Content Manager Contracts

Content Manager
UK

The median Content Manager daily rate in the UK is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 691 818
Rank change year-on-year +127 +127 -127
Contract jobs requiring a Content Manager 26 12 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.020% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.021% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 7 25
10th Percentile £178 £198 £263
25th Percentile £250 £256 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £325 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -18.75% +33.33%
75th Percentile £388 £350 £438
90th Percentile £428 £408 £515
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £250 £413
% change year-on-year +20.00% -39.39% +37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,241 56,070 84,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,194 39,189 59,507
10th Percentile £277 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,567 2,091
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.16 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.75 £48.76
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
% change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%

Content Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Manager in the UK

Content Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Content Manager.

Daily rate trend for Content Manager in the UK

Content Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Manager over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Content Manager in the UK

Content Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Content Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Content Manager in the UK

Content Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 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
UK excluding London +71 20 £300 +20.00% 9
Scotland +51 15 £350 +40.00%
England +125 11 £300 -7.69% 13
Work from Home +127 7 £375 +30.43% 6
London +92 6 £300 -7.69% 4
South West +22 4 £250 -
South East - 1 £275 - 1

Content Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 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 featuring Content Manager in the job title.

1 14 (53.85%) CMS
2 13 (50.00%) Intranet
3 12 (46.15%) Project Management
3 12 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (38.46%) User Experience
4 10 (38.46%) Slack
4 10 (38.46%) Canva
4 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 10 (38.46%) SharePoint
4 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
4 10 (38.46%) Video Editing
5 9 (34.62%) Copywriting
5 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (30.77%) Photoshop
6 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (30.77%) Wireframes
7 7 (26.92%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (26.92%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (23.08%) Marketing
9 5 (19.23%) QA
9 5 (19.23%) Drupal
9 5 (19.23%) SEO
9 5 (19.23%) Publishing
9 5 (19.23%) Content Management
9 5 (19.23%) Public Sector
9 5 (19.23%) Digital Content Management
9 5 (19.23%) Channel Management
10 4 (15.38%) User Stories
10 4 (15.38%) Hotjar
10 4 (15.38%) Accessibility

Content Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 14 (53.85%) CMS
2 10 (38.46%) SharePoint
3 5 (19.23%) Drupal
4 4 (15.38%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (30.77%) Photoshop
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (38.46%) Canva
2 10 (38.46%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (50.00%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Influencing Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Marketing
4 5 (19.23%) Public Sector
4 5 (19.23%) Publishing
5 4 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.85%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) Video Editing
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Project Management
2 10 (38.46%) User Experience
3 9 (34.62%) Copywriting
3 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (30.77%) Wireframes
5 5 (19.23%) Channel Management
5 5 (19.23%) Content Management
5 5 (19.23%) Digital Content Management
5 5 (19.23%) SEO
6 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (15.38%) Infographics
6 4 (15.38%) User Stories
7 3 (11.54%) Content Development
7 3 (11.54%) Logistics
8 2 (7.69%) Digital Strategy
8 2 (7.69%) E-Commerce
8 2 (7.69%) Thought Leadership
9 1 (3.85%) Customer Experience
9 1 (3.85%) Global Marketing
9 1 (3.85%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) QA
2 4 (15.38%) Accessibility
3 2 (7.69%) PMO
4 1 (3.85%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Atlassian
2 4 (15.38%) Hotjar
2 4 (15.38%) Screaming Frog
2 4 (15.38%) Sitecore