Content Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Content Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Content Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 359 411
Rank change year-on-year -5 +52 +97
Contract jobs requiring a Content Manager 4 11 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.062% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.067% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 6
10th Percentile - £313 £115
25th Percentile £413 £350 £127
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £164
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +128.87% -31.01%
75th Percentile £438 £388 -
90th Percentile - £500 -
UK median daily rate £450 £375 £164
% change year-on-year +20.00% +128.87% -45.38%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 13,611 16,404 20,252
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.96% 92.42% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,330 9,746 13,619
10th Percentile £213 £225 £230
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,230 1,526 1,142
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.16 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.11 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +12.50% +81.82%
75th Percentile £53.75 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Content Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Content Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Content Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Content Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Content Manager job vacancies 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 4 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
Midlands - 3 £425 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £425 -
Scotland -10 1 - -
Content Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 2025, 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 3 (75.00%) Photoshop
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Graphic Design
2 2 (50.00%) Tableau
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Lucidchart
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) e-Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Publishing
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) CMS
3 1 (25.00%) Games
3 1 (25.00%) Copywriting
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Social Media
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) EDI
3 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland

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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Lucidchart
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Games
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) e-Learning
1 2 (50.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Photography
2 1 (25.00%) Social Media
2 1 (25.00%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Content Management
2 1 (25.00%) Copywriting
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Post-Production
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Facebook
1 1 (25.00%) Instagram
1 1 (25.00%) Twitter