Content Manager Contracts in London

Content Manager
England > London

The median Content Manager daily rate in London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 396 475
Rank change year-on-year +29 +79 +120
Contract jobs requiring a Content Manager 1 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.007% 0.040% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.043% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £223 £304
25th Percentile £463 £275 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £300 £338
Median % change year-on-year +58.33% -11.11% -5.59%
75th Percentile £488 £325 £391
90th Percentile - £356 £441
England median daily rate £475 £300 £338
% change year-on-year +58.33% -11.11% -5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.00
Median hourly rate - - £32.00
75th Percentile - - £33.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £32.00
% change year-on-year - - -38.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,697 16,353 24,136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 94.00% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,584 11,666 17,636
10th Percentile £332 £330 £362
25th Percentile £425 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 295 275
10th Percentile £18.47 £16.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.98 £20.50 £23.18
Median hourly rate £31.75 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% -25.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.34 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.15% -6.98% +72.00%

Content Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Content Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Content Manager in London

Content Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Manager in London.

Daily rate trend for Content Manager in London

Content Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Manager in London.

Hourly rate trend for Content Manager in London

Content Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Central London +6 1 £475 - 1
Content Manager
England

Content Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 July 2025, Content Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Content Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Blog
1 1 (100.00%) Google Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) WordPress
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Brand Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Integrated Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility

Content Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 1 (100.00%) Brand Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blog
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Integrated Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google