Content Development Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Content Development
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Content Development skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 87 108
Rank change year-on-year +2 +21 +34
Contract jobs citing Content Development 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.29% 0.17% 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.19% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £450 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.38 - -
25th Percentile £44.56 - -
Median hourly rate £48.25 - -
75th Percentile £52.06 - -
90th Percentile £52.33 - -
North West median hourly rate £48.25 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Content Development 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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 907 1,042 1,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.18% 87.27% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 580 643 1,097
10th Percentile £304 £326 £285
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £576 £600 £594
90th Percentile £664 £713 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 44 55
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.94 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.81 £16.46
Median hourly rate £22.63 £34.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.44% +74.36% -
75th Percentile £54.38 £59.13 £43.13
90th Percentile £74.88 £73.60 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% +17.65% +56.11%

Content Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Content Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Content Development in Manchester

Content Development
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Content Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Content Development

Content Development
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Content Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Content Development

Content Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) e-Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Learning Management System
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
2 2 (66.67%) Instructional Design
2 2 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Supplier Enablement
3 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Ariba
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP