Content Management Contracts in the South West

Content Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 107 149 146
Rank change year-on-year +42 -3 +24
Contract jobs citing Content Management 4 8 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% 0.25% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.30% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 15
10th Percentile £167 £301 £328
25th Percentile £170 £322 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £177 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year -52.93% -11.76% -28.12%
75th Percentile £181 £926 £488
90th Percentile £182 £1,643 £523
England median daily rate £515 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -0.58% -1.33% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Management in the South West

Content Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Management in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Content Management in the South West

Content Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Management in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Content Management in the South West

Content Management
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol - 2 £183 - 8
Dorset - 2 £170 - 3
Content Management
England

Content Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (75.00%) CMS
2 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Content Designer
1 2 (50.00%) Designer
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Content Designer
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Designer
1 2 (50.00%) Web Content Designer
1 2 (50.00%) Web Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Content Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Writer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (25.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) SEO
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft