Content Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Content Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Content Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 451 496
Rank change year-on-year +82 +45 -60
Contract jobs requiring a Content Manager 20 3 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.098% 0.013% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.014% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 1 7
10th Percentile £178 - £315
25th Percentile £232 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £250 £425
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -41.18% +41.67%
75th Percentile £388 - £438
90th Percentile £399 - £443
UK median daily rate £300 £325 £369
% change year-on-year -7.69% -11.86% +22.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,803 21,973 29,325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.37% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,462 15,346 20,547
10th Percentile £213 £225 £203
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,127 1,467
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.28
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.38% +88.21% +6.27%

Content Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Content Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Content Manager in the UK excluding London

Content Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Content Manager in the UK excluding London

Content Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Content Manager in the UK excluding London

Content Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Content Manager in the UK excluding London

Content Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
Scotland +52 15 £350 +40.00%
South West +13 4 £250 - 1
South East - 1 £275 - 3
Content Manager
UK

Content Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Content Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Content Manager in the job title.

1 13 (65.00%) Intranet
2 12 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (50.00%) Video Editing
3 10 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 10 (50.00%) CMS
3 10 (50.00%) Slack
3 10 (50.00%) Canva
3 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (45.00%) Copywriting
5 8 (40.00%) Wireframes
5 8 (40.00%) Photoshop
5 8 (40.00%) Project Management
6 7 (35.00%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (35.00%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
8 5 (25.00%) Content Management
8 5 (25.00%) User Experience
8 5 (25.00%) Digital Content Management
8 5 (25.00%) Channel Management
9 4 (20.00%) Atlassian
9 4 (20.00%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (20.00%) Sitecore
9 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (20.00%) Infographics
9 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
9 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
10 3 (15.00%) Logistics
10 3 (15.00%) Content Development
11 2 (10.00%) Degree

Content Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (50.00%) CMS
1 10 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (20.00%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (5.00%) Drupal
Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Photoshop
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (50.00%) Canva
2 10 (50.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (65.00%) Intranet
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Influencing Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) Video Editing
2 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Copywriting
1 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (40.00%) Project Management
2 8 (40.00%) Wireframes
3 5 (25.00%) Channel Management
3 5 (25.00%) Content Management
3 5 (25.00%) Digital Content Management
3 5 (25.00%) User Experience
4 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (20.00%) Infographics
5 3 (15.00%) Content Development
5 3 (15.00%) Logistics
6 2 (10.00%) Digital Strategy
6 2 (10.00%) Thought Leadership
7 1 (5.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
7 1 (5.00%) E-Commerce
7 1 (5.00%) Self-Awareness
7 1 (5.00%) SEO
7 1 (5.00%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Atlassian
2 4 (20.00%) Sitecore