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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 365 422
Rank change year-on-year -45 +57 +90
Contract jobs citing Content Management 108 136 169
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.44% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.50% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 89 108
10th Percentile £274 £256 £286
25th Percentile £341 £325 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £455 £434
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +4.90% -17.38%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £578
90th Percentile £600 £598 £666
UK median daily rate £438 £450 £430
% change year-on-year -2.78% +4.65% -16.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 9
10th Percentile £13.25 - £11.71
25th Percentile £18.06 - £17.13
Median hourly rate £35.75 £21.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.24% -12.50% -12.73%
75th Percentile £45.81 - £31.25
90th Percentile £51.25 - £32.50
UK median hourly rate £35.75 £21.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year +70.24% -12.50% -7.69%

All Process and 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 25,934 26,984 35,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.81% 86.59% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,426 16,444 24,762
10th Percentile £297 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,664 1,003 1,488
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.59 £20.27 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%
75th Percentile £44.75 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.35 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £37.39 £43.17
% change year-on-year -32.80% -13.38% +26.81%

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 27 October 2025.

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 27 October 2025.

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 27 October 2025. 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 -48 44 £425 -5.66% 55
South East +19 24 £593 +63.45% 54
North of England -32 17 £360 -36.00% 13
North West -26 9 £360 -44.62% 8
Midlands -16 8 £500 -1.23% 5
East of England -16 6 £245 -18.33% 4
Yorkshire -29 5 £286 -39.83% 5
East Midlands -7 4 £500 +8.99% 4
West Midlands -16 4 £450 -18.18% 1
South West +14 3 £170 - 4
North East - 3 £575 -
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 64 (59.26%) CMS
2 24 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 10 (9.26%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (9.26%) Exchange Server 2007
3 10 (9.26%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (9.26%) Exchange Server 2013
3 10 (9.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (9.26%) Office Communications Server
3 10 (9.26%) SharePoint Server
3 10 (9.26%) Skype for Business
4 9 (8.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (6.48%) WordPress
6 5 (4.63%) Documentum
7 4 (3.70%) Confluence
7 4 (3.70%) Umbraco
8 3 (2.78%) Alfresco
8 3 (2.78%) FileNet
9 2 (1.85%) Drupal
9 2 (1.85%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.93%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 13 (12.04%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.48%) Sketch
3 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (3.70%) Photoshop
5 3 (2.78%) InVision
5 3 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.93%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.93%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.93%) InDesign
6 1 (0.93%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Sprinklr
1 2 (1.85%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.33%) AWS
2 8 (7.41%) Figma
3 7 (6.48%) Google Analytics
3 7 (6.48%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.56%) SaaS
5 5 (4.63%) Power Automate
5 5 (4.63%) Serverless
6 4 (3.70%) Azure
7 3 (2.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (2.78%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.78%) Amazon SQS
7 3 (2.78%) Contentsquare
7 3 (2.78%) GitHub
7 3 (2.78%) Veeva
8 2 (1.85%) Contentful
8 2 (1.85%) Contentstack
8 2 (1.85%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.85%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.85%) prismic.io
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.26%) DDNS
1 10 (9.26%) DHCP
1 10 (9.26%) DNS
1 10 (9.26%) SAN
1 10 (9.26%) VPN
2 3 (2.78%) SMS
3 1 (0.93%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.89%) Metadata
2 5 (4.63%) Power BI
3 2 (1.85%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.93%) GIS
4 1 (0.93%) MySQL
4 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (12.04%) JIRA
2 8 (7.41%) GitLab
3 2 (1.85%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.85%) Git
3 2 (1.85%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.93%) Dreamweaver
General
1 38 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.00%) Marketing
3 15 (13.89%) Finance
4 13 (12.04%) Public Sector
5 12 (11.11%) Publishing
6 8 (7.41%) Retail
7 6 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (4.63%) Banking
9 4 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.78%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.78%) Legal
11 2 (1.85%) Agriculture
11 2 (1.85%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (1.85%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.85%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.85%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.85%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (14.81%) Developer
2 10 (9.26%) Exchange Engineer
2 10 (9.26%) Exchange Support
2 10 (9.26%) Support Engineer
3 9 (8.33%) Analyst
4 8 (7.41%) Designer
5 7 (6.48%) Consultant
5 7 (6.48%) Information Manager
6 6 (5.56%) Content Designer
7 5 (4.63%) Knowledge Manager
7 5 (4.63%) Lead
8 4 (3.70%) Architect
8 4 (3.70%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.70%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.70%) UX Designer
9 3 (2.78%) 3rd Line Support
9 3 (2.78%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (2.78%) Content Manager
9 3 (2.78%) Data Analyst
9 3 (2.78%) Documentum Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.19%) HTML
2 6 (5.56%) CSS
3 4 (3.70%) .NET
3 4 (3.70%) REST
4 2 (1.85%) jQuery
4 2 (1.85%) SPFx
5 1 (0.93%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.93%) Django
5 1 (0.93%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.93%) Flash
5 1 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.93%) Laravel
5 1 (0.93%) Node.js
5 1 (0.93%) RESTful
5 1 (0.93%) Spring
5 1 (0.93%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.93%) Vue
5 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.26%) Replication
1 10 (9.26%) Taxonomies
2 9 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.48%) Product Ownership
5 6 (5.56%) Social Media
6 5 (4.63%) Mobile App
7 4 (3.70%) Algorithms
8 3 (2.78%) Blog
8 3 (2.78%) Life Science
8 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.85%) Acoustics
9 2 (1.85%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.85%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.85%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.85%) EMV
9 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.85%) Freedom of Information
9 2 (1.85%) Java Card
10 1 (0.93%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.11%) Windows
2 10 (9.26%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (4.63%) Linux
4 4 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.78%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.85%) Android
6 2 (1.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (21.30%) Agile
1 23 (21.30%) User Experience
2 18 (16.67%) Analytics
3 17 (15.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (14.81%) Migration
5 15 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (12.96%) Enterprise Content Management
7 13 (12.04%) Digital Marketing
7 13 (12.04%) SEO
8 12 (11.11%) Project Management
8 12 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (10.19%) ITIL
10 10 (9.26%) Architectural Design
10 10 (9.26%) CRM
10 10 (9.26%) Enterprise Search
10 10 (9.26%) High Availability
10 10 (9.26%) Information Architecture
11 8 (7.41%) Content Strategy
11 8 (7.41%) Customer Experience
11 8 (7.41%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.41%) JavaScript
2 7 (6.48%) Java
3 6 (5.56%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.70%) C#
4 4 (3.70%) Python
4 4 (3.70%) Rust
5 2 (1.85%) PHP
5 2 (1.85%) Ruby
5 2 (1.85%) SQL
6 1 (0.93%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (14.81%) DV Cleared
3 12 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.41%) Degree
5 3 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.78%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.93%) MBA
6 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.96%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.78%) GDPR
2 3 (2.78%) QA
3 2 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.93%) GxP
4 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.93%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (12.04%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.26%) Brightmail
2 10 (9.26%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 10 (9.26%) Microsoft Clustering
2 6 (5.56%) Terraform
3 4 (3.70%) Ansible
4 2 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.93%) Bitnami
5 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 24 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.89%) Adobe
3 9 (8.33%) Google
4 5 (4.63%) SAP
5 4 (3.70%) Hopewiser
5 4 (3.70%) OpenText
5 4 (3.70%) Oracle
6 3 (2.78%) Facebook
6 3 (2.78%) Hotjar
7 2 (1.85%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.85%) Instagram
7 2 (1.85%) Nintex
7 2 (1.85%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.85%) Twitter
7 2 (1.85%) YouTube
8 1 (0.93%) Avaya
8 1 (0.93%) Brio
8 1 (0.93%) Genesys
8 1 (0.93%) IBM
8 1 (0.93%) Planview