) SaaS
6 3 (3.75%) GCP
7 2 (2.50%) Figma
7 2 (2.50%) Google Ads
7 2 (2.50%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (1.25%) AWS
8 1 (1.25%) Canva
8 1 (1.25%) Google Docs
8 1 (1.25%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.25%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (1.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.50%) Intranet
2 1 (1.25%) RFID
2 1 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.50%) Metadata
2 4 (5.00%) EDRMS
3 3 (3.75%) Power BI
4 2 (2.50%) Tableau
5 1 (1.25%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (8.75%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Capybara
2 1 (1.25%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.25%) Git
2 1 (1.25%) minitest
2 1 (1.25%) RSpec
2 1 (1.25%) Selenium
2 1 (1.25%) Storybook
2 1 (1.25%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.25%) Vite
2 1 (1.25%) webpack
General
1 28 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 25 (31.25%) Marketing
3 14 (17.50%) Finance
4 10 (12.50%) Publishing
5 9 (11.25%) Public Sector
6 8 (10.00%) Retail
7 7 (8.75%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (5.00%) Local Government
10 3 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.50%) Banking
11 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.50%) Legal
12 1 (1.25%) Advertising
12 1 (1.25%) Back Office
12 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (12.50%) Architect
1 10 (12.50%) Designer
2 8 (10.00%) Content Designer
3 7 (8.75%) Analyst
4 6 (7.50%) Programme Manager
4 6 (7.50%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.25%) Consultant
5 5 (6.25%) Developer
5 5 (6.25%) Digital Architect
5 5 (6.25%) Engineering Manager
5 5 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.00%) Digital Programme Manager
6 4 (5.00%) SharePoint Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Agile Development Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Development Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Digital Development Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Digital Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.75%) Enterprise Management Consultant
7 3 (3.75%) Software Development Programme Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.00%) CSS
2 8 (10.00%) HTML
3 7 (8.75%) React
4 5 (6.25%) .NET
5 4 (5.00%) AngularJS
5 4 (5.00%) ASP.NET
5 4 (5.00%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (5.00%) JSON
5 4 (5.00%) SPFx
6 2 (2.50%) REST
6 2 (2.50%) RESTful
7 1 (1.25%) CSS3
7 1 (1.25%) HTML5
7 1 (1.25%) JSR 170
7 1 (1.25%) MDX
7 1 (1.25%) OSGi
7 1 (1.25%) React Native
7 1 (1.25%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (1.25%) Sass
7 1 (1.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.50%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.00%) Marketing Technology
4 3 (3.75%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.75%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.75%) NHS
4 3 (3.75%) Social Media
4 3 (3.75%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.50%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.50%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.50%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.50%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.50%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.25%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.25%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.75%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.50%) Android
3 1 (1.25%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.25%) Windows
3 1 (1.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.00%) User Experience
2 19 (23.75%) Project Management
3 17 (21.25%) Agile
3 17 (21.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (18.75%) AI
4 15 (18.75%) Roadmaps
5 12 (15.00%) Analytics
6 11 (13.75%) Digital Marketing
7 10 (12.50%) Enterprise Content Management
7 10 (12.50%) Migration
8 8 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (8.75%) CRM
9 7 (8.75%) Data Protection
9 7 (8.75%) Process Improvement
10 6 (7.50%) Content Strategy
10 6 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (7.50%) E-Commerce
10 6 (7.50%) Scrum
10 6 (7.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (7.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 8 (10.00%) TypeScript
3 6 (7.50%) C#
3 6 (7.50%) SQL
4 4 (5.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.50%) Google Apps Script
5 2 (2.50%) Java
5 2 (2.50%) Python
6 1 (1.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (5.00%) Degree
1 4 (5.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.75%) PMP
2 3 (3.75%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.25%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.25%) MBA
4 1 (1.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.25%) Accessibility
2 7 (8.75%) WCAG
3 6 (7.50%) QA
4 3 (3.75%) GDPR
5 2 (2.50%) PMO
6 1 (1.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.25%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 20 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.25%) Adobe
3 5 (6.25%) Google
3 5 (6.25%) SAP
4 4 (5.00%) Laserfiche
4 4 (5.00%) Optimizely
5 3 (3.75%) OpenText
6 2 (2.50%) Oracle
6 2 (2.50%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.25%) Apple
7 1 (1.25%) Ariba
7 1 (1.25%) Facebook
7 1 (1.25%) IBM
7 1 (1.25%) Instagram
7 1 (1.25%) Meraki
7 1 (1.25%) Okta
7 1 (1.25%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.25%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.25%) VMware
7 1 (1.25%) YouTube