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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 491 376 375
Rank change year-on-year -115 -1 +62
Contract jobs citing Content Management 81 108 164
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.44% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.49% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 71 108
10th Percentile £288 £200 £210
25th Percentile £334 £413 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £515 £523
Median % change year-on-year -19.90% -1.44% -0.48%
75th Percentile £547 £581 £600
90th Percentile £676 £650 £738
UK median daily rate £400 £508 £515
% change year-on-year -21.13% -1.46% +0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 6
10th Percentile £19.43 £21.45 £19.31
25th Percentile £21.94 £24.76 £24.50
Median hourly rate £23.16 £29.80 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.28% +1.02% +29.67%
75th Percentile £32.88 £32.05 £32.30
90th Percentile £35.75 - £32.75
UK median hourly rate £23.08 £29.80 £29.50
% change year-on-year -22.55% +1.02% +29.67%

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 34,200 22,151 32,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.97% 91.14% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,858 14,510 20,977
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,144 918 2,231
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.74 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 £30.45 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.50% -14.23% -5.33%
75th Percentile £67.31 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £40.66 £29.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.87% -16.94% -6.17%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -94 56 £400 -23.81% 18
South East -64 8 £400 -21.18% 11
North of England -77 7 £502 +40.29% 6
North West -39 3 £455 +26.96% 3
Yorkshire -58 3 £494 -8.14% 1
Midlands -61 3 £329 +64.38% 1
South West -34 2 £415 +135.13% 2
East Midlands - 2 £350 - 1
North East -15 1 £550 +57.14% 2
West Midlands -58 1 £308 +53.75%
East of England - 1 £750 - 2
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 45 (55.56%) CMS
2 20 (24.69%) SharePoint
3 6 (7.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (7.41%) Drupal
4 5 (6.17%) Confluence
4 5 (6.17%) WordPress
5 2 (2.47%) Umbraco
6 1 (1.23%) Apache
6 1 (1.23%) Kentico
6 1 (1.23%) nginx
6 1 (1.23%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (1.23%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.47%) Notion
3 2 (2.47%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.23%) FrameMaker
4 1 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.23%) SAP AFS
1 1 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.81%) Power Platform
2 8 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (9.88%) Power Automate
2 8 (9.88%) PowerApps
3 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (4.94%) Figma
5 3 (3.70%) Canva
5 3 (3.70%) GCP
5 3 (3.70%) Google Analytics
5 3 (3.70%) ShareGate
6 2 (2.47%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 2 (2.47%) Google Ads
6 2 (2.47%) Google Docs
6 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.47%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.47%) SaaS
6 2 (2.47%) Viva Engage
7 1 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.41%) Intranet
2 1 (1.23%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.64%) Power BI
2 6 (7.41%) Metadata
3 2 (2.47%) EDRMS
3 2 (2.47%) Tableau
4 1 (1.23%) Looker
4 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (7.41%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) Git
3 1 (1.23%) Capybara
3 1 (1.23%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.23%) minitest
3 1 (1.23%) Postman
3 1 (1.23%) RSpec
3 1 (1.23%) Selenium
3 1 (1.23%) Storybook
3 1 (1.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (39.51%) Social Skills
2 26 (32.10%) Marketing
3 15 (18.52%) Finance
4 14 (17.28%) Publishing
5 10 (12.35%) Public Sector
6 8 (9.88%) Retail
7 7 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (8.64%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.94%) Banking
8 4 (4.94%) Local Government
9 3 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (3.70%) Legal
9 3 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.47%) German Language
10 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.47%) Law
11 1 (1.23%) Italian Language
11 1 (1.23%) Spanish Language
11 1 (1.23%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 13 (16.05%) Designer
2 11 (13.58%) Analyst
2 11 (13.58%) Content Designer
3 5 (6.17%) Architect
4 4 (4.94%) Business Analyst
4 4 (4.94%) Change Manager
4 4 (4.94%) Engineering Manager
4 4 (4.94%) Product Analyst
4 4 (4.94%) Programme Manager
4 4 (4.94%) Senior
5 3 (3.70%) Administrator
5 3 (3.70%) Developer
5 3 (3.70%) Digital Programme Manager
5 3 (3.70%) Senior Designer
5 3 (3.70%) Strategy Manager
5 3 (3.70%) Technical Writer
6 2 (2.47%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 2 (2.47%) Content Manager
6 2 (2.47%) Digital Architect
6 2 (2.47%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.05%) HTML
2 11 (13.58%) CSS
3 6 (7.41%) React
4 5 (6.17%) AngularJS
5 4 (4.94%) .NET
6 3 (3.70%) RESTful
7 2 (2.47%) ASP.NET
7 2 (2.47%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (2.47%) CSS3
7 2 (2.47%) HTML5
7 2 (2.47%) JSON
7 2 (2.47%) JSR 170
7 2 (2.47%) OSGi
7 2 (2.47%) SPFx
7 2 (2.47%) Vue
8 1 (1.23%) Playwright
8 1 (1.23%) pytest
8 1 (1.23%) Tailwind CSS
8 1 (1.23%) Web Services
8 1 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.17%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (6.17%) Management Information System
1 5 (6.17%) NHS
1 5 (6.17%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.94%) Marketing Technology
2 4 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.94%) Taxonomies
3 3 (3.70%) AI Agents
3 3 (3.70%) Social Media
4 2 (2.47%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.47%) Educational Technology
4 2 (2.47%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.47%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.47%) PMI
4 2 (2.47%) Video Editing
4 2 (2.47%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.47%) Android
1 2 (2.47%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.23%) Linux
2 1 (1.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.16%) Agile
2 17 (20.99%) Project Management
2 17 (20.99%) User Experience
3 16 (19.75%) Analytics
4 15 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (17.28%) AI
6 12 (14.81%) Migration
7 11 (13.58%) Digital Marketing
8 10 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (12.35%) Roadmaps
8 10 (12.35%) User Stories
9 9 (11.11%) Content Strategy
10 8 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (8.64%) Data Protection
11 7 (8.64%) GAP Analysis
11 7 (8.64%) User Research
12 6 (7.41%) CRM
12 6 (7.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 5 (6.17%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.58%) JavaScript
2 6 (7.41%) SQL
2 6 (7.41%) TypeScript
3 5 (6.17%) C#
4 3 (3.70%) Python
5 2 (2.47%) Google Apps Script
5 2 (2.47%) Java
5 2 (2.47%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (8.64%) Degree
2 6 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.94%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.47%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.47%) PMP
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.23%) ISEB
6 1 (1.23%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.99%) Accessibility
2 10 (12.35%) WCAG
3 5 (6.17%) QA
4 1 (1.23%) GDPR
4 1 (1.23%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.05%) Adobe
3 7 (8.64%) Google
4 4 (4.94%) SAP
5 2 (2.47%) OpenText
5 2 (2.47%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.23%) Ariba
6 1 (1.23%) Facebook
6 1 (1.23%) IBM
6 1 (1.23%) Instagram
6 1 (1.23%) Laserfiche
6 1 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.23%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.23%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.23%) YouTube
6 1 (1.23%) Zoho