Content Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Content Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Content Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 159 191
Rank change year-on-year +1 +32 +12
Contract jobs citing Content Management 19 8 12
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.43% 0.22% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.25% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 8
10th Percentile £401 £260 £277
25th Percentile £483 £275 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £300 £520
Median % change year-on-year +95.00% -42.31% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £325 £525
90th Percentile £623 £340 -
England median daily rate £413 £470 £520
% change year-on-year -12.23% -9.62% -5.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,716 3,166 4,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.32% 88.46% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,445 1,971 2,819
10th Percentile £224 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.06% +1.57%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 119 239
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.84 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.13 £27.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%
75th Percentile £49.38 £63.00 £66.73
90th Percentile £76.00 £74.89 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%

Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Content Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Content Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Content Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Content Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Content Management

Content Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Management in the South East over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Content Management in the South East

Content Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Content Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Content Management

Content Management
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Thames Valley -5 11 £455 +51.67% 7
Hampshire - 7 £600 -
Buckinghamshire - 6 £409 -
Berkshire -2 4 £550 +57.14% 5
Oxfordshire -14 1 - - 2
West Sussex - 1 £585 -
Content Management
England

Content Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (63.16%) SharePoint
2 7 (36.84%) Exchange Server 2003
2 7 (36.84%) Exchange Server 2007
2 7 (36.84%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (36.84%) Exchange Server 2013
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (36.84%) Office Communications Server
2 7 (36.84%) SharePoint Server
2 7 (36.84%) Skype for Business
3 5 (26.32%) CMS
4 1 (5.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Canva
1 2 (10.53%) Viva Engage
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
2 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
2 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) DDNS
1 7 (36.84%) DHCP
1 7 (36.84%) DNS
1 7 (36.84%) SAN
1 7 (36.84%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Metadata
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Marketing
3 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.26%) Agriculture
5 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Exchange Engineer
1 7 (36.84%) Exchange Support
1 7 (36.84%) Support Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Change Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Business Change Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Business Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Communications Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Information Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Knowledge Manager
4 1 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (5.26%) Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Retail Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) SharePoint Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) Web Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) AngularJS
1 1 (5.26%) CSS
1 1 (5.26%) CSS3
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
1 1 (5.26%) HTML5
1 1 (5.26%) JSR 170
1 1 (5.26%) OSGi
1 1 (5.26%) React
1 1 (5.26%) RESTful
1 1 (5.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Replication
2 3 (15.79%) Mobile App
3 2 (10.53%) Taxonomies
4 1 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.26%) EMV
4 1 (5.26%) Graphic Design
4 1 (5.26%) Java Card
4 1 (5.26%) Life Science
4 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
1 7 (36.84%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (5.26%) Android
2 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (36.84%) Architectural Design
2 7 (36.84%) Enterprise Content Management
2 7 (36.84%) Enterprise Search
2 7 (36.84%) High Availability
2 7 (36.84%) ITIL
3 6 (31.58%) Change Management
3 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (21.05%) User Experience
5 3 (15.79%) CRM
5 3 (15.79%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (10.53%) Agile
6 2 (10.53%) Business Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.53%) Information Management
6 2 (10.53%) Logistics
6 2 (10.53%) Migration
6 2 (10.53%) Regression Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
6 2 (10.53%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 8 (42.11%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 7 (36.84%) Brightmail
2 7 (36.84%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Adobe