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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 177 187
Rank change year-on-year +42 +10 +46
Contract jobs citing Content Management 30 7 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.86% 0.15% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.18% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 3 24
10th Percentile £331 £420 £303
25th Percentile £479 £506 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £650 £523
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% +24.40% -0.48%
75th Percentile £600 £669 £625
90th Percentile - £680 £700
England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.25 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 - -
75th Percentile £32.05 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £32.05 £23.50 £19.89
% change year-on-year +36.38% +18.18% -27.69%

All Process and 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 3,110 3,825 5,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.16% 82.45% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,940 2,302 3,392
10th Percentile £220 £256 £250
25th Percentile £381 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +3.68%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £624
90th Percentile £656 £693 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 266 255
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £31.44 £22.87
Median hourly rate £20.75 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.82% +9.24% +61.54%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.86 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +47.41%

Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Content Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Content Management 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 13 September 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Content Management in the South East over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Content Management in the South East

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 13 September 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
Thames Valley +27 16 £481 -6.10% 15
Hampshire +32 14 £600 -11.11%
Buckinghamshire - 8 £481 - 4
Berkshire +14 6 £463 -28.85% 8
Oxfordshire -10 2 - - 3
Content Management
England

Content Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 15 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 13 (43.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 13 (43.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 13 (43.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 13 (43.33%) Exchange Server 2013
2 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (43.33%) Office Communications Server
2 13 (43.33%) SharePoint Server
2 13 (43.33%) Skype for Business
3 11 (36.67%) CMS
Applications
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.67%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Google Workspace
2 2 (6.67%) Google Analytics
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) DDNS
1 13 (43.33%) DHCP
1 13 (43.33%) DNS
1 13 (43.33%) SAN
1 13 (43.33%) VPN
2 3 (10.00%) Firewall
2 3 (10.00%) VLAN
2 3 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) Metadata
2 2 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (16.67%) Marketing
4 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.67%) Retail
6 1 (3.33%) Agriculture
6 1 (3.33%) Automotive
6 1 (3.33%) Finance
6 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Exchange Engineer
1 13 (43.33%) Exchange Support
1 13 (43.33%) Support Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Information Manager
3 3 (10.00%) IT Support
3 3 (10.00%) Knowledge Manager
3 3 (10.00%) Lead
4 2 (6.67%) Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Development Specialist
5 1 (3.33%) Communications Manager
5 1 (3.33%) E-Commerce Manager
5 1 (3.33%) E-Commerce Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Project Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (43.33%) Replication
2 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (10.00%) Life Science
3 3 (10.00%) Taxonomies
4 2 (6.67%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.67%) Learning Management System
4 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (53.33%) Windows
2 13 (43.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (43.33%) Architectural Design
2 13 (43.33%) Enterprise Content Management
2 13 (43.33%) Enterprise Search
2 13 (43.33%) High Availability
2 13 (43.33%) ITIL
3 5 (16.67%) Analytics
3 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (13.33%) Change Management
4 4 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (10.00%) Information Architecture
5 3 (10.00%) Information Management
5 3 (10.00%) Network Segmentation
5 3 (10.00%) Post-Production
5 3 (10.00%) Records Management
5 3 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.00%) SEO
5 3 (10.00%) Time Management
5 3 (10.00%) User Experience
5 3 (10.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 17 (56.67%) Security Cleared
2 13 (43.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
1 13 (43.33%) Brightmail
1 13 (43.33%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Google
3 2 (6.67%) Adobe
3 2 (6.67%) Hotjar
4 1 (3.33%) Facebook
4 1 (3.33%) HubSpot
4 1 (3.33%) Salesforce