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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 398 416
Rank change year-on-year +20 +18 +109
Contract jobs citing Content Management 124 136 188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.42% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.48% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 100 125
10th Percentile £210 £260 £293
25th Percentile £354 £334 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £655 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £465 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +0.43% +2.89% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 10
10th Percentile £13.25 £21.25 £11.77
25th Percentile £20.63 £21.63 £16.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £22.25 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +44.04% +9.88% -26.36%
75th Percentile £41.50 £22.88 £26.00
90th Percentile £46.75 £23.25 £36.28
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £22.25 £20.25
% change year-on-year +44.04% +9.88% -22.12%

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 25,234 28,138 37,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.88% 86.06% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,038 17,541 26,048
10th Percentile £300 £313 £319
25th Percentile £405 £423 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,497 1,306 1,424
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.92 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%
75th Percentile £49.75 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.01%

Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Content Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Content Management 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +2 61 £465 -2.11% 54
South East +45 29 £575 -11.54% 38
North of England -18 16 £360 -42.40% 11
North West -22 9 £360 -42.40% 7
Midlands -7 8 £500 -9.09% 16
East of England +4 6 £245 -18.33% 9
East Midlands -2 4 £500 +9.89% 12
West Midlands -9 4 £450 -18.18% 4
Yorkshire -11 4 £286 -42.84% 3
North East -1 3 £575 -11.54% 2
South West +15 1 £170 -54.67% 3
Content Management
UK

Content Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 69 (55.65%) CMS
2 36 (29.03%) SharePoint
3 13 (10.48%) Exchange Server 2003
3 13 (10.48%) Exchange Server 2007
3 13 (10.48%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (10.48%) Exchange Server 2013
3 13 (10.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (10.48%) Office Communications Server
3 13 (10.48%) SharePoint Server
3 13 (10.48%) Skype for Business
4 6 (4.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (4.84%) Documentum
5 5 (4.03%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (3.23%) Drupal
6 4 (3.23%) FileNet
6 4 (3.23%) IIS
6 4 (3.23%) Umbraco
7 3 (2.42%) Alfresco
7 3 (2.42%) Headless CMS
7 3 (2.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (18.55%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.65%) Sketch
3 6 (4.84%) Photoshop
4 5 (4.03%) InfoPath
5 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (2.42%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (2.42%) InVision
7 2 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.81%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.81%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.81%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Sprinklr
1 2 (1.61%) Workfront
2 1 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.29%) Power Platform
2 13 (10.48%) AWS
3 9 (7.26%) Figma
3 9 (7.26%) SaaS
4 8 (6.45%) Azure
4 8 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.45%) Power Automate
5 7 (5.65%) Serverless
6 6 (4.84%) Google Analytics
7 5 (4.03%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (4.03%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.03%) PowerApps
7 5 (4.03%) ShareGate
8 4 (3.23%) Amazon SQS
8 4 (3.23%) GCP
8 4 (3.23%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 3 (2.42%) GitHub
9 3 (2.42%) OneDrive
9 3 (2.42%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.48%) DDNS
1 13 (10.48%) DHCP
1 13 (10.48%) DNS
1 13 (10.48%) SAN
1 13 (10.48%) VPN
2 2 (1.61%) Firewall
2 2 (1.61%) Intranet
2 2 (1.61%) VLAN
2 2 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.71%) Metadata
2 9 (7.26%) Power BI
3 2 (1.61%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.81%) GIS
4 1 (0.81%) MySQL
4 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (7.26%) JIRA
2 7 (5.65%) GitLab
3 2 (1.61%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.61%) Git
3 2 (1.61%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.81%) Dreamweaver
General
1 43 (34.68%) Social Skills
2 27 (21.77%) Marketing
3 19 (15.32%) Public Sector
4 14 (11.29%) Finance
5 9 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (7.26%) Publishing
6 6 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.84%) Retail
7 5 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.03%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.23%) Banking
8 4 (3.23%) Legal
9 3 (2.42%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (1.61%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.61%) International Banking
10 2 (1.61%) Italian Language
10 2 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.61%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (12.90%) Developer
2 13 (10.48%) Exchange Engineer
2 13 (10.48%) Exchange Support
2 13 (10.48%) Support Engineer
3 11 (8.87%) Designer
4 9 (7.26%) Architect
5 8 (6.45%) Analyst
5 8 (6.45%) Content Designer
6 7 (5.65%) Information Manager
6 7 (5.65%) Project Manager
7 6 (4.84%) Communications Manager
7 6 (4.84%) Consultant
7 6 (4.84%) Lead
8 5 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (4.03%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Knowledge Manager
8 5 (4.03%) Senior
9 4 (3.23%) Enterprise Architect
9 4 (3.23%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.45%) HTML
2 6 (4.84%) CSS
3 4 (3.23%) REST
4 3 (2.42%) .NET
5 2 (1.61%) jQuery
5 2 (1.61%) SPFx
6 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.81%) ADO
6 1 (0.81%) Django
6 1 (0.81%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.81%) Flash
6 1 (0.81%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.81%) Laravel
6 1 (0.81%) Node.js
6 1 (0.81%) RESTful
6 1 (0.81%) Spring
6 1 (0.81%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.81%) Vue
6 1 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.48%) Replication
2 11 (8.87%) Management Information System
3 10 (8.06%) Product Ownership
4 9 (7.26%) Onboarding
4 9 (7.26%) Taxonomies
5 8 (6.45%) Social Media
6 7 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (4.03%) Life Science
8 4 (3.23%) Learning Management System
9 3 (2.42%) Acoustics
9 3 (2.42%) Blog
10 2 (1.61%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.61%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.61%) Digital Media
10 2 (1.61%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.61%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.81%) Augmented Reality
11 1 (0.81%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 23 (18.55%) Windows
2 13 (10.48%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.03%) Linux
4 5 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (27.42%) User Experience
2 27 (21.77%) Agile
3 23 (18.55%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (18.55%) Migration
4 22 (17.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (13.71%) Enterprise Content Management
5 17 (13.71%) ITIL
6 16 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (12.10%) Analytics
7 15 (12.10%) SEO
8 14 (11.29%) Change Management
8 14 (11.29%) Project Management
9 13 (10.48%) Architectural Design
9 13 (10.48%) Digital Marketing
9 13 (10.48%) Enterprise Search
9 13 (10.48%) High Availability
10 12 (9.68%) CRM
11 10 (8.06%) Customer Experience
12 9 (7.26%) Information Architecture
12 9 (7.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.26%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.45%) JavaScript
3 6 (4.84%) Java
4 5 (4.03%) Rust
5 4 (3.23%) Python
6 3 (2.42%) C#
7 2 (1.61%) PHP
7 2 (1.61%) SQL
8 1 (0.81%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (14.52%) DV Cleared
3 12 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.45%) Degree
5 2 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.81%) MBA
6 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.10%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.42%) GDPR
2 3 (2.42%) QA
3 2 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.81%) GxP
4 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.81%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (12.10%) Active Directory
2 13 (10.48%) Brightmail
2 13 (10.48%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 13 (10.48%) Microsoft Clustering
2 6 (4.84%) Terraform
3 5 (4.03%) Ansible
4 2 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.81%) Bitnami
Vendors
1 32 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.90%) Google
3 15 (12.10%) Adobe
4 6 (4.84%) SAP
5 5 (4.03%) Oracle
5 5 (4.03%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.23%) Hopewiser
6 4 (3.23%) OpenText
7 3 (2.42%) Facebook
8 2 (1.61%) Hotjar
8 2 (1.61%) Instagram
8 2 (1.61%) Nintex
8 2 (1.61%) Twitter
8 2 (1.61%) YouTube
9 1 (0.81%) Avaya
9 1 (0.81%) Brio
9 1 (0.81%) Cvent
9 1 (0.81%) Genesys
9 1 (0.81%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow