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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 492 397 384
Rank change year-on-year -95 -13 +32
Contract jobs citing Content Management 131 122 143
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.44% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.48% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 78 106
10th Percentile £284 £209 £258
25th Percentile £400 £352 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £473
Median % change year-on-year +3.52% +5.82% +0.80%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £658 £684
UK median daily rate £500 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +7.53% +3.28% +0.06%
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% +9.88%
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% +9.88%

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 39,123 25,281 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.74% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,918 16,062 17,635
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
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 2,776 1,509 1,303
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.55
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -49 85 £550 +18.28% 131
North of England -66 13 £475 +31.94% 18
South East -80 11 £465 -19.13% 31
South West -28 8 £325 +90.88% 3
North West -49 8 £470 +30.56% 9
Midlands -48 6 £437 -12.60% 15
East of England -30 5 £515 +110.10% 6
Yorkshire -36 5 £525 +83.69% 9
West Midlands -44 4 £442 -1.72% 8
East Midlands -17 2 £350 -30.00% 7
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 70 (53.44%) CMS
2 30 (22.90%) SharePoint
3 20 (15.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 16 (12.21%) Sitecore CMS
5 11 (8.40%) WordPress
6 7 (5.34%) Drupal
7 4 (3.05%) Headless CMS
7 4 (3.05%) Umbraco
8 3 (2.29%) Confluence
8 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (1.53%) Liferay
10 1 (0.76%) Apache
10 1 (0.76%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.05%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.53%) Notion
3 2 (1.53%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.76%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.76%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.76%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (5.34%) Shopify
2 5 (3.82%) Magento
3 4 (3.05%) SAP CRM
4 3 (2.29%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (2.29%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (10.69%) Adobe Analytics
3 12 (9.16%) Google Analytics
3 12 (9.16%) Power Platform
4 10 (7.63%) OneDrive
5 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Purview
5 8 (6.11%) Power Automate
5 8 (6.11%) PowerApps
6 6 (4.58%) Azure
6 6 (4.58%) Meta Ads
7 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (3.82%) ShareGate
8 4 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.05%) Canva
8 4 (3.05%) Contentstack
8 4 (3.05%) Google Ads
8 4 (3.05%) SaaS
8 4 (3.05%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 4 (3.05%) Siteimprove
9 3 (2.29%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.34%) Intranet
2 3 (2.29%) SMTP
3 2 (1.53%) Firewall
4 1 (0.76%) Broadband
4 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.45%) Metadata
2 6 (4.58%) EDRMS
3 4 (3.05%) Power BI
4 3 (2.29%) Tableau
5 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (8.40%) JIRA
2 4 (3.05%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 2 (1.53%) TestRail
4 1 (0.76%) Capybara
4 1 (0.76%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.76%) Git
4 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.76%) minitest
4 1 (0.76%) RSpec
4 1 (0.76%) Selenium
4 1 (0.76%) Storybook
4 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.76%) Vite
4 1 (0.76%) webpack
General
1 60 (45.80%) Social Skills
2 55 (41.98%) Marketing
3 19 (14.50%) Publishing
4 17 (12.98%) Finance
5 16 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (9.16%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (9.16%) Public Sector
7 8 (6.11%) Retail
8 7 (5.34%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.82%) Advertising
11 3 (2.29%) Banking
11 3 (2.29%) Local Government
12 2 (1.53%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.76%) Back Office
13 1 (0.76%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.76%) Legal
13 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.76%) Military
13 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (9.92%) Architect
2 12 (9.16%) Consultant
3 10 (7.63%) Analyst
3 10 (7.63%) Designer
3 10 (7.63%) Enterprise Consultant
3 10 (7.63%) Enterprise Management Consultant
3 10 (7.63%) Management Consultant
3 10 (7.63%) Marketing Specialist
4 8 (6.11%) Content Designer
4 8 (6.11%) Programme Manager
4 8 (6.11%) Project Manager
5 7 (5.34%) Developer
5 7 (5.34%) Digital Programme Manager
5 7 (5.34%) Engineering Manager
5 7 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (5.34%) Web Specialist
6 6 (4.58%) Agile Development Manager
6 6 (4.58%) Digital Development Manager
6 6 (4.58%) Software Development Programme Manager
6 6 (4.58%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (15.27%) CSS
2 16 (12.21%) HTML
3 5 (3.82%) React
4 4 (3.05%) .NET
4 4 (3.05%) ASP.NET
4 4 (3.05%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (3.05%) JSON
4 4 (3.05%) SPFx
5 3 (2.29%) REST
6 2 (1.53%) Flutter
6 2 (1.53%) React Native
6 2 (1.53%) RESTful
7 1 (0.76%) Jest
7 1 (0.76%) Kafka
7 1 (0.76%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.76%) MDX
7 1 (0.76%) Playwright
7 1 (0.76%) Redux
7 1 (0.76%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.76%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.87%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.11%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.34%) Social Media
4 6 (4.58%) Taxonomies
5 5 (3.82%) Replication
6 4 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.05%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (3.05%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.29%) Educational Technology
7 3 (2.29%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.53%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.53%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.53%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.76%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.29%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.53%) Android
3 1 (0.76%) Linux
3 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.76%) Unix
3 1 (0.76%) Windows
3 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.48%) Agile
2 34 (25.95%) Analytics
3 33 (25.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (22.90%) Digital Marketing
5 26 (19.85%) Project Management
5 26 (19.85%) Roadmaps
6 25 (19.08%) User Experience
7 20 (15.27%) AI
8 19 (14.50%) Enterprise Content Management
9 16 (12.21%) Migration
10 15 (11.45%) CRM
11 14 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (9.16%) Personalization
13 12 (9.16%) Scrum
13 12 (9.16%) Validation
14 11 (8.40%) SEO
15 10 (7.63%) E-Commerce
15 10 (7.63%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.21%) JavaScript
2 7 (5.34%) SQL
3 5 (3.82%) C#
3 5 (3.82%) TypeScript
4 4 (3.05%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.53%) Java
6 1 (0.76%) Bash
6 1 (0.76%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 23 (17.56%) Security Cleared
2 19 (14.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.58%) PMP
4 5 (3.82%) Degree
5 4 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.53%) MBA
7 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.27%) Accessibility
2 17 (12.98%) QA
3 5 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.82%) GDPR
4 4 (3.05%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (3.05%) WCAG
5 3 (2.29%) PMO
6 1 (0.76%) GRC
6 1 (0.76%) ITGC
6 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.76%) Docker
1 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.76%) AirWatch
1 1 (0.76%) Grafana
1 1 (0.76%) Kibana
1 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 32 (24.43%) Microsoft
2 26 (19.85%) Adobe
3 16 (12.21%) Google
3 16 (12.21%) Sitecore
4 11 (8.40%) Laserfiche
4 11 (8.40%) Optimizely
5 10 (7.63%) OpenText
6 8 (6.11%) Amplitude
6 8 (6.11%) Tealium
7 6 (4.58%) SAP
8 5 (3.82%) Apple
9 4 (3.05%) Braze
9 4 (3.05%) dotdigital
9 4 (3.05%) TikTok
10 3 (2.29%) Atlassian
10 3 (2.29%) Clearswift
10 3 (2.29%) Databricks
10 3 (2.29%) HubSpot
10 3 (2.29%) Oracle
10 3 (2.29%) Salesforce