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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 483 415 388
Rank change year-on-year -68 -27 +32
Contract jobs citing Content Management 148 114 142
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.41% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.45% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 73 98
10th Percentile £305 £172 £259
25th Percentile £410 £338 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £465 £473
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -1.59% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £555
90th Percentile £688 £641 £641
UK median daily rate £524 £450 £453
% change year-on-year +16.41% -0.61% +0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 1
10th Percentile £19.43 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £21.69 £20.63 -
Median hourly rate £23.16 £32.05 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.74% +52.62% +1.20%
75th Percentile £28.13 £41.50 -
90th Percentile £52.09 £46.75 -
UK median hourly rate £23.16 £32.05 £21.00
% change year-on-year -27.74% +52.62% +1.20%

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 39,431 25,424 27,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.70% 90.99% 86.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,955 16,149 17,033
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -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 2,897 1,546 1,199
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £46.55 £67.01
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +55.07% -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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -42 93 £550 +18.60% 172
North of England -70 18 £503 +39.58% 32
South East -74 12 £405 -30.77% 38
North West -46 10 £470 +30.56% 16
Midlands -48 9 £434 -13.30% 21
South West -30 8 £325 +90.88% 5
Yorkshire -36 8 £730 +155.41% 10
West Midlands -35 7 £437 -2.89% 10
East of England -27 5 £515 +110.10% 10
East Midlands -17 2 £350 -30.00% 11
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 76 (51.35%) CMS
2 32 (21.62%) SharePoint
3 25 (16.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 16 (10.81%) Sitecore CMS
5 13 (8.78%) WordPress
6 7 (4.73%) Drupal
7 6 (4.05%) Headless CMS
7 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (2.70%) Umbraco
9 3 (2.03%) Confluence
10 2 (1.35%) Liferay
11 1 (0.68%) Apache
11 1 (0.68%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (3.38%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.35%) Notion
4 1 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.68%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.68%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.68%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.68%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (4.73%) Shopify
2 5 (3.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.38%) Magento
2 5 (3.38%) Workfront
3 4 (2.70%) SAP CRM
4 3 (2.03%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.84%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (10.81%) Adobe Analytics
3 13 (8.78%) OneDrive
4 12 (8.11%) Google Analytics
4 12 (8.11%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.41%) Power Automate
5 8 (5.41%) PowerApps
6 7 (4.73%) Meta Ads
6 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (4.05%) Azure
8 5 (3.38%) Google Ads
8 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (3.38%) ShareGate
9 4 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.70%) Canva
9 4 (2.70%) Contentstack
9 4 (2.70%) Figma
9 4 (2.70%) SaaS
9 4 (2.70%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 4 (2.70%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.73%) Intranet
2 6 (4.05%) SMTP
3 2 (1.35%) Firewall
4 1 (0.68%) Broadband
4 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.49%) Metadata
2 6 (4.05%) EDRMS
3 4 (2.70%) Power BI
4 3 (2.03%) Tableau
5 2 (1.35%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (7.43%) JIRA
2 4 (2.70%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 2 (1.35%) TestRail
4 1 (0.68%) Capybara
4 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.68%) Git
4 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.68%) minitest
4 1 (0.68%) RSpec
4 1 (0.68%) Selenium
4 1 (0.68%) Storybook
4 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.68%) Vite
4 1 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 65 (43.92%) Marketing
2 63 (42.57%) Social Skills
3 22 (14.86%) Publishing
4 20 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (13.51%) Finance
5 17 (11.49%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (10.14%) Public Sector
7 10 (6.76%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.73%) Advertising
8 7 (4.73%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (4.73%) Retail
9 3 (2.03%) Banking
9 3 (2.03%) Local Government
10 2 (1.35%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.68%) Back Office
11 1 (0.68%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.68%) Legal
11 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.68%) Military
11 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (10.81%) Architect
2 13 (8.78%) Consultant
2 13 (8.78%) Designer
2 13 (8.78%) Project Manager
3 12 (8.11%) Marketing Specialist
4 10 (6.76%) Content Designer
4 10 (6.76%) Enterprise Consultant
4 10 (6.76%) Enterprise Management Consultant
4 10 (6.76%) Management Consultant
5 9 (6.08%) Analyst
5 9 (6.08%) Programme Manager
5 9 (6.08%) Web Specialist
6 8 (5.41%) Digital Programme Manager
6 8 (5.41%) Engineering Manager
6 8 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (4.73%) Agile Development Manager
7 7 (4.73%) Digital Development Manager
7 7 (4.73%) Software Development Programme Manager
7 7 (4.73%) Software Engineering Manager
7 7 (4.73%) Web Marketing Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (14.19%) CSS
2 17 (11.49%) HTML
3 5 (3.38%) React
3 5 (3.38%) REST
4 4 (2.70%) .NET
4 4 (2.70%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.70%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (2.70%) Flutter
4 4 (2.70%) JSON
4 4 (2.70%) React Native
4 4 (2.70%) SPFx
5 2 (1.35%) RESTful
6 1 (0.68%) Jest
6 1 (0.68%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.68%) MDX
6 1 (0.68%) Playwright
6 1 (0.68%) Redux
6 1 (0.68%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.68%) Spring
6 1 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.11%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.76%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.41%) Taxonomies
4 7 (4.73%) Replication
4 7 (4.73%) Social Media
5 6 (4.05%) Marketing Technology
5 6 (4.05%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.03%) Educational Technology
7 3 (2.03%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.03%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.35%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.68%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.68%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.03%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.35%) Android
3 1 (0.68%) Linux
3 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.68%) Unix
3 1 (0.68%) Windows
3 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (31.08%) Agile
2 39 (26.35%) Analytics
3 38 (25.68%) Digital Marketing
4 37 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 31 (20.95%) Project Management
6 29 (19.59%) Roadmaps
6 29 (19.59%) User Experience
7 24 (16.22%) AI
8 19 (12.84%) Enterprise Content Management
8 19 (12.84%) Migration
8 19 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (12.16%) Scrum
10 17 (11.49%) CRM
11 14 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (9.46%) E-Commerce
11 14 (9.46%) Personalization
11 14 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (8.11%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (8.11%) Validation
12 12 (8.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.49%) JavaScript
2 7 (4.73%) SQL
3 5 (3.38%) C#
3 5 (3.38%) TypeScript
4 4 (2.70%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.35%) Java
6 1 (0.68%) Bash
6 1 (0.68%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 29 (19.59%) Security Cleared
2 24 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.08%) Degree
4 7 (4.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (4.73%) PMP
5 4 (2.70%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.70%) MBA
6 2 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (16.22%) Accessibility
2 18 (12.16%) QA
3 9 (6.08%) PMO
4 5 (3.38%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.38%) GDPR
5 4 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.70%) WCAG
6 1 (0.68%) GRC
6 1 (0.68%) ITGC
6 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) Docker
1 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.68%) AirWatch
1 1 (0.68%) Grafana
1 1 (0.68%) Kibana
1 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (22.97%) Microsoft
2 32 (21.62%) Adobe
3 17 (11.49%) Google
4 16 (10.81%) Sitecore
5 11 (7.43%) Laserfiche
6 10 (6.76%) OpenText
6 10 (6.76%) Optimizely
7 8 (5.41%) Amplitude
7 8 (5.41%) Tealium
8 7 (4.73%) Apple
9 6 (4.05%) SAP
10 5 (3.38%) Clearswift
10 5 (3.38%) dotdigital
10 5 (3.38%) Oracle
10 5 (3.38%) Proofpoint
10 5 (3.38%) Salesforce
10 5 (3.38%) TikTok
11 4 (2.70%) Braze
12 3 (2.03%) Atlassian
12 3 (2.03%) HubSpot