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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 362 392
Rank change year-on-year -87 +30 +109
Contract jobs citing Content Management 100 149 165
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.51% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.58% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 102 96
10th Percentile £233 £255 £225
25th Percentile £322 £348 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £596
90th Percentile £600 £628 £681
UK median daily rate £418 £473 £498
% change year-on-year -11.64% -5.03% -8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 11
10th Percentile £21.65 £19.60 £11.83
25th Percentile £28.25 £20.13 £17.31
Median hourly rate £40.00 £21.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +90.48% -19.23% +15.56%
75th Percentile £44.88 £22.88 £31.88
90th Percentile £62.05 £24.01 £32.50
UK median hourly rate £35.75 £21.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +70.24% -19.23% +15.56%

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 27,925 25,808 32,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.90% 88.45% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,780 15,959 22,396
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,812 863 1,395
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.97 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

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 17 December 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 December 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 December 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 -73 40 £400 -17.95% 12
South East +4 25 £575 +91.67% 18
North of England -48 18 £360 -26.15% 13
North West -33 11 £360 -44.62% 6
Yorkshire -41 5 - - 7
East of England -18 4 £140 -53.33% 5
South West -3 3 £170 -7.10% 5
Midlands -30 3 £308 -33.51% 11
East Midlands -23 2 - - 1
North East - 2 £450 - 1
West Midlands -33 1 £308 -44.09% 9
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 62 (62.00%) CMS
2 27 (27.00%) SharePoint
3 10 (10.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (9.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 9 (9.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (9.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (9.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 9 (9.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (9.00%) Office Communications Server
4 9 (9.00%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (9.00%) Skype for Business
5 8 (8.00%) WordPress
6 5 (5.00%) Confluence
7 3 (3.00%) Alfresco
7 3 (3.00%) Drupal
7 3 (3.00%) Umbraco
8 2 (2.00%) Documentum
8 2 (2.00%) Headless CMS
8 2 (2.00%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (1.00%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.00%) Sketch
3 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (3.00%) InVision
4 3 (3.00%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (1.00%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.00%) FrameMaker
6 1 (1.00%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.00%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.00%) Power Platform
2 8 (8.00%) Figma
2 8 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.00%) Power Automate
4 6 (6.00%) PowerApps
5 5 (5.00%) AWS
5 5 (5.00%) Google Analytics
6 4 (4.00%) Azure
7 3 (3.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (3.00%) Canva
8 2 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.00%) Contentful
8 2 (2.00%) Contentsquare
8 2 (2.00%) Contentstack
8 2 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.00%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.00%) prismic.io
8 2 (2.00%) SaaS
8 2 (2.00%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.00%) DDNS
1 9 (9.00%) DHCP
1 9 (9.00%) DNS
1 9 (9.00%) SAN
1 9 (9.00%) VPN
2 3 (3.00%) Intranet
2 3 (3.00%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.00%) Metadata
2 5 (5.00%) Power BI
3 2 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.00%) GIS
4 1 (1.00%) Looker
4 1 (1.00%) MySQL
4 1 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (14.00%) JIRA
2 3 (3.00%) GitLab
3 1 (1.00%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.00%) Git
3 1 (1.00%) Postman
General
1 45 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (28.00%) Marketing
3 19 (19.00%) Finance
4 13 (13.00%) Public Sector
5 12 (12.00%) Publishing
6 8 (8.00%) Retail
7 7 (7.00%) Banking
8 5 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.00%) Investment Banking
11 2 (2.00%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (2.00%) Italian Language
11 2 (2.00%) Law
11 2 (2.00%) Legal
11 2 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.00%) Retail Banking
11 2 (2.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (11.00%) Analyst
2 10 (10.00%) Designer
2 10 (10.00%) Developer
3 9 (9.00%) Exchange Engineer
3 9 (9.00%) Exchange Support
3 9 (9.00%) Support Engineer
4 8 (8.00%) Content Designer
5 5 (5.00%) Business Analyst
6 4 (4.00%) Administrator
6 4 (4.00%) CMS Specialist
6 4 (4.00%) Consultant
6 4 (4.00%) Senior
6 4 (4.00%) UX Designer
7 3 (3.00%) Change Manager
7 3 (3.00%) Communications Manager
7 3 (3.00%) Information Manager
7 3 (3.00%) Knowledge Manager
7 3 (3.00%) Product Analyst
7 3 (3.00%) Service Analyst
7 3 (3.00%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.00%) HTML
2 5 (5.00%) CSS
3 2 (2.00%) .NET
3 2 (2.00%) Django
3 2 (2.00%) REST
3 2 (2.00%) Vue
4 1 (1.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.00%) CSS3
4 1 (1.00%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.00%) HTML5
4 1 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (1.00%) JSR 170
4 1 (1.00%) Laravel
4 1 (1.00%) Node.js
4 1 (1.00%) OSGi
4 1 (1.00%) Playwright
4 1 (1.00%) pytest
4 1 (1.00%) React
4 1 (1.00%) RESTful
4 1 (1.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.00%) Replication
2 7 (7.00%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.00%) Mobile App
3 6 (6.00%) Taxonomies
4 5 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 5 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.00%) Social Media
5 3 (3.00%) Video Editing
6 2 (2.00%) Acoustics
6 2 (2.00%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.00%) Blog
6 2 (2.00%) Educational Technology
6 2 (2.00%) EMV
6 2 (2.00%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.00%) Graphic Design
6 2 (2.00%) Java Card
6 2 (2.00%) Life Science
6 2 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (2.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.00%) Windows
2 9 (9.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (3.00%) Linux
4 2 (2.00%) Android
4 2 (2.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (23.00%) Agile
1 23 (23.00%) User Experience
2 17 (17.00%) Analytics
3 14 (14.00%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (14.00%) Migration
3 14 (14.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (13.00%) Digital Marketing
5 12 (12.00%) Project Management
6 11 (11.00%) Enterprise Content Management
6 11 (11.00%) SEO
6 11 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (10.00%) User Stories
8 9 (9.00%) Architectural Design
8 9 (9.00%) Change Management
8 9 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (9.00%) CRM
8 9 (9.00%) Enterprise Search
8 9 (9.00%) High Availability
8 9 (9.00%) ITIL
9 8 (8.00%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (5.00%) Java
3 3 (3.00%) Python
4 2 (2.00%) C#
4 2 (2.00%) PHP
4 2 (2.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.00%) Ruby
5 1 (1.00%) Bash
5 1 (1.00%) Rust
5 1 (1.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (10.00%) Degree
3 10 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.00%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.00%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.00%) ISEB
7 1 (1.00%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.00%) MBA
7 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.00%) GDPR
2 3 (3.00%) QA
2 3 (3.00%) WCAG
3 2 (2.00%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.00%) Brightmail
2 9 (9.00%) ISA Server
3 1 (1.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (9.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (4.00%) Terraform
3 2 (2.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.00%) Ansible
4 1 (1.00%) Bitnami
4 1 (1.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 31 (31.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.00%) Adobe
3 6 (6.00%) Google
4 4 (4.00%) Hopewiser
5 3 (3.00%) OpenText
6 2 (2.00%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.00%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.00%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.00%) Brio
7 1 (1.00%) Facebook
7 1 (1.00%) Hotjar
7 1 (1.00%) Oracle
7 1 (1.00%) Planview
7 1 (1.00%) SAP
7 1 (1.00%) Zoho