Content Management Contracts in Scotland

Content Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Content Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Content Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 115 154
Rank change year-on-year +10 +39 -1
Contract jobs citing Content Management 11 14 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.68% 0.63% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.71% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 7
10th Percentile £223 £176 £284
25th Percentile £247 £178 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £179 £375
Median % change year-on-year +81.74% -52.31% +15.38%
75th Percentile £375 £450 £394
90th Percentile £435 £596 £415
UK median daily rate £508 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +1.50% -2.44% +2.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Management in Scotland

Content Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Content Management in Scotland

Content Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Content Management in Scotland

Content Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Management in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Content Management in Scotland

Content Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Glasgow +9 8 £338 - 1
Edinburgh -4 3 £263 +46.79% 2
Content Management
UK

Content Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (54.55%) CMS
2 2 (18.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Umbraco
3 1 (9.09%) Drupal
3 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
3 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Google Analytics
2 2 (18.18%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
3 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Developer
1 2 (18.18%) PMO Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Administrator
2 1 (9.09%) Communications Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Content Editor
2 1 (9.09%) JIRA Administrator
2 1 (9.09%) Management Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Communications Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Content Editor
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) HTML
2 2 (18.18%) CSS
2 2 (18.18%) J2EE
3 1 (9.09%) SPFx
3 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (9.09%) Digital Media
2 1 (9.09%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Agile
1 4 (36.36%) Asset Management
1 4 (36.36%) Change Management
1 4 (36.36%) IT Asset Management
1 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
1 4 (36.36%) Project Planning
1 4 (36.36%) Time Management
1 4 (36.36%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (27.27%) Analytics
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
3 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
3 2 (18.18%) Front End Development
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) OO
3 2 (18.18%) OOD
3 2 (18.18%) Workflow
4 1 (9.09%) Content Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) Groovy
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
1 2 (18.18%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (18.18%) PMO
1 2 (18.18%) WCAG
2 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Google
2 2 (18.18%) Adobe
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft