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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 342 382
Rank change year-on-year -124 +40 +115
Contract jobs citing Content Management 82 135 170
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.51% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.57% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 87 91
10th Percentile £300 £246 £198
25th Percentile £331 £331 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £463 £520
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% -11.06% -9.57%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £594
90th Percentile £638 £588 £700
UK median daily rate £407 £460 £520
% change year-on-year -11.63% -11.54% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 12
10th Percentile £47.20 £20.35 £12.16
25th Percentile £53.50 £22.01 £16.63
Median hourly rate £64.00 £24.76 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +158.48% -0.96% +11.11%
75th Percentile £74.50 £27.28 £31.56
90th Percentile £80.80 £28.79 £32.50
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £24.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year +73.67% -0.96% +11.11%

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 28,761 23,490 33,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.64% 89.52% 87.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,392 14,344 22,407
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £641 £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 1,792 750 1,956
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +1.43%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £61.90
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -78 45 £400 -19.95% 35
North of England -51 13 £360 -17.71% 15
South East -22 11 £550 +83.33% 12
North West -30 9 £360 -15.29% 10
South West -21 3 £415 +126.78% 3
Midlands -51 3 £308 -33.51% 4
North East -12 2 £450 +28.57% 1
East Midlands -21 2 - - 3
Yorkshire -56 2 - - 5
East of England -25 1 £750 +150.00% 2
West Midlands -40 1 £308 -18.00% 1
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 53 (64.63%) CMS
2 20 (24.39%) SharePoint
3 9 (10.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (8.54%) Confluence
4 7 (8.54%) WordPress
5 3 (3.66%) Drupal
6 2 (2.44%) Documentum
6 2 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (2.44%) Headless CMS
6 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (2.44%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (2.44%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (2.44%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (2.44%) Skype for Business
7 1 (1.22%) Kentico
7 1 (1.22%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.22%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.88%) Sketch
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.22%) FrameMaker
5 1 (1.22%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.22%) SAP AFS
1 1 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.20%) Power Platform
2 8 (9.76%) Figma
3 7 (8.54%) Power Automate
3 7 (8.54%) PowerApps
4 6 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (6.10%) AWS
6 4 (4.88%) Azure
7 2 (2.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (2.44%) Akamai
7 2 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.44%) Canva
7 2 (2.44%) Contentful
7 2 (2.44%) Contentstack
7 2 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.44%) Google Analytics
7 2 (2.44%) prismic.io
7 2 (2.44%) Viva Engage
8 1 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.66%) Intranet
1 3 (3.66%) SMS
2 2 (2.44%) DDNS
2 2 (2.44%) DHCP
2 2 (2.44%) DNS
2 2 (2.44%) SAN
2 2 (2.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.32%) Metadata
1 6 (7.32%) Power BI
2 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.22%) Looker
3 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (13.41%) JIRA
2 3 (3.66%) GitLab
3 1 (1.22%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.22%) Git
3 1 (1.22%) Postman
General
1 35 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.17%) Marketing
3 14 (17.07%) Finance
4 11 (13.41%) Publishing
5 9 (10.98%) Public Sector
5 9 (10.98%) Retail
6 6 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (6.10%) Banking
8 4 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.66%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.44%) Agriculture
10 2 (2.44%) German Language
10 2 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.44%) Law
10 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.44%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.22%) Legal
11 1 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (13.41%) Analyst
1 11 (13.41%) Designer
2 10 (12.20%) Content Designer
3 8 (9.76%) Developer
4 4 (4.88%) Administrator
4 4 (4.88%) Change Manager
4 4 (4.88%) CMS Specialist
4 4 (4.88%) Product Analyst
5 3 (3.66%) Architect
5 3 (3.66%) Business Analyst
5 3 (3.66%) Communications Manager
5 3 (3.66%) Lead
5 3 (3.66%) Senior
5 3 (3.66%) Service Analyst
5 3 (3.66%) Technical Writer
5 3 (3.66%) UX Designer
6 2 (2.44%) Author
6 2 (2.44%) Project Manager
6 2 (2.44%) Software Developer
6 2 (2.44%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.20%) HTML
2 4 (4.88%) CSS
3 3 (3.66%) .NET
3 3 (3.66%) React
4 2 (2.44%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.44%) Django
4 2 (2.44%) Node.js
5 1 (1.22%) CSS3
5 1 (1.22%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.22%) HTML5
5 1 (1.22%) JSR 170
5 1 (1.22%) OSGi
5 1 (1.22%) Playwright
5 1 (1.22%) pytest
5 1 (1.22%) RESTful
5 1 (1.22%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (1.22%) Vue
5 1 (1.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.32%) Onboarding
1 6 (7.32%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.88%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.66%) NHS
3 3 (3.66%) Taxonomies
4 2 (2.44%) Acoustics
4 2 (2.44%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.44%) EMV
4 2 (2.44%) FMCG
4 2 (2.44%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.44%) Java Card
4 2 (2.44%) Life Science
4 2 (2.44%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (2.44%) Replication
4 2 (2.44%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.22%) Handset
5 1 (1.22%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.10%) Windows
2 3 (3.66%) Linux
3 2 (2.44%) Android
3 2 (2.44%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (29.27%) Agile
2 17 (20.73%) User Experience
3 16 (19.51%) Analytics
4 14 (17.07%) Migration
5 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (13.41%) User Stories
7 10 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (10.98%) Change Management
9 8 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (8.54%) Content Strategy
10 7 (8.54%) Digital Marketing
10 7 (8.54%) Personalization
10 7 (8.54%) Project Management
10 7 (8.54%) Roadmaps
11 6 (7.32%) CRM
11 6 (7.32%) User Research
12 5 (6.10%) Data Security
12 5 (6.10%) GAP Analysis
12 5 (6.10%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.10%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.88%) Java
3 3 (3.66%) C#
3 3 (3.66%) Python
4 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.44%) Ruby
4 2 (2.44%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.22%) Bash
5 1 (1.22%) PHP
5 1 (1.22%) Rust
5 1 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.41%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.20%) Degree
4 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.44%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.44%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.44%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.22%) ISEB
6 1 (1.22%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.51%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.10%) WCAG
3 2 (2.44%) QA
4 1 (1.22%) GDPR
4 1 (1.22%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.44%) Brightmail
2 2 (2.44%) ISA Server
3 1 (1.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.88%) Terraform
2 2 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (1.22%) Ansible
3 1 (1.22%) Bitnami
3 1 (1.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 23 (28.05%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.63%) Adobe
3 4 (4.88%) Hopewiser
4 3 (3.66%) Google
4 3 (3.66%) OpenText
5 2 (2.44%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.22%) Hotjar
6 1 (1.22%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.22%) IBM
6 1 (1.22%) Oracle
6 1 (1.22%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.22%) SAP
6 1 (1.22%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.22%) Zoho