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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 388 405
Rank change year-on-year -144 +17 +2
Contract jobs citing Content Management 101 122 131
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.22% 0.44% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.49% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 78 95
10th Percentile £276 £209 £263
25th Percentile £389 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £506 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% -1.70% +7.29%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £594
90th Percentile £651 £658 £700
UK median daily rate £491 £480 £475
% change year-on-year +2.34% +1.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 4
10th Percentile £20.16 £13.25 £21.75
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.06 £22.88
Median hourly rate £23.16 £31.78 £27.61
Median % change year-on-year -27.11% +15.11% +4.17%
75th Percentile £35.75 £38.06 £32.03
90th Percentile £45.64 £46.83 £32.61
UK median hourly rate £23.16 £31.78 £27.61
% change year-on-year -27.11% +15.11% +4.17%

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 38,641 24,977 29,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 90.76% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,154 16,016 19,101
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,462 1,371 1,780
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.25 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.92 £17.98 £17.72
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £52.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -55 73 £550 +14.58% 30
North of England -75 9 £475 -5.00% 15
South East -86 8 £403 -23.88% 9
North West -54 5 £483 -3.50% 6
Yorkshire -53 4 £475 +15.39% 8
South West -40 3 £325 +90.88% 5
East Midlands -12 2 £350 -30.00% 1
East of England -23 2 £538 +119.39% 6
Midlands -56 2 £350 -30.00% 4
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 52 (51.49%) CMS
2 28 (27.72%) SharePoint
3 11 (10.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 8 (7.92%) Sitecore CMS
5 7 (6.93%) Drupal
6 5 (4.95%) WordPress
7 3 (2.97%) Confluence
7 3 (2.97%) Umbraco
8 2 (1.98%) Liferay
8 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.99%) Apache
9 1 (0.99%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.98%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.98%) Notion
4 2 (1.98%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.99%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Shopify
2 3 (2.97%) Magento
3 2 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.98%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.99%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.99%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (10.89%) Power Platform
3 10 (9.90%) Google Analytics
4 9 (8.91%) Microsoft Purview
4 9 (8.91%) OneDrive
5 8 (7.92%) Power Automate
5 8 (7.92%) PowerApps
6 7 (6.93%) Adobe Analytics
7 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (4.95%) SaaS
7 5 (4.95%) ShareGate
8 4 (3.96%) Azure
9 3 (2.97%) GCP
9 3 (2.97%) Siteimprove
10 2 (1.98%) AWS
10 2 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.98%) Canva
10 2 (1.98%) Figma
10 2 (1.98%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.98%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.93%) Intranet
2 2 (1.98%) SMTP
3 1 (0.99%) Broadband
3 1 (0.99%) RFID
3 1 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.89%) Metadata
2 4 (3.96%) EDRMS
3 3 (2.97%) Power BI
4 2 (1.98%) Tableau
5 1 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.99%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (8.91%) JIRA
2 3 (2.97%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 2 (1.98%) TestRail
4 1 (0.99%) Capybara
4 1 (0.99%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.99%) Git
4 1 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.99%) minitest
4 1 (0.99%) RSpec
4 1 (0.99%) Selenium
4 1 (0.99%) Storybook
4 1 (0.99%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.99%) Vite
4 1 (0.99%) webpack
General
1 41 (40.59%) Social Skills
2 36 (35.64%) Marketing
3 16 (15.84%) Finance
3 16 (15.84%) Publishing
4 13 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.91%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.94%) Retail
8 4 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.97%) Local Government
10 2 (1.98%) Banking
10 2 (1.98%) Legal
11 1 (0.99%) Advertising
11 1 (0.99%) Back Office
11 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (11.88%) Architect
2 11 (10.89%) Consultant
3 9 (8.91%) Analyst
3 9 (8.91%) Enterprise Consultant
3 9 (8.91%) Enterprise Management Consultant
3 9 (8.91%) Management Consultant
4 8 (7.92%) Designer
5 7 (6.93%) Developer
6 6 (5.94%) Content Designer
6 6 (5.94%) Programme Manager
7 5 (4.95%) Digital Programme Manager
7 5 (4.95%) Engineering Manager
7 5 (4.95%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.96%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.96%) Development Manager
8 4 (3.96%) Digital Architect
8 4 (3.96%) Digital Development Manager
8 4 (3.96%) Software Development Manager
8 4 (3.96%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.84%) CSS
2 12 (11.88%) HTML
3 6 (5.94%) React
4 4 (3.96%) .NET
4 4 (3.96%) ASP.NET
4 4 (3.96%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (3.96%) JSON
4 4 (3.96%) SPFx
5 3 (2.97%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.97%) RESTful
6 2 (1.98%) REST
7 1 (0.99%) CSS3
7 1 (0.99%) HTML5
7 1 (0.99%) Jest
7 1 (0.99%) JSR 170
7 1 (0.99%) Kafka
7 1 (0.99%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.99%) MDX
7 1 (0.99%) OSGi
7 1 (0.99%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.93%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.96%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (3.96%) Marketing Technology
2 4 (3.96%) Social Media
3 3 (2.97%) Educational Technology
3 3 (2.97%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.97%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.97%) Taxonomies
4 2 (1.98%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.98%) Digital Media
4 2 (1.98%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.98%) NHS
4 2 (1.98%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.99%) Blog
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (0.99%) Digital Signage
5 1 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.99%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.97%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.98%) Android
3 1 (0.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.99%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.99%) Unix
3 1 (0.99%) Windows
3 1 (0.99%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (25.74%) Agile
2 24 (23.76%) User Experience
3 22 (21.78%) Project Management
4 21 (20.79%) Roadmaps
5 19 (18.81%) Analytics
6 16 (15.84%) Enterprise Content Management
6 16 (15.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (14.85%) Digital Marketing
8 14 (13.86%) AI
9 13 (12.87%) Migration
10 11 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (9.90%) Personalization
11 10 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (8.91%) CRM
13 8 (7.92%) Process Improvement
13 8 (7.92%) SEO
14 7 (6.93%) DevOps
14 7 (6.93%) Scrum
15 6 (5.94%) Document Management
15 6 (5.94%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.88%) JavaScript
2 7 (6.93%) TypeScript
3 6 (5.94%) SQL
4 5 (4.95%) C#
5 4 (3.96%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.97%) Java
7 2 (1.98%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (1.98%) Python
8 1 (0.99%) Bash
8 1 (0.99%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (10.89%) SC Cleared
1 11 (10.89%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (3.96%) Degree
2 4 (3.96%) PMP
3 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.99%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.99%) MBA
4 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.99%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.88%) Accessibility
2 10 (9.90%) QA
3 6 (5.94%) WCAG
4 3 (2.97%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.97%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.97%) GDPR
5 2 (1.98%) PMO
6 1 (0.99%) ITGC
6 1 (0.99%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.99%) Docker
1 1 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.99%) AirWatch
1 1 (0.99%) Grafana
1 1 (0.99%) Kibana
1 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.99%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (27.72%) Microsoft
2 17 (16.83%) Adobe
3 13 (12.87%) Google
4 10 (9.90%) Laserfiche
4 10 (9.90%) Optimizely
5 9 (8.91%) OpenText
6 8 (7.92%) Sitecore
7 6 (5.94%) Amplitude
7 6 (5.94%) Tealium
8 5 (4.95%) SAP
9 3 (2.97%) Braze
10 2 (1.98%) Clearswift
10 2 (1.98%) Oracle
10 2 (1.98%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.99%) Apple
11 1 (0.99%) Ariba
11 1 (0.99%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.99%) Facebook
11 1 (0.99%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.99%) VMware